ABE KOOGLER writes darkly comedic plays about economic class, unusual jobs, and the challenges and absurdities of making a living in today’s America. Although grounded in realism, his plays often incorporate imaginary elements and heightened or musical language. Abe has won an Obie Award for Playwriting for Fulfillment Center, the Dramatist Guild’s Lanford Wilson Award, and a Weissberger Award. He earned graduate degrees in playwriting from UT-Austin and Juilliard. He has taught playwriting at Primary Stages and Bennington College. He also works as a political speechwriter.

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Abe’s plays include Deep Blue Sound (Clubbed Thumb), Staff Meal (Playwrights Horizons), Aspen Ideas (Studio Theatre, postponed due to COVID), Fulfillment Center (Manhattan Theatre Club), Kill Floor (Lincoln Center Theatre), Lisa My Friend (Kitchen Dog), Blue Skies Process (Goodman Theatre), and Advance Man (UTNT). With fellow playwrights Katie Bender and Gab Reisman, he co-wrote the immersive journey plays Slip River and Church of the Passionate Cat, which both premiered in Austin. His plays have been directed by Arin Arbus, Daniel Aukin, Lila Neugebauer, Les Waters, and Will Davis, among others.