Abe Koogler

American playwright

Abe Koogler
Born	Vashon, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Playwright

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

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