Bram Hartman

Bram Hartman

Paper pusher by day, writer by night. New Yorker.

Upcoming:

"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.

Past:

"Come on, Ref" at the 8 Tens @ 8 Winners at the Actors' Theatre of Santa Cruz in January 2024 - February 2024. "...
Paper pusher by day, writer by night. New Yorker.

Upcoming:

"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.

Past:

"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.

2023-2024 PlayGround-NY Season 3 Writers Pool. Member of the Dramatists Guild.

Plays

  • I Want to See the Sun Again by Bram Hartman
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: statues, Indigenous + 1 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: statues, Indigenous, centers women
    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.
  • A Flight for Forgetting by Bram Hartman
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: The holidays, A Family Drama-Comedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: The holidays, A Family Drama-Comedy, 10 min., a short comedy
    10 minute play. A woman afraid to fly tries a new transportation method to visit her family for the holidays.
  • A Chemical Solution by Bram Hartman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: BDSM, behavioral therapy
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: BDSM, behavioral therapy
    10 minute play. A woman seeking therapy for alternative sexual impulses has an unorthodox approach.
  • Come on, ref! by Bram Hartman
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: soccer, gay parenting + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: soccer, gay parenting, centers a LGBTQ character*
    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.
  • Son for Hire by Bram Hartman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: estranged family reunion
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: estranged family reunion
    10-15 minute play. A slightly "off" older man is desperate to reunite his dying sister with the son she gave up as a teen. He finds a young man, the right age and look, and gives him an offer to pretend to be this long lost son.
  • A Second Date with a Public Nose Picker? by Bram Hartman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: dating, single woman
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: dating, single woman
    A monologue. A first date is seemingly going well, until a woman realizes she's on a date with a public nose picker. Can she look beyond this faux pas or is it a deal breaker?
  • You Can Still Call Me Grandma by Bram Hartman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: trans character, grandmother-granddaughter + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: trans character, grandmother-granddaughter, centers a LGBTQ character*
    A monologue. Reconnecting with a granddaughter over tennis after starting a gender transition.
  • The Fate of a Garden Gnome by Bram Hartman
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 1 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, fable/folktale
    A monologue. A Garden Gnome thinking about where he'll end up, hoping for a garden, but instead getting a frat house.
  • Dating as a Future Gay Dad by Bram Hartman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: centers a LGBTQ character*, dating
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: centers a LGBTQ character*, dating
    A monologue. A gay man, on a date, talking about wanting to be a parent with somebody who is indifferent.
  • Tibby: The Name by Bram Hartman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: biography, comedy
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    Keyword: centers a LGBTQ character*, first name
    Genre: biography, comedy
    Keyword: centers a LGBTQ character*, first name
    A monologue. After an alarming discovery of his true and rightful name, Tiberius Thompson, reflects on what his name has brought him and how life would be different with a different name.