Abe Koogler is an American playwright. Koogler studied playwrighting at the Michener Center for Writers at the

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and is a graduate of the

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Playwrighting Fellowship. He received an

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for his play ''Fulfillment Center'' that ran Off-Broadway in 2018. In 2018, he received the

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’s Lanford Wilson Award. In 2012, he was awarded the

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Playwright Award by the

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. He was also 2019-20 Rita Goldberg Playwrights' Workshop Fellow. His latest play ''Staff Meal'' premiered at

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Off-Broadway in Spring 2024.

Plays

* ''Staff Meal'' * ''Fulfillment Center'' * ''Kill Floor'' * '' Deep Blue Sound'' * ''Aspen Ideas'' * ''Advance Man'' * ''Lisa My Friend'' * ''Blue Skies Process ''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koogler, Abe Living people People from Vashon, Washington Juilliard School alumni University of Vermont alumni American male dramatists and playwrights 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights 21st-century American male writers Year of birth missing (living people)