Adam Rapp

Adam Rapp (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a novelist and playwright.

The son of Mary Lee and Douglas, Rapp was raised in Joliet Illinois, with his brother, actor Anthony Rapp, and a sister, Anne. His parents divorced when Rapp was 5, and he and his siblings were raised by their mother, who died in 1997. He graduated from Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, and completed a two-year playwriting fellowship at Juilliard.

Rapp is the author of several novels, including Missing the Piano, The Buffalo Tree, The Copper Elephant, Little Chicago, 33 Snowfish, and Under the Wolf, Under the Dog.

The Buffalo Tree was censored by the Muhlenberg School Board in Reading, Pennsylvania due to its themes, graphic language and sexual content. [link]

His plays include: Nocturne, Ghost in the Cottonwoods, Animals and Plants, Blackbird, Finer Nobel Gases, Stone Cold Dead Serious, Trueblinka, Dreams of the Salthorse, Gompers, and Red Light Winter.

Rapp directed his first film, Winter Passing with Zooey Deschanel and Will Ferrell in 2005, and was a creative consultant for the television show The L Word.

In addition, Rapp is a member of the band Less. He is currently dating actress Gillian Jacobs.

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