Plays include In Transit (FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Playwriting), The Audience (co-author, Drama Desk nomination for Best New Musical), The Student (winner, Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival), The Glint (Broadway reading starring Beau Bridges, Jean Smart, Michael McKean and Cecily Strong), Thrillsville (George Street Playhouse reading starring Edie Falco, Richard Kind, Grant Shaud and Adriane Lenox), Who You See Here (La Jolla Playhouse workshop, directed by Christopher Ashley), Christmas Shorts (published by Samuel French), and Searching for God in Suburbia (Huntington Theatre Breaking Ground Festival).
As a TV writer, Hoverman won the 2014 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program and the 2015 Humanitas Prize for Children's Animation for his work on the PBS Kids TV show Arthur.
He has also written for Curious George, Sofia the First, Goldie & Bear, Fancy Nancy and is currently the head writer for Firebuds.
[citation needed] Hoverman has worked with directors like Joseph Chaikin, John Rando, and Anne Bogart, on national tours and in many commercials.
[citation needed] Raised in West Redding, Connecticut by two transplanted Iowans, he studied playwriting at Brown University in Paula Vogel's graduate workshop as an undergrad (BA in theatre) and acting at the University of California, San Diego (MFA in acting).