- (1933 - 1938) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1933) Stage Play: Peace on Earth. Drama. Written by George Sklar and Albert Maltz. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. Civic Repertory Theatre: 29 Nov 1933- 17 Mar 1934 (126 performances). Cast: Abner Biberman [credited as A.W. Biberman] (as "Ensemble") [earliest Broadway credit], Donald Black, John Boruff (as "Stephen Hamill/Max/Radio Announcer"), Halliam Bosworth (as "President Howard"), John Brown, John Caraway, Carl Carlsen, Allace Carroll, Julia Colin, Joe Connors, Harry Constantine, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Alvin Dexter, Charles Esdale (as "Dean Walker/The Judge"), Elliot Fisher, Earl Ford, Clyde Franklin (as "Walter McCracken"), John Garfield [credited as Jules Garfield] (as "The Messenger"), Mary George, David Gray, Millicent Green (as "Rose"), Fred Herrick, Ethel Intropidi (as "Jo Owens"), Robert Keith (as "Peter Owens"), David Kerman (as "Fenning"), Victor Kilian (as "Fred Miller"), David Lesan, James MacDonald, George Nafely, Caroline Newcombe, George Russell, Sigmund Salomon, Paul Stein, Ralph Steves, Mara Tartar, Charles Thompson, Frank Tweddell (as "Krauss/Bill Prentice/Attorney Gordon"), Walter Vonnegut, W. Washington, Jack Williams. Produced by The Theatre Union.
- (1934) Stage Play: Peace on Earth. Drama [return engagement]. Written by George Sklar and Albert Maltz. Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. 44th Street Theatre: 31 Mar 1934- 17 Apr 1934 (18 performances). Cast: Abner Biberman (as "The Guard"), Donald A. Black, John Boruff (as "Walter McCracken"), Halliam Bosworth, Alice Brooks, John Brown, Allace Carroll, Thomas Coffin Cooke, Alvin Dexter, Charles Esdale (as "Dean Walker/The Judge"), Earl Ford, John Garfield (as "Bob Peters/The Messenger"), David Gray, Millicent Green (as "Rose"), Ethel Intropidi (as "Jo Owens"), David Kerman (as "Fenning/Radio Announcer"), David Lesan, James MacDonald, Hilda Reis, Paul Stein, Mara Tartar, Charles Thompson, Frank Tweddell (as "Krauss/Bill Prentice/Attorney Gordon"), Walter Vonnegut, Maurice Wells, Crane Whitley (as "Fred Miller") [credited as Clem Wilenchick]. Produced by The Theatre Union.
- (1934) Stage Play: Sailors of Cattaro. Drama. Written by Friedrich Wolf, as translated by Keen Wallis. Directed by Irving Gordon. Civic Repertory Theatre: 10 Dec 1934- Mar 1935 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Abner Biberman (as "Hans Trulec"), John Boruff, Edwin Clare, Theodore Cohen, Howard Da Silva, Ernest K. Gann (as "Jerko Sisgoric"), Samson Gordon, Harold Johnsrud, 'David Kernan (II)' (as "Sailor/Soldier"), Edward Mann (as "Sailor/Soldier"), James McDonald, William Nichols, Sidney Packer, Wendell Phillips, Tom Powers (as "Franz Rasch"), Robert Reed, Frederick Roland, William Schap-Kevisch, Paul Stein, Charles Thompson, George Tobias (as "Alois"), Martin Wolfson (as "Anton Grabar"). Produced by the Theatre Union Inc.
- (1937) Stage Play: Siege. Drama. Written by Irwin Shaw. Directed by Chester Erskine. Longacre Theatre: 8 Dec 1937- Dec 1937 (closing date unknown/6 performances). Cast: Leopold Badia, Rollin Bauer, Abner Biberman (as "Escobar"), Zamah Cunningham, J. Hammond Dailey, William Edmunds, William Franklin, Hunter Gardner, Maurice Gardner, Jackson Halliday, Rose Hobart, John Irwin, Charles Keane, David Leonard, Sheldon Leonard, Harold Moffet, Norman Stuart, Edwin Thatcher. Produced by Norman Bel Geddes.
