HURLYBURLY- About The Author

Performance dates:

September 9, 10, 11, 17, 18- 8pm
September 19- 2pm

Performance venue: Linesight Theatre
143 N. Rock Island, 3rd Floor
Seating is limited- call 265-2226 for reservations

DAVID RABE

Born in Iowa, David Rabe graduated from Lorcas College and started work on a master's degree in theater in the Villanova University graduate program. Dropping out, he was drafted in the U.S. Army in 1965, and he then spent 1966 in Vietnam. Returning to the U.S., he went back to Villanova to complete his degree. He started writing plays about Vietnam, but began his professional writing career in journalism as a feature writer for the New Haven Register.

In 1971 his first play in New York, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, (produced by Joe Papp) played at the Public Theatre. Sticks and Bones followed, along with The Orphan, Boom Boom Room and Streamers, all produced by Joe Papp. Rabe's plays include Goose and Tomtom, Hurlyburly and Those The RiverKeeps. His most recent play, A Question of Mercy, premiered at New York Theatre Workshop.

He has also written several screenplays: I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, Streamers and Casualties of War. His dramatic work has been honored by numerous Tony nominations and Obie Awards, by the Drama Desk, Variety, the New York Drama Critics Society, and the Outer Critics Circle. He won the Tony in 1972 and received the Hull Warriner Award for Playwrighting three times.

He is the author of two novels, Recital of the Dog and The Crossing Guard (co-authored with Sean Penn).