About

Carol Berman grew up in Los Angeles and studied at the University of California at Berkeley as an undergraduate. Once she moved to New York, she attended NYU Medical School. Her residency in psychiatry was spent at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital.  In 1986, she returned to NYU to accept a research fellowship at NYU Langone Medical Center, where she remains as a clinical assistant professor in psychiatry. She is also in private practice in New York City.  When she is not writing or treating patients, she paints in acrylics, oils, or watercolors.As an author and playwright, Carol Berman is at home in both nonfiction and fiction.

Her first play, UNDER THE DRAGON, was produced by The Workshop at The Neighborhood Playhouse in 2002. Her second play, SUNSHINE SALLY, was produced in 2007. Her third play, PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT, and fourth play, BROWNSTONE BREAKDOWN, were produced by Egoactus Company in New York City. IN THE KINGDOM OF SAM played at the Manhattan Repertory Theater and PARKING LOT 63 had a run at the Hudson Guild Theater. LIGHT MY FIRE was presented as a staged reading at the Dixon Place Theater. In May 2019, under the auspices of the American Psychiatric Association, her play UNDER THE DRAGON was featured as a media session at the APA’s annual conference in San Francisco. DOUBLE BLIND had a run at Theatre Row from May through June 2022. A CHILD NOT A WEAPON had a staged reading at the Lamb's Club in 2024. STONEHENGE CULT will have a reading iin 2025. Many of her ten-minute plays were in festivals in New York City and London.