Biography
Sam Forman, a writer for the stage, screen, and TV, co-created (with Beau Willimon) the Civil War era television pilot Hickory Hill for AMC. He recently wrote the lyrics for the new musical Broadway's Next Season (dir. Alex Timbers) and is the lyricist and co-book author for the musical I Sing! which has been produced commercially off-Broadway and in theaters around the world. A CD recording of the York Theater Concert Cast of I Sing! is available in stores worldwide from Jay Records. Mr. Forman's other plays and musicals include: The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall (Stage 13, NYC; Theater J, Washington DC); We The People (TheaterWorks USA); Fucking Up Everything (co-book writer, NYMF 2009, dir. Stephen Brackett); The Grille Room (Cherry Lane Mentor Project, dir. Thomas Kail); Quarterlife (Ford Center, NYC workshop, dir. by Mark Brokaw; Pico Playhouse, Los Angeles, dir. Matt Doherty); Please Stop Talking (Cherry Lane Theater, New York, dir. Erwin Mass; Willlamstown Theatre Festival, dir. Portia Krieger); Fringical! (Ars Nova, NYC; American Theatre of Actors, NYMF 2004, dir. Thomas Kail); Schmoozy Togetherness (Williamstown Theatre Festival, dir. Johanna McKeon); The Quiet Game (Hangar Theater, Ithaca, New Yrok, dir. Daniel Kramer); Krankenhaus Blues (Blue Heron Theater, New York; The Abingdon Theatre, New York, dir. Donna Mitchell); Hunter for Hunter Green and Narcissus and Goldstein (Singularity Company, New York, dir. Benjamin Salka). Mr. Forman is an alumni of Youngblood at EST, Ars Nova's Playgroup and the proud producer of Creation Nation which The New York Times has called: "A late night cabaret phenomenon." Mr. Forman is a member of the WGA, The Dramatist's Guild, and is represented by CAA.
