Abe Koogler

Abe Koogler
Born
Vashon, Washington, U.S.
OccupationPlaywright

Abe Koogler is an American playwright.[1]

Koogler studied playwrighting at the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin and is a graduate of the Juilliard School Playwrighting Fellowship.[2][3] He received an Obie Award for his play Fulfillment Center that ran Off-Broadway in 2018.[4] In 2018, he received the Dramatists Guild’s Lanford Wilson Award.[5] In 2012, he was awarded the Paula Vogel Playwright Award by the Kennedy Center.[6] He was also 2019-20 Rita Goldberg Playwrights' Workshop Fellow.[7][8]

His latest play Staff Meal premiered at Playwrights Horizons Off-Broadway in Spring 2024.[9]

Plays

  • Staff Meal
  • Fulfillment Center
  • Kill Floor
  • Deep Blue Sound
  • Aspen Ideas
  • Advance Man
  • Lisa My Friend
  • Blue Skies Process

References

  1. ^ Abe Koogler Official Website accessed 05-05-2024
  2. ^ "Alumn Abe Koogler's Play Opens to Positive Reviews – Michener Center for Writers".
  3. ^ "Abe Koogler - Primary Stages". primarystages.org.
  4. ^ "18". Obie Awards.
  5. ^ "Charly Evon Simpson and Abe Koogler Named Dramatists Guild's 2019 Lanford Wilson Award Recipients | Playbill".
  6. ^ https://www.kennedy-center.org/globalassets/education/opportunities-for-artists/pre-professional-artist-training/kcactf/the-paula-vogel-award.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ Wild, Stephi. "The Lark Announces 2019-20 Rita Goldberg Playwrights' Workshop Fellows". BroadwayWorld.com.
  8. ^ "Abe Koogler | Bennington College". www.bennington.edu.
  9. ^ "Staff Meal : Playwrights Horizons".