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Rob Ackerman

ROB ACKERMAN

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Abrams Artists Agency  

Rob ackerman's agent is Peter Hagan at abrams artists agency (peter.hagen@abramsartny.com). ROB aCKeRMaN's (Playwright) writing credits include Tabletop (Drama Desk award winner for Best ensemble Performance), Disconnect (the Working Theater, Classic Stage Company), and Icarus of Ohio (hotINK 2007, Tisch School of the Arts Mainstage 2008) and Volleygirls (Commissioned byAmerican Conservatory Theatre and produced there in March, 2009). His first play, Origin of the Species, became a feature film starring amanda Peet. ackerman has had residencies at Yaddo, the Lark Play Development Center, and Flux Theatre ensemble. He also works as a prop master on commercials, films, and Saturday Night Live, for which he recently helped to make "Obama Cool," "Whopper Virgins," and "Chewable Pampers." ackerman was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He majored in Theater and Spanish at Middlebury College and earned an M.F.A. in directing from Northwestern University. He and his wife, author Carol Weston, live in Manhattan with their two daughters.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Airborn         Bait And Tackle         Call Me Waldo: A Transcendental Romance         Disconnect         Icarus Of Ohio         Loons         Origin Of the Species         Tabletop         Things That Go Pop In the Night         Volleygirls         You Have Arrived

Airborn

Synopsis:
a teen love story. a coming-of-age thriller. a play about passion, science, and the hazards of doing what you love.

Notes:
ensemble Studio theatre in the 2005 Octoberfest "harvest of new plays."

1st Produced:
The Columbus Academy In Columbus, Ohio    2003

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Bait And Tackle

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1st Produced:
Access Theatre, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013    2004

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One act

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Call Me Waldo: A Transcendental Romance

Synopsis:
Lee Fountain is an ordinary electrician: his boss doesn't appreciate him, his wife keeps correcting him, and his life seems to have lost all meaning. But when Lee starts channeling the spirit of Ralph Waldo emerson, everyone wakes up. CALL Me WALDO shows us how one person's poetic yearnings can change everyone and everything - even our imperfect world.

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1st Produced:
Ithaca College Theatre, Ithaca, New York    18 Jan 2012

Organisations:
Kitchen Theatre Company

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, Inc   978-0822226635

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Disconnect

Synopsis:
When marketing consultant Steven Gold invites near strangers to dinner, his wife Patty helps put their home in order. But she can't do the same for her husband. Just back from a business trip to Chicago, Steve is rattled by encounters with his childhood friend artie and his overbearing client Peter Hamish. When the alluring Jane and her reticent spouse Fred arrive, the safe shell protecting hosts and guests starts to crumble. Goaded by the women they love and haunted by memories they can no longer suppress, two men confront the lies of their lives. Hilarious and harrowing, Disconnect explores marriage, friendship and passion in the age of telecommunications. With so many flashy new ways to communicate, why are we still so bad at it?

Notes:
aka the Last Word

1st Produced:
The Working Theater, NY    2005

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2005   -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Icarus Of Ohio

Synopsis:
ICaRUS OF OHIO, is about the triumph of youth, love, and art. If the original myth is a cautionary tale about the consequences of youthful exuberance, this retelling revels in the potential of youth to transform the world.

Notes:
Formerly titled Airborn

1st Produced:
Abe Burrows Theatre    2008

Organisations:
NYU, Tisch School of the Arts

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Loons

Synopsis:
a midsummer seventy-first birthday celebration for Phyllis brings her family together, but they can't help coming apart. Loons is a tale of love, libido, and longing over one afternoon on an island in a lake in New Hampshire.

Notes:
aka Loon Island Picnic

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Origin Of the Species

Synopsis:
every year six friends meet at the country home that belongs to the parents of one of them for a two week holiday. This year they start to wonder if they have outgrown each other

Notes:
first produced As A stage play And then As An independent feature film starring Amanda Peet

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Genre:
Drama

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Tabletop

Synopsis:
During an afternoon in the studio of director/cameraman Marcus Gordon, a crew struggles to get two shots for a fast-food commercial about a thick, pink drink. the producer and assistant director, Andrea, is trying to save her boss' slipping reputation. She ignores the objections of property master Jeffrey and permits the creative input of Ron, an earnest entry-level employee. Ron believes in the better possibilities of advertising and engages the others in an escalating debate about how and why we sell and are sold to. His artistic approach to the craft of commerce threatens Jeffrey, infuriates Marcus, yet yields surprising results. Meanwhile, veteran gaffer Oscar and quiet assistant cameraman Dave clash in their separate efforts to tear free from this supposedly creative but ultimately oppressive workplace. Pressures build, tempers flare and egos collide as six American workers fight for their lives and livelihoods.

Notes:
Film rights were purchased by Castle Hill

1st Produced:
The Working Theater, NY    2004

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Things That Go Pop In the Night

Synopsis:
What's more terrifying (and hystErical) than alien invasions, gun toting madmen, and two men dressed as Betty White and Lindsay Lohan? Find out in this creepy / funny evening of short plays presented by at Hand theatre Company. . .
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
the playwrights include: Rob Ackerman, Anton Dudley, Brian Dykstra, Joseph Palestina, And Mark Snyder.

1st Produced:
Robert Moss Theatre, NY    21 Oct 2010

Organisations:
at Hand Theatre Company

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short plays

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Volleygirls

Synopsis:
Volleygirls spikes a lively, heartfelt look at a down-and-out girls high school volleyball team. Following a string of losses and facing their biggest rival, the girls of Saint agnes hatch a wild plan to turn their flailing team around-while helping their self-defeating coach to confront his "loseritis." the action isn't limited to the court, though, as parents play out their own Dramas in the stands. Fast-paced and funny, Volleygirls captures the spirit and passion of everything you love about team sports.

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1st Produced:
San Francisco, California, Usa    2009

Organisations:
American Conservatory Theatre

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  8            Other:  -

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You Have Arrived

Synopsis:
Dan and Kristin are on their first date. Cyndi the satnav is guiding them through Brooklyn

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Outstanding Short Plays Volume Two" published by Dramatists Play Service   -

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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