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Sam Forman

SAM FORMAN  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Paradigm  


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 Clinically Negative (A Viral Comedy)         Do You Like Me Europe?         F@King Up Everything         Fetish         Flagged As Inappropiate         Grille Room, The         I Am In Relationship Hell         I Sing!         Krankenhaus Blues         Moscows Of Nantucket, The         Please Stop Talking         Quarterlife         Quiet Game, A         Rise And Fall Of Annie Hall, The         Rob         Schmoozy Togetherness         Sleepless in Seattle         Too Little Too Late         Utica Forever         We The People: America Rocks

Clinically Negative (A Viral Comedy)

Synopsis:
a collectively-written new comedy about aIDS. The following description is from the show's press release: "Playwright Beau Willimon curates an evening of work by several playwrights dealing with the issue of aIDS. The result is Clinically Negative, a full length play in which each of the five contributing writers picks up where the previous writer left off. The result is a hysterically irreverent take on the experience of getting tested for HIV."
nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by Elizabeth Meriwether, Sam Forman, Billy Eichner, Annie Baker, Beau Willimon

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Organisations:
MC Enterprises

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Genre:
Comedy. - - AIDS, full length

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Do You Like Me Europe?

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F@King Up Everything

Synopsis:
Can Christian Mohammed Schwartzelberg stay true to himself and still get the girl? Or will he lose her to the guy in leather pants? Set against the backdrop of Brooklyn's indie music scene with a gallery of hipsters, stoners, artists, cougars, songwriters and puppeteers, F@king Up Everything is a rock musical comedy with heart. and ironic t-shirts.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
music And lyrics by David Eric Davis; book by Sam Forman And David Eric Davis

1st Produced:
45th Street Theatre, NY    06 Oct 2009

Organisations:
New York Musical Theatre Festival

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Genre:
Musical

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Fetish

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part of The Wikipedia Plays is A mini-marathon of short plays that surf the wikipedia wave through 17 related entries. The press materials describe it thusly: "In this brave new world of instant gratification where the internet can live in your pocket, one group of writers has created A mini-marathon of short plays that surf the wikipedia wave through seventeen related entries." The plays And playwrights Are: Mike Batistick (Castration Anxiety), Evan Cabnet (Prokop the Great), Ron Fitzgerald (Turbulent), Liz Flahive (Bohemia), Sam Forman (Fetish), Etan Frankel (The Defenestration of Prague), Kyle Jarrow (Troposphere), Nick Jones (Global Warming), Barry Levey (Yale Law School), Carly Mensch (Democracy), Elizabeth Meriwether (Particle Board), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Golf Ball), Rachel Shukert (Stiletto Heels), Mat Smart (Weather Forecasting), Aurin Squire (Uncertainties), Adam Szymkowicz (Bill Clinton) And Beau Willimon (Wooden). The Wikipedia Plays Are directed by Evan Cabnet, Michael Goldfried, Maria Goyanes, Meredith McDonough, Shira Milikowsky And Moritz von Stuelpnagel.

1st Produced:
ars Nova, NY    2007

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Genre:
short play One act

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Flagged As Inappropiate

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1st Produced:
HERE Arts Center, New York    03 Feb 2010

Organisations:
Red Elevator Production Company

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Grille Room, The

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Cherry Lane Theatre

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I Am In Relationship Hell

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I Sing!

Sam Forman
Five post-graduate friends fall in and out of love and swap partners.

Notes:
Music by Eli Brolin; lyrics by Sam Forman; book by Sam Forman; Eli Brolin; Jamie Salka

1st Produced:
Shanley Pavilion, NorthWestern University, Illionois    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   CDJaY2-1378

Music:
Original cast recording: Jay Records (CDJaY2 1378)

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Genre:
Musical

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Krankenhaus Blues

Synopsis:
described as "a frightening and funny play about disability issues, genocide, and the grim realities of show business." a playwright, an actress, and a clown are locked in a Nazi asylum for reasons beyond their comprehension. Moving between 1930s Berlin and present-day New York, the characters attempt to connect with each other as they confront their existentially bleak surroundings.
Press Release

Notes:
music by Helen Yee

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Organisations:
Visible Theatre

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Moscows Of Nantucket, The

Synopsis:
affluent, anxious and at each other's throats, the Moscovich's attempt some unusual family bonding over a summer weekend in Nantucket. On the agenda are brisket, booze and a blowout confrontation between competing brothers who've avoided each other for years.

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1st Produced:
Berkshire Theatre Festival    25 Jun 2010

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Genre:
comedy 90 min

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Please Stop Talking

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Quarterlife

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Workshop at Ford Center, New York    -

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Quiet Game, A

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Rise And Fall Of Annie Hall, The

Synopsis:
"In this new comedy, neurotic young playwright Henry Blume is on a mission to turn his favorite Woody allen movie into the next great American musical. Betrayal, infidelity, and romance fuel his reckless pursuit of Broadway glory, turning Henry's life upside down
- press release

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1st Produced:
Lion Theatre, NY    2008

Organisations:
Stage 13

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Rob

Synopsis:
Dumped for an obnoxiously attractive, compulsively masturbating actor, a young singer-songwriter desperately tries (and fails) to restart his life.
nytheatre.com

Notes:
part of Thicker Than Water A program of new short work from Youngblood

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Youngblood

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Genre:
One act

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Schmoozy Togetherness

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1st Produced:
Williamstown Theatre Festival    06 Jul 2009

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Sleepless in Seattle

Synopsis:
Sleepless in Seattle is based on the 1993 film of the same name starring two-time Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards nominee Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The musical tells the story of Sam (Gleason), a widower living in Seattle whose young son calls a radio talk show and convinces his father to talk about his grief. Women from all over the country are moved by his story, including a Baltimore newspaper reporter named Annie, who writes to Sam and suggests they meet at the top of the Empire State Building.

Notes:
book by Jeff Arch, music by Ben Toth and lyrics by Sam Forman

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Genre:
musical

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Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  ensemble

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Too Little Too Late

Synopsis:
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Too Little Too Late is the first theatrical venture from the young company, Red Elevator Productions. Featuring original And premiere short plays from six of the most promising And Arresting young writers on the New York theater scene, Too Little Too Late explores the problem of (dis)connect in A complicated world-because in our breakneck lives of over-stimulus media, instant mass communication, restlessness, And expectation, how does Anyone really connect?
- nytheatre.com

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Red Elevator Productions

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Genre:
short play

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Utica Forever

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We The People: America Rocks

Synopsis:
Rock out with America's original "boy band"-The Founding Fathers! Join George Washington, John adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin as they trade in their powdered wigs for power chords to help an ambitious teen. On a quest to win her school election, Dawn cares more about padding her college applications than making her school a better place. With the help of these Fab Four, she discovers that "We the People" have the power to raise a patriotic ruckus and make a difference! This new musical is recommended for kids age 8 and up, and their families.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
book by Joe Iconis; music And lyrics by Brad Alexander And Kevin Del Aguila; Sam Forman And Eli Bolin; Joe Iconis; Tommy Newman; Ryan Scott Oliver; Adam Overett; Erik Weiner, Mark Weiner And Jordan Allen-Dutton

1st Produced:
Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014    14 Jul 2010

Organisations:
Theatreworks USA

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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