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David William Rabe was born in Dubuque, Iowa, on 10 March 1940, with roots clearly in middle-class, middle America. His father, William Rabe, was a history teacher and football coach at a local preparatory school, Loras Academy, and later worked at a packing company. His mother, Ruth McCormick Rabe, worked in a department store. Rabe's sister, Marsha, was born in 1948. Rabe was raised Catholic, an upbringing common to many of his characters and most tellingly critiqued through the character of Father Donald of Sticks and Bones. He attended high school at Loras Academy, where he was involved in sports and band and where he also began writing short stories and poems. Upon graduation from high school, Rabe was offered a football scholarship to Loras College. Although he attended the college, he did not play football there. Instead, he majored in English and got involved with a theater company that he helped to found on campus and for which he wrote his first play, Chameleon, which was performed on campus in 1959.
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