Bram Hartman

Paper pusher by day, writer by night. Lambda Literary Fellow 2024. PlayGround-NY Season 3, 4, & 5 Writers Pool (2023 to present). Member of the Dramatists Guild. Bram lives in NY with his husband and cat.

"Trash-Hole" at the Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival – SPF NYC at the Steve and Marie Sgouros Theatre, June 2026.

"Freddie Fartfinger Saves the Day" at the Monday Night PlayGround - NY in March 2026. Selected as Best of for the '25-'26 Season as well as March 2026 People's Choice.

"The Sound of Being Found" at the Chain Theatre Winter One Act Festival, NYC, February - March 2025.

"Consequences of the Castro" at the Spark Theatre Festival, NYC, September 2025.

"Private Porn on the Public Subway" at the PGE Faces of America Monologue Festival, NYC, November 2024....

Paper pusher by day, writer by night. Lambda Literary Fellow 2024. PlayGround-NY Season 3, 4, & 5 Writers Pool (2023 to present). Member of the Dramatists Guild. Bram lives in NY with his husband and cat.

"Trash-Hole" at the Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival – SPF NYC at the Steve and Marie Sgouros Theatre, June 2026.

"Freddie Fartfinger Saves the Day" at the Monday Night PlayGround - NY in March 2026. Selected as Best of for the '25-'26 Season as well as March 2026 People's Choice.

"The Sound of Being Found" at the Chain Theatre Winter One Act Festival, NYC, February - March 2025.

"Consequences of the Castro" at the Spark Theatre Festival, NYC, September 2025.

"Private Porn on the Public Subway" at the PGE Faces of America Monologue Festival, NYC, November 2024.

"Take the Shot" at the Monday Night PlayGround - NY in October 2024.

"The Big Boy City" at the Chain Theatre Summer One Act Festival, NYC, August 2024.

"Vanilla Sees the Sky" at The 20th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival at the Lakeshore Players Theatre, White Bear Lake, MN, May 30 - June 9, 2024.

"Come on, Ref" at the 8 Tens @ 8 Winners at the Actors' Theatre of Santa Cruz in January 2024 - February 2024.

"Belly Shots off Two Randos" at the Monday Night PlayGround - NY in January 2024.

"I Want to See the Sun Again" at the Monday Night PlayGround - NY in November 2023.

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Scripts

Pennsylvanya

by Bram Hartman

Cast Size
4
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
drama,
political,
tragedy

Full Length: A devastating, futuristic retelling of Uncle Vanya.

Set in a dystopian future where global warming has ravaged the Earth and civil war has shattered the United States, Pennsylvanya unfolds in a subterranean bunker, the last way to survive the land. In a fractured America, four characters contend with personal and political upheaval in the shadow of national collapse.

Full Length: A devastating, futuristic retelling of Uncle Vanya.

Set in a dystopian future where global warming has ravaged the Earth and civil war has shattered the United States, Pennsylvanya unfolds in a subterranean bunker, the last way to survive the land. In a fractured America, four characters contend with personal and political upheaval in the shadow of national collapse.

On the Ride

by Bram Hartman

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

Full Length. On the Ride follows carnival worker Joel, and his boss, Bo, as they navigate the "carny" lifestyle. Molly, joins the carnival to pursue adventure from her cookie cutter life, but with a twist. Rachel, Molly's sister, wants in on the fun and follows Molly, with explosive results.

Full Length. On the Ride follows carnival worker Joel, and his boss, Bo, as they navigate the "carny" lifestyle. Molly, joins the carnival to pursue adventure from her cookie cutter life, but with a twist. Rachel, Molly's sister, wants in on the fun and follows Molly, with explosive results.

I Want to See the Sun Again

by Bram Hartman

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy

10 minute play. A protester is surprised when an Indigenous statue, that's being relocated, comes alive and tells her to mind her own business.

10 minute play. A protester is surprised when an Indigenous statue, that's being relocated, comes alive and tells her to mind her own business.

Come on, ref!

by Bram Hartman

8
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama

10 minute play. A newly widowed gay dad attends his son's soccer match. He meets another parent, who pushes him to live a little and get more engaged.

10 minute play. A newly widowed gay dad attends his son's soccer match. He meets another parent, who pushes him to live a little and get more engaged.

A Chemical Solution

by Bram Hartman

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

10 minute play. A woman seeking therapy for alternative sexual impulses has an unorthodox approach.

10 minute play. A woman seeking therapy for alternative sexual impulses has an unorthodox approach.