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16 Facts About Adam Rapp

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Adam Rapp was born on June 15,1968 and is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, musician and film director.

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Adam Rapp's play Red Light Winter was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006.

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Adam Rapp is a graduate of St John's Military Academy and Clarke College.

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Adam Rapp later completed a two-year playwriting fellowship at Juilliard School.

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The play was nominated for the 2006 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play, and Adam Rapp received the 2006 Obie Award, Special Citation.

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Adam Rapp directed a production of Los Angeles, by Julian Sheppard, in 2007 at the Flea Theatre.

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Adam Rapp made his Broadway debut with his play The Sound Inside, which began playing at Studio 54 starting on September 14,2019, starring Mary-Louise Parker.

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Adam Rapp was nominated with his co-author Justin Levine for the 2024 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.

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The majority of Adam Rapp's plays feature small casts and are set in small spaces.

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Adam Rapp's plays often combine stories of Midwestern longing with the idea of finding escape in New York.

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Adam Rapp released Under the Wolf, Under the Dog in 2004.

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Adam Rapp made his graphic novel debut with the release of Ball Peen Hammer in September 2009.

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Adam Rapp directed his first film, Winter Passing, with Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrell in 2005 and was a creative consultant for the television show The L Word.

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Adam Rapp wrote for the 2010 season of HBO's In Treatment.

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Adam Rapp was a member of the band Bottomside, which released the independent CD The Element Man in September 2004.

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Adam Rapp is a member of Less the Band, which released the album Bear in April 2006.