Benjamin Graber

12711 Davenport Plaza. Omaha, NE 68154

Cell 402-490-8903 benjamingraber13@cox.net

 

PLAYS PERFORMED or READ

¤  Hippie Doctor UNO Theatre Dept.  Master Thesis Reading, December 1, 2008

¤  Banana Republic Central College Humanities Assoc. Conference, Reading Nov. 14, 2008.

¤  Masque Shelterbelt Theatre, ShelterSkelter 13, October 2-October 31, 2008.

¤  Hippie Doctor MCC-Shelterbelt-UNO Play Reading Series, Reading, September 9, 2008.

¤  Wedding Party 2007 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Reading, May 29, 2008.

¤  Bluebird (w/ Geoff Stienblock) Shelterbelt Theatre, Instant Play Festival April 5, 2008

¤  End of Limerence UNO Theatre, New Ways! New Works! February 28- March 9, 2008.

¤  End of Limerence Shelterbelt Theatre, From Shelterbelt with Love 7, Jan 17-Feb. 14, 2008.

¤  End of Limerence PS Collective- Reincarnation, January 11-12, 2008.

¤  Prosses MCC-Shelterbelt Play Reading Series, Reading, November 19, 2007.

¤  Party Favor 2007 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Reading, June 1, 2007.

¤  End of Limerence PS Collective- Revelations, May 17-19 2007.

¤  The Guru and The Turtle PS Collective- Revelations, May 17-19 2007.

¤  Snipped (w/ Edd Baye) PS Collective- Revolutions, March 22-24 2007.

¤  Snipped (w/ Edd Baye) Shelterbelt Theatre, Instant Play Festival December 16, 2006.

 

OTHER THEATRE EXPERIENCE

             Director, April 28, 2008. Inuit by Thomas Riccio 2007 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Reading

             Director, April 27, 2008. ThereÕs Always a Band by Isaac Rathbone 2007 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Reading

             Director, January 17-February 14, 2008. Last Call by Lia Romeo Shelterbelt Theatre, From Shelterbelt with Love 7.

             Dramaturg, August 2008– October 2008. Picasso at the Lapin Agile, University of Nebraska Theatre Department. Director: Amy Lane

Assistant Project Coordinator, October 2007- March 2008. NU Ways/NU Works, University of Nebraska Theatre Department, Director: Amy Lane

             Dramaturg, January 2007– April 2006. Our Country is Good, University of Nebraska Theatre Department Director: Scott Glasser

Assistant Director, September 2006-December 2006. The Ostrich Project     University of Nebraska Theatre Department Director: Erin Mulvany

 

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Non- Theatre)

á       Private Practice Psychiatrist 1991-1995

á       Chief of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry with Tenure Omaha Veterans Affairs Medical Center (1991) University of Nebraska Medical Center (1978-1990)

á       Author: WomanÕs Orgasm; Editor: Circumvaginal Musculature and Sexual Function; Eleven Book Chapters; Forty Refereed Academic Publications; Fifteen Abstracts; Sixteen National and International Meeting Presentations

á       Full CV available on request.

 

EDUCATION

¤  Student, Master of Fine Arts , University of Nebraska Theatre Department, Omaha, NE

¤  Student, Non-Degree Playwriting/Theatre Metropolitan Community College Omaha, NE

¤  Student, BFA Program, Writers Work Shop Univ. of Nebraska Theatre Dept., Omaha, NE

¤  MD Univ. of Michigan and Psychiatric Residency Univ. of Wisconsin 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS and NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS  (Non-Theatre)

¤  International Academy of Sex Researchers 1987-Present

¤  Papers and Documents Archived 2002 at Kinsey Institute for Sex, Gender, and Reproduction Library as Benjamin Graber Sexual Neuroscience Collection.

 

REFERENCES

¤  Cindy Melby Phaneuf, Isaacson Professor, Univ. of Nebraska Theatre Dept. 402 554-2552

¤  Scott Glasser, Professor, University of Nebraska Theatre Dept. 402 554-3619

¤  Doug Patterson, Professor, University of Nebraska Theatre Dept. 402 554-2422

¤  Scott Working, Theatre Program Coordinator, Metro Community College,  402 917-1709