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About David Rabe

Born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1940, David Rabe was doing graduate work in theatre at Villanova University when he was drafted into the army. Assigned to a support group for hospitals, he spent 11 months in Vietnam. Returning to Villanova to complete his M.A., Rabe saw his first Vietnam play, Sticks and Bones, produced there in 1969. The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel was premiered by Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival in May 1971; Sticks and Bones opened there less than six months later, and was subsequently moved to Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972. Other plays by Rabe include The Orphan, In the Boom Boom Room and Goose and Tom-Tom, all first produced by Papp. Rabe’s most recent play, Hurlyburly, was originally staged at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre by Mike Nichols and then moved to Broadway, where as of early 1985 it is still running. Rabe also wrote the screenplay for I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can. In addition to his Tony, Rabe’s many awards include an Obie for Distinguished Playwriting and the Dramatists Guild’s Hull-Warriner Award.