Brooke Berman

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Brooke Berman
Born1969/1970(age 51–52) [1]
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Education Columbia University (BA)
Juilliard School (GrDip)
Occupation playwright, author
Spouse(s)Gordon Haber
Website Official website

Brooke Berman (born 1969/1970) [1] is an American playwright and author. Her play Hunting and Gathering, which premiered at Primary Stages, directed by Leigh Silverman, was named one of the Ten Best of 2008 by New York magazine. [2] Her memoir, No Place Like Home, was published by Random House in June, 2010. [3]

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Early life and education

Berman was born in Detroit, Michigan, to a father who was a stockbroker and gambler and a mother who was a pianist and publicist. She was raised in Detroit and Chicago. Berman moved to New York to attend Barnard College of Columbia University, [1] where she graduated in 1992. [4]

She later attended the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at The Juilliard School, [5] which she completed in 1999. [6]

Career

As an educator, Berman co-created the “24 With 5 Teaching Collective” at New Dramatists and spent five years as the Director of the Playwrights Unit for MCC Theater's Youth Company, a free after-school program for NYC youth.

She recently completed a seven-year residency at New Dramatists, where she served on the Board of Directors and developed countless plays. She has received support for her work from the MacDowell Colony, the Corporation of Yaddo, and New Dramatists, and commissions from Arielle Tepper Productions and Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis. [5]

Reception

Her short play "Dancing with a Devil" was a co-winner of the Heideman Award at Actors Theater of Louisville in 1999, presented in “Life Under 30” at the Humana Festival, and nominated for an American Theater Critics Best New Play award. The play was singled out by Mel Gussow in The New York Times and called "the most chilling of the short plays" by Martin Kohn in the Detroit Free Press . It has been published in numerous anthologies. Her short play "Defusion" has been produced in numerous festivals and included in Christine Jones's "Theater for One" project.

Brooke's short film All Saints Day, directed by Will Frears, won Best Narrative Short at the Savannah Film Festival and played at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. [7]

Personal life

Berman is married to writer Gordon Haber. . [3]

Plays

Her plays are published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc., Playscripts, Backstage Books and Smith & Kraus.

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Green, Penelope (February 21, 2008). "Moving Soon to an Apartment Near You". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Brooke Berman". GoodReads.com.
  3. 1 2 "About". BrookeBerman.net. Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
  4. ↑ "Barnard Club of Chicago: Event with Brook Berman '92". Barnard College.
  5. 1 2 3 "New Dramatists: Brooke Berman". newdramatists.org. Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Alumni News". The Juilliard School. September 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  7. ↑ "W Magazine". Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
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