Ira Gamerman is an Australian American podcaster, playwright, professor and screenwriter. He composes music as Ira Lawrence's Haunted Mandolin on an electric mandolin he received from his estranged grandmother.
Split is about an angsty young man attempting to find himself, while interacting with imaginary friends including
Vince Vaughn and an angry Alaskan, Mr Eskimo. The Baltimore Sun praised its "playful inventiveness".[1] BroadwayWorld.com compared it to
Neil Simon.[2] The Baltimore City Paper appreciated the way Gamerman turned a "fairly inauspicious scenario" into an "achievement" that accurately represents modern patterns of thought, comparing it to sitcoms such as Scrubs.[3]
Gamerman was voted "Best Playwright" for "Split" in City Paper's 2006 Best Of Baltimore Awards[4] and noted as one of "15 Young Baltimore Theatre Artists to Watch" by Broadwayworld.com.[5]