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Stephen Karam is an American playwright and screenwriter. His play, ''Sons of the Prophet'', a comedy-drama about a Lebanese-American family, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. ==Biography== Karam grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania and graduated in 2002 from Brown University. After graduation, he was an apprentice at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, where he met Arian Moayed (who is appearing in ''The Humans'') and P J Paparelli,〔Paparelli died in a car accident in Scotland in May 2015〕 who collaborated with him on ''columbinus'' and directed ''The Humans'' in Chicago.〔Soloski, Alexis. ("Stephen Karam’s Plays Treat Anguish as a Laughing Matter" ) ''New York Times'', September 24, 2015〕 Karam teaches at The New School.〔("Faculty. Stephen Karam" ) newschool.edu, accessed October 29, 2015〕 His plays have appeared Off-Broadway.〔("Karam Off-Broadway" ) lortel.org, accessed October 28, 2015〕 The Roundabout Theatre Company produced ''Speech & Debate'' in October 2007 at The Black Box,〔Hernandez, Ernio. ("Three Teens Team for Speech & Debate at Roundabout's Black Box" ) Playbill, October 29, 2007〕〔 after a workshop at Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island in 2006.〔("'Speech & Debate' Listing, 2006" ) brown.edu, accessed May 15, 2012〕 This play was the first at Roundabout Underground, their "initiative to introduce and cultivate artists."〔 ''columbinus'' was produced in 2006 at the New York Theatre Workshop. ''Sons of the Prophet'' was produced in 2011 at the Roundabout Theatre Company's Laura Pels Theatre. The play was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Play. ''Dark Sisters'' is a chamber opera, with the libretto written by Karam and the music composed by Nico Muhly, commissioned by the Gotham Chamber Opera, Music-Theatre Group and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. The opera premiered at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College in November 2011, directed by Rebecca Taichman and conducted by Neal Goren.〔Hetrick, Adam. ("Stephen Karam-Nico Muhly Opera 'Dark Sisters' Begins World-Premiere Run Nov. 9" ) Playbill, November 9, 2011〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen Karam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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