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SAMUEL BRETT WILLIAMS (1981 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC |
Samuel Brett Williams hails from Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he was raised in a strict Southern Baptist environment. He received his BA in English and Political Science from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and his MFA in Playwriting from Rutgers University, where he studied under Lee Blessing. Brett's plays have been produced at Cherry Lane Theatre, Stageworks/Hudson, Mile Square Theatre, New Orleans Theatre Experiment, and the District of Columbia Arts Center. His plays have been selected for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights' Conference, the Philadelphia New Play Festival, the New Plays from the New South Festival, and Best New American Plays 2004-2005 (published by Applause Books). Brett recently received the 2008 Helen Merrill Emerging Playwright Award. He is currently the playwright in residence at Playwrights' Theatre of New Jersey, and he is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Ars Nova Play Group. Brett teaches Screenwriting, Expository Writing, and Playwright/Director Relationship for Rutgers University. He is twenty-six years old.
Plays by Samuel Brett Williams
Arkadelphia | ||
| 1st Produced: | State of Play Theatre | 2008 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Best New American Plays 2004-2005, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82595 | |||
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Genre: | short 35-40 min comedy drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Bobby returns to his hometown of Arkadelphia, Arkansas after a semester of college in Manhattan. Seeking refuge in two childhood friends, he ends up exposing a secret the small, religious town would rather keep buried. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams challenges the ideals of the South, the North, and everywhere in between. | |||||
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Bobby Hebert | ||
| 1st Produced: | Stageworks/Hudson | 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82596 | |||
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Synopsis: | Two men sit on a rooftop discussing everything from Saved by the Bell to prison rape, all the while waiting for help that might never come. | |||||
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Derby Day | ||
| 1st Produced: | Levin Theatre | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Rutgers University | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82597 | |||
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Genre: | dark comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | It's Derby Day and the Ballard brothers have a luxury box at the Oaklawn Racetrack in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Their father has just died, and Frank, the oldest, has flown down from Chicago to see the angry newlywed Ned and the ex-con Johnny. Over the course of one long day the Ballard boys destroy everything and everyone in their way-drinking, cursing, and revealing family secrets that might just tear them apart forever. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams explores family, love, and mortality in a dark comedy that culminates in a race that you will never forget. | |||||
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Fraternity | ||
| 1st Produced: | New York Theatre Workshop | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131712 | |||
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Synopsis: | Chad and Mark were the High School nerds. Now at university they are desperate to fit in and become members of Sigma Alpha Sigma | |||||
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Missed Connections | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ars Nova, NY | 26 Jan 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #106978 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
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Notes: | Part of a program of short plays and killer live music inspired by ads for the ones that got away. Featuring plays by Annie Baker, Bekah Brunstetter, Dylan Dawson, Kristoffer Diaz, Zayd Dohrn, Tasha Gordon-Solmon, Amy Herzog, Samuel D. Hunter, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Steven Levenson, Matthew Lopez, Janine Nabers, and Samuel Brett Williams, all of the play titles are taken directly from actual Craigslist Missed Connections ads. | |||||
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Revelation | ||
| 1st Produced: | Playwrights Theatre, New Jersey | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #131713 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Brandon has been brought up to expect the Rapture. His mother buys him a survival kit for Christmas - canned food, bottled water and a Bible. When the entire state of Ohio get boils and the Hudson River turns to blood. Brandon heads to Arkadelphia in Arkansas hoping to find the new Jerusalem there | |||||
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Revival, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lion Theatre | 14 Sep 2010 | ||||
Company: | Project Y Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118991 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A Harvard-educated son of a Southern Baptist preacher returns to his Arkansas hometown to rebuild his father's congregation. Under pressure to grow the congregation to compete with neighboring mega-Churches, the young Pastor seizes an opportunity to cleanse a mysterious stranger of his homosexuality, becoming an overnight evangelical superstar. But at what cost? | |||||
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Trash Bag Tourist | ||
| 1st Produced: | New Orleans Arts Center | 2006 | ||||
Company: | The New Orleans Theatre Experiment | |||||
| 1st Published: | in The Best American Short Plays, 2009-2010, Hal Leonard Corporation (August 1, 2011) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1557837622 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #70557 | |||
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Genre: | short play | |||||
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| The Trash Bag Tourist portrays the relationship between ancient, manipulative Dorothy and her rundown, rodeo clown daughter Molly. They are both stuck in a wheel-less trailer in Arkadelphia, Arkansas when a Katrina victim (Chuck) shows up, threatening their already hostile relationship. Chuck has dreams of getting a FEMA trailer and becoming a professional wrestler, but Dorothy has other plans. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams finds love in the lowest of circumstances, all the while exploring family, race, and the American Dream. | |||||
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Woodpecker, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cherry Lane Theatre | 2008 | ||||
Company: | The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73693 | |||
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Synopsis: | It's Jimmy's last day before going to war, he's addicted to glue, his mom is seeing visions in the sweet potato casserole, and his wheelchair-bound dad can kick his ass. He turns to God for answers, and finds . . . an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. Playwright Samuel Brett Williams explores family, faith, and freedom in a dark comedy that blurs the lines between black and white and right and wrong. | |||||
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