Leslie Bramm
917-628-5869
Leslie Bramm is the author of 22 plays, which have been produced, work-shopped
and/or developed, regionally, internationally, off-Broadway, and independently by
Variations Theatre Group, Three Crows Theatre, The Present Company, The
Penobscot Theatre, The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Emerging Artists
Theatre, Nicu’s Spoon, The Edward Albee Last Frontier Conference, Rattle
Stick, Reverie Productions,, Playwrights Horizons/Tisch, Shelter Theatre
Group, The Colorado Fine Arts Center, Gold Coast Theatre, & Le Monde Theatre Company.
Partial Production history:
A.B.C. WOW Café, Theatre for a New City,
New York International Fringe Festival.
OSWALD’S BACKYARD The Theotorium, The Lucille Lortel,
The Beckett Theatre. (off-broadway)
VENUS & MONA Spoon Theatre, Variations Theatre Group,
Actors Studio, Bangor Opera House.
THE MINUTE MAN TOSOS Theatre Company, The Province Town
Players.
MARVELOUS New York International Fringe Festival,
Boomerang Theatre Company, IATI Theatre.
LOVERS LEAPT The Theotorium, Colorado Fine Arts Center,
Gold Coast Theatre.
BIG BALL Last Frontier Playwriting Residency,
New York International Fringe Festival,
Outsiders Inn Collective.
ISLANDS OF REPAIR Emerging Artists Theatre, Three Crows Theatre,
Spoon Theatre, Studio Theatre.
LEFT HANDED HOFNER Emerging Artists Theatre, New Globe Theatre, Urban Artists Collective.
AWARDS:
Paul T. Nolan Award Oswald’s Backyard
Tennessee Williams Literary Award Big Ball
Heineman Award Left Handed Hofner
The Glass Award Islands of Repair
The Bolan Literary Award Islands of Repair
LABS and RESIDENCIES:
Edward Albee, Last Frontier Residency 2001-2001
The Present Company’s Pool 1999-2005
Variations theatre group 2010-2014
Urban Artists Collective 2014-2016
Provence Town Players Residency 2011-2011
Cimientos Residency 2017-2018
Actors Studio Playwright/Director Unit. 2016-
PUBLICATIONS:
Insight for Playwrights 1997
24 Editorials on American Theatre”
Smith & Kraus Publications 1999
A.B.C., Islands of Repair, Run Out
of Sky, Big Ball.
JAC Publications & Promotions 2004
Oswald’s Backyard, Marvelous,
Big Ball.
One Act Play Depot 2005
Real Beatlemaniacs, Islands
of Repair, A.B.C.
Indie Theatre Now 2007
Marvelous
Brooklyn Publishers 2017
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (collected
Plays about the Beatles)
EDUCATION:
Julliard School of Music 1984-1986
Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute 1986-1989
RELATED WORK:
Spoon Theatre 2007-2009 Literary Manager – Lab director
League of Independent Theatres 2010-2012 Communications Manager
Variations Theatre Group 2013-2015 Literary Manager – Lab director
Present Company 1999-2016 Perennial Adjudicator
Incidentals: ‘Played guitar and sang with the Indie Band Diz Dam. Co-wrote the screenplay, THIS IS NOT HERE, based on the memoir- The Last Days of John Lennon, with Kevin Corrigan. “A.B.C.” banned from the curriculum SUNY College. ‘Studied playwright with Aristotle. Power forward, seriously tough NYC street ball.