- (1937) Stage Play: The Eternal Road. Musical. Based on material by Franz Werfel, as adapted by William Absalom Drake and as translated by Ludwig Lewisohn. Scenic Design, Costume Design and Lighting Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Directed by Max Reinhardt. Music by Kurt Weill. Manhattan Opera House: 7 Jan 1937- 15 May 1937 (137 performances). Cast: Charles Adler, Maia Airoff, Herbert Alani, Antionette Allen, Louise Allen, Martin Alsop (as "Ensemble"), Felix Arndt, Leslie Austen, Neslon Barclift, Fred Barrie, Michael Bataeff, Robert Bentley, Abner Biberman (as "Adversary's Partner"), Ida Bidner, Anthony Blair, Sophie Brent, Katherine Carrington, Albert Cazentre, Bennett Challis, Thomas Chalmers, Al Clifford, Noel Cravat (as "Shimon" and "Aaron"), Ben Cutler, Eva Dainova, Henry Day, Marguerite De Anguera, Roger De Koven, Olive Deering, Walter Elliott, William Elliott, Blanche Evan, Edward Fisher, Jules Flier, Carl Formes, ELizabeth Friend, Walter Gilbert, Samuel Goldenberg, Anita Gorin, Marie Guttman, Charles Hale, Harry Hamill, Paul Hammond, Robert Harrison, Frances Hellman, Charles Horner, William Howell, Carroll Howes, Sam Jaffe, Ralph Jameson, Janet Janov, Harold Johnsrud, Starr West Jones, Edward Kane, Kurt Kasznar (as "Head Reaper / Ninth Pious Man / Zebulon"; Broadway debut), Hal Kingsley, Bertha Kunz-Baker, Alexander Lazuk, Lotte Lenya, Paul Leon, David A. Leonard, Ruth Virginia Lewis, Lil Liandre, Lou Lief, Betty Lind, Baruch Lumet, Sidney Lumet (as "The Estranged One's Son"), Joseph Macauley, Paul Marion, Leonard Mence, Florence Meyer, Raymond Miller, William M. Miller, Tommy Mott, Victorie Moussaieff, Ruth Nisenson, Eva Ortman, Sarah Osnath-Halevy, Doris Ostroff, Mary Perrine, Rosamond Pinchot, Cassius C. Quimby, Ruth Ross, Herbert Rudley, Lucien Rutman, Angela Schoop, Mark Schweid, Blake Scott, Eleanor Searle, Ethel Selwyn, Sylvia Shane, Marian Siwek, James Spivak, Harold Sternberg, Sam Sternberg, Ruth Stromberg, Gustav Stryker, Lydia Tarnova, Molly Taylor, Myron Taylor, Sol Tisman, Maxine Trevor, John Uppman, Dick Van Patten (credited as "Dickie Van Patten"), Edward Vermonti, Earl Weatherford, Benjamin Zemach. Produced by Crosby Gaige and Meyer W. Weisgal.
- (1935) Stage Play: Till the Day I Die. Melodrama. Written by Clifford Odets. Directed by Cheryl Crawford. Longacre Theatre: 26 Mar 1935- Jul 1935 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Margaret Barker, Abner Biberman (as "4th Orderly"), Roman Bohnen, William Challee, Lee J. Cobb, Russell Collins, Walter Coy, George Heller, Elia Kazan, Alexander Kirkland, David Kortchmar, Tony Kraber, Lewis Leverett, Robert Lewis, Lee Martin, Paula Miller, Paul Morrison, Ruth Nelson, Dorothy Patten, Wendell K. Phillips, Herbert Ratner, Samuel Roland, Eunice Stoddard, Harry Stone, Dane Clark (billed as "Bernard Zanville"). Produced by The Group Theatre Inc.
- (1935) Stage Play: Waiting for Lefty. Written by Clifford Odets. Directed by Sanford Meisner and Clifford Odets. Longacre Theatre: 26 Mar 1935- Jul 1935 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Abner Biberman (as "Henchman'), Roman Bohnen', William Challee, Lee J. Cobb, Russell Collins, Walter Coy, George Heller, Elia Kazan, Tony Kraber, Lewis Leverett, Robert Lewis, Paula Miller, Ruth Nelson, Clifford Odets, Dorothy Patten, Wendell K. Phillips, Herbert Ratner, Samuel Roland, Harry Stone, Dane Clark (billed as "Bernard Zanville"). Produced by The Group Theatre Inc.
- (1935) Stage Play: Appeared (as "A radical") in "Winterset" on Broadway. Tragedy. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Directed and produced by Guthrie McClintic. Martin Beck Theatre: 25 Sep 1935- Mar 1936 (closing date unknown/195 performances). Cast: Richard Bennett, Anthony Blair, Eduardo Ciannelli, Fernanda Eliscu, Stanley Gould, Ruth Hammond, Theodore Hecht, Walter Holbrook, Harold Johnsrud, Eva Langbord, Margo, Harold Martin, Burgess Meredith, John Philliber, Billy Quinn, Morton L. Stevens, St. John Terrell, Anatol Winogradoff.
- (1938) Stage Play: Roosty. Drama. Written by Martin Berkeley. Directed by Lee Strasberg. Lyceum Theatre: 14 Feb 1938- Feb 1938 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Abner Biberman (as "Dip") [Final Broadway role], Zamah Cunningham, Salo Douday, Katherine Emery, William Fay, Russell Hardy, William Harrigan, Harold Johnsrud, James McCallion, Tucker McGuire, Mary Morris, Ernest Woodward. Produced by Albert Lewis.
- (April 9, 1936) He acted in Maxwell Anderson's play, "Winterset," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Burgess Meredith, Myron McCormick, Harold Johnsrud, Morton L. Stevens, Fernanda Eliscu, Margo, Theodore Hecht, Anatole Winogradoff, Eva Langbord, Helen Wynn, John Philliber, Lee Baker, Billy Quinn, Hitous Gray, Anthony Blair, Harold Martin, Stanley Gould and Tom Maney in the cast. Jo Mielziner was set designer. Guthrie McClintic was producer and director.
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