Adam Rapp

Adam Rapp (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker. He is currently the playwright-in-residence at [http://www.edgetheater.org Edge Theatre Company] .

The son of Mary Lee and Douglas Rapp, he was raised in Joliet, Illinois, with his brother, actor Anthony Rapp, and sister, Anne. His parents divorced when Rapp was five, and he and his siblings were raised by their mother, who died in 1997. He graduated from Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he played varsity basketball, and completed a two-year playwriting fellowship at Juilliard.

Rapp is the author of several young adult novels, including "Missing the Piano", "The Buffalo Tree", "The Copper Elephant", "Little Chicago", "33 Snowfish", and "Under the Wolf, Under the Dog". His first adult novel, "The Year of Endless Sorrows", was released in December 2006. He has also written two graphic novels, "Ball-peen Hammer" and "Decelerate Blue", which will be published by First Second Books.

Rapp's novel "The Buffalo Tree" was censored by the Muhlenberg School Board in Reading, Pennsylvania due to its themes, graphic language and sexual content. [http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=15137]

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.

Rapp was a member of the band Bottomside, which released the independent CD "The Element Man" in September 2004. He is currently a member of [http://www.lesstheband.com Less the Band] , which released "Bear" in April 2006.

Plays

* "Nocturne" (2001)
* "Finer Noble Gases" (2002)
* "Faster" (2002)
* "Trueblinka" (2002)
* "Stone Cold Dead Serious" (2003)
* "Blackbird" (2004)
* "Gompers" (2005)
* "Red Light Winter" (2005)
* "Essential Self Defense" (2007)
* "American Sligo" (2007)
* "Bingo With The Indians" (2007)
* Kindness (2008)

External links

*imdb name | id=1452688 | name=Adam Rapp
*ibdb name | id=453092 | name=Adam Rapp
* [http://www.studiotheatre.org/ Red Light Winter Now Playing in Washington, DC]
*Adam Rapp interviewed in [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/playwrights_12_06 The Playwright] Working in the Theatre CUNY-TV/American Theatre Wing, December 2006