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Sherry Kramer | |
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| Born | Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | Wellesley College (BA) University of Iowa (MFA) |
Sherry Kramer is an American playwright, [1] [2] born in Springfield, Missouri. [3] Kramer attended Wellesley College and earned an MFA Fiction from the Iowa Writers Workshop and an MFA Playwriting from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop at the University of Iowa. [4] She teaches playwriting at Bennington College.
Plays published by Broadway Play Publishing Inc.:
Other plays:
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