Background
Adam was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Adam Bock
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In the fall of 1984, Bock studied at the National Theater Institute at The Eugene O"Neill Theater Center.
Career
He is an artistic associate of the Shotgun Players, an award-winning San Francisco theater group. His play Medea Eats was produced in 2000 by Clubbed Thumb, who subsequently premiered his play The Typographer"s Dream in 2002. During the 2007-2008 New York theatrical season, two plays by Bock were produced Office Broadway: "The Receptionist" at Manhattan Theatre Club and The Drunken City, originally commissioned by the Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, New York, at Playwrights Horizons.
Bock is openly gay and often writes about homosexuality.
He is quoted as saying "I’m a gay playwright. I like being called a gay playwright.
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Bock has been nominated for two 2007-2008 Outer Critics Circle Awards.
Both The Receptionist and The Drunken City were nominated for Outstanding Office-Broadway Play.
Bock"s latest play A Small Fire runs December 16, 2010 – January 23, 2011 at off-Broadway"s Playwrights Horizons, under the direction of Trip Cullman. The Shaker Chair
Five Flights
Swimming in the Shallows
Three Guys and a Brenda
The Typographer"s Dream- (Produced by Clubbed Thumb in New York, 2002)
The Thugs (Produced by Portland Center Stage in Portland, Oregon, 2007)
A Roadside Garden
Medea Eats - (Produced by Clubbed Thumb in New York, 2000)
Percy Stripped Down
The Gayboy Nutcracker
Thursday
The Drunken City (Produced by Playwrights Horizons in New York, 2008)
The Receptionist - (Produced by Portland Center Stage in Portland, Oregon, 2010)
The Flowers - (Premiering at About Face Theatre in Chicago, October 2009)
A Small Fire (Produced by Playwrights Horizons in New York, 2010-2011).
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Canada