Page One Writers' Conference: Adam Rapp, playwright/filmmaker I DePaul VAS

Adam Rapp: Adam is an Obie-award-winning and Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright,
novelist, and filmmaker. He is the author of the play, “Red Light Winter”, which received
Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Play and was named a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize. He has published eight novels for young adults, including “Under the Dog”,
which was short-listed for the L.A. Times Book Prize. He is also the author of the adult novel,
“The Year of Endless Sorrows” and the graphic novel, “Ball-Peen Hammer”. His new novel,
“The Children and the Wolves”, was just released from Candlewick Press. He also wrote and
directed the films “Winter Passing” and “Blackbird”, and authored the role of Sunil for the
third season of HBO’s “In Treatment”. Recently, he directed the world premiere of Karen O’s
psycho Opera, Stop the Virgens” at St. Ann’s Warehouse, which will play the Sydney Opera
House in May. He is currently in preproduction for the film version of “Red Light
Winter”, which he will direct this coming fall for Parts & Labor and Scott Rudin Productions.
Moderated by Gary Novak