Benjamin
Graber at sixty-four is appearing as a playwright. In past performances he has
been a hippie doctor, a sex doctor, a psychiatrist, and a neurobiologist. As a
playwright he has had a ten-minute play, End of Limerence, produced three
times (at PS Collective, The Shelterbelt Theatre and University of Nebraska at
Omaha Theatre New Ways New Works Festival; his co-authored one-act play,
Snipped, produced twice (Shelterbelt Theatre Instant Play Festival and PS
Collective, and another ten-minute play, The Hippie and The Guru produced
once (PS Collective). His ten-minute play The Banana Republic was
recently read at the Community College Humanity Association’s conference in
Omaha. Two of his one-act plays have been read at the Great Plains Theatre
Conference: 2007 Party Favor and 2008 Wedding Party. He is
currently in the Masters Program in the Theatre Department at University of
Nebraska at Omaha where his Masters Thesis Play, Hippie Doctor will
receive a full production in Fall 2009 as a Participatory Entry in the Kennedy
Center American College Theatre Festival and an entry for the David Cohn
National Playwriting Award.
He lives in Omaha with his wife, Cindie, and his boxer, Rex.
BENJAMIN
GRABER COLLECTION AT KINSEY INSTITUTE LIBRARY
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