My father was CIA and these are the untold stories of Washington you've never seen.

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NOTHING PRIVATE (a stage play)

Driven to prove her father’s death was political assassination, a New York novelist’s safety & sanity are at risk while working with Washington insiders.

Literary Associate, Liz Frankel of The Public Theater said of Nothing Private: 'a poignant meditation on love, loss and memory.' Soho Theatre of London called the play, 'intelligent and thought-provoking with dialogue which is bold and lively throughout.'. 

TRAILER for NOTHING PRIVATE, Digital Reading

the QUINLANS

a TV pilot

A seemingly perfect and privileged mid-Atlantic family is cast under intense scrutiny by the sudden disappearance of their father, a World Bank official. His eight children must puzzle together the truth.

TUXEDO PARK

an American Downton Abbey

Beyond the gates of Hudson Valley’s elite, a privately financed lab of scientists conduct key experiments in pursuit of the atomic bomb. As one of new york’s most powerful families battles to stay relevant amidst a rapidly changing world between wars.

UPPER EAST

feature film script

A young woman’s life is upended when she inherits a portrait which leads to dangerous connections between her father's diplomatic work and corrupt foreign governments.

CAROL ANN BRAMMER

East Ninth Street

New York, NY

carolannbrammer[at]gmail

646 825 0813

About the Writer

Born the youngest of twelve in Washington DC, Carol’s father was CIA during the Kennedy Administration. A graduate of the American Academy for Dramatic Arts in New York, she studied journalism and holds a B.A. in creative writing and film from New School. Her poetry, published in Barrow Street Literary Journal, was awarded a National Arts Club Literary Scholarship. Her play, NOTHING PRIVATE, was accepted by the prestigious Soho Theatre of London's critique workshop. She has worked with Moscow Art Theatre, Labyrinth Theater Co, The Private Theater and at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Catholic Art Association in Chicago, and SIE Society.

But it all started at the dinner table when she was 16 and her siblings explained, ‘Dad was a spy for the US Government and mom has no idea what he did or why he died.’

Carol lives in New York City, and is currently writing a film adaptation of an unpublished novel she wrote, UPPER EAST.