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Rob Winn Anderson

ROB WINN ANDERSON

  
Nationality:    USA
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Rob Winn Anderson is a playwright and freelance director and choreographer living in Orlando, FL. In addition to his writing and directing for the stage he is also a noted theme Park director working for such clients as Walt Disney World, Busch Gardens and Sea World. Upcoming productions: A Tennessee Walk - Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre and Jacksonville State University. Honors include: Silence - Winner, 2012 Christopher Brian Wolk Award from the Abingdon Theatre, NYC. A Tennessee Walk - Winner, 2011 SART ScriptFeST competition; 2012 Southern Playwrights competition; Finalist, 2009 Yale Drama Series Award; Semi-Finalist, Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference. A Fine Line - Finalist, Lark Play Development Conference. the Locker - Finalist, the Heideman Award from the Actors Theatre of Louisville. Broad Strokes - Finalist, the O'Neil Theatre Center's Music Theatre Conference (2011, 2002); Finalist, the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Rob was one of four playwrights chosen worldwide to participate in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency in October of 2003 under Master Artist, eric Bogosian. He, also, is an alumni of the Lincoln Center's Directors Lab, the Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive, Sewanee Writers' Conference and the Great Plains Theatre Conference.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America

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below is a list of Rob Winn Anderson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Blind Man's Bluff         Broad Strokes: the Musical         Chair-ity         Crime Hills         Devil's in the Right Angles, The         Fine Line, A         Grilled Vegetables         Hourglass Figures         Locker, The         Messenger, The         Quiet Ones         Solitary         Something To Do         Stand Your Ground         Story Boy, The         Tennessee Walk, A         Tenth Son, The         Twilight-Sleep         Why, Goldie? Why?

Blind Man's Bluff

Synopsis:
BLIND MAN's BLUFF is a fable set deep in the Ozark Mountains. It recounts a story of loss, fear, prejudice and deceit all pulled together by a strip of land and those who covet its mystery.

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Genre:
Full length Drama

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Male:  7            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Broad Strokes: the Musical

Synopsis:
A work of art entitled "Broad Strokes" is on the auction block at an upscale estate sale. the revealing of this piece puts us on a path to discover the artist behind the art. We find ourselves caught up in the struggle of a confused 18-year old who is in a desperate search to become something more than a non-presence. Through all of her experiences, good and bad, she comes to understand her love for painting and the healing potential it has for her and many others.

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Music by Ben Stellpfug; lyrics by Rob Anderson; book by Rob Anderson

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  4            Female:  6            Other:  ensemble

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Chair-ity

Synopsis:
A local celebrity is happy for the company. the company wants desperately to relieve himself of guilt.

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Developed as part of HowlRound's 2012 Here & Now Project. To be published as part of the Here & Now Collection.

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Genre:
Ten-minute comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  (the role of Red could be portrayed by a female)

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Crime Hills

Synopsis:
even a ribbon cutting ceremony can become a battle ground. Just ask Snow White.

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Developed as part of HowlRound's 2012 Here & Now Project. To be published as part of the Here & Now Collection.

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Genre:
Short Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  Small crowd

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Devil's in the Right Angles, The

Synopsis:
Desperation sets in as K-Car works to repair a roadside memorial and discover the secret his mother holds concerning his son.

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Ten-minute Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Fine Line, A

Synopsis:
What is the true sex? This is the question that D. Garfinkel has struggled with for an entire life - a life that is almost over. A hermaphrodite dancing the fine line between man and woman, joy and sorrow, acceptance and rejection, D. is on an urgent quest for forgiveness and love.

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Finalist, Lark Play Development Conference

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Full length Drama

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Male:  4 (one role can be portrayed by female)            Female:  1 (can, potentially, be played by a male)            Other:  -

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Grilled Vegetables

Synopsis:
Native is to Florida as love is to the Barnes family. Both are in great danger of extinction. Two generations struggle to define this chameleon called love. What they find is that it can be strong and forgiving and it can be warped and misguided. But, in the end, it is what you make it.

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Honorable Mention, 2004 Writer's Digest Competition.

1st Produced:
Cherry Street Theater, Orlando, Florida    2002

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Genre:
Full length Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Hourglass Figures

Synopsis:
Purgatory is truly hell for a woman desperate to separate herself from her greedy, younger husband.

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Developed at the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive.

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Genre:
Ten-minute comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Locker, The

Synopsis:
Two high school outcasts struggle to discover their place in the world and find that escape may really be their only way out.

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Finalist, Heideman Award from the Actors theatre of Louisville. Roles in this piece are for actors who can portray teens.

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Messenger, The

Synopsis:
the Messenger looks at a man's attempt to feel better about his situation and three individual's desires to fill a long-empty void - their stomachs. BRADLeY not only holds these familiar faces hostage but he also holds out on the one thing they each have in common - an over-the-top importance placed on food in their daily life. In the end, BRADLeY does what he seems to do best as of late. He fails once again.

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Finalist, 2005 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival of One Act Plays Competition.

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Genre:
One Act Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Quiet Ones

Synopsis:
Two high school wallflowers fall into the fantasy world of a Romance novel as they attempt to become more than they are.

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the actors should not be minors due to the adult nature of the piece.

1st Produced:
Guerila Theatre, La    2004

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Solitary

Synopsis:
SOLITARY pulls up the skirt of discretion to explore the underbelly of aloneness - light and dark - where "extreme" is the norm and "ordinary" is a dirty word.

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A series of short plays that can be performed separately or as one complete evening.

1st Produced:
Orlando International Fringe Festival    2002

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Genre:
One act

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Male:  Various            Female:  Various            Other:  -

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Something To Do

Synopsis:
Something To Do explores the numbness to violence that today's youth has come to accept as the norm.

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Semi-Finalist, collaboraction's Sketchbook, 2002.

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Stand Your Ground

Synopsis:
Two media hogs vie for attention and to be the lead story.

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Developed as part of HowlRound's 2012 Here & Now Project.

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Genre:
Ten-minute comedy

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Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Story Boy, The

Synopsis:
Simon Utterjoy is known throughout the kingdom of Pebbly Stoneybottom as the Story Boy. the stories he tells are truly magical. the people come to him often with a concern or problem. When they do, Simon will tell one of his stories and the problem will magically be solved. Life in Pebbly Stoneybottom is good. That is until the very horrible Queen Domina, whose favorite thing is to call people names that they are not, posts one of her many decrees. the latest decree states that the men and boys in the village do not have anything interesting to say, therefore, from this day forward they will say nothing. With the help of the Cave Witch and sleepy King Timothy, Simon concocts a plan to right the wrongs the Queen continually decrees and to teach her and her three daughters a much needed lesson. the Story Boy makes a comment on the power of words and their ability to be hurtful if thrown about without concern for other's feelings. And it proves, in a fun and very theatrical way, that there is magic in the telling and listening of wonderful stories.

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  4            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Tennessee Walk, A

Synopsis:
In the hills of Tennessee, the art of storytelling is as rich and alive as it was back in the early days. A TeNNeSSee WALK uses this art, where truth and fiction blend together with no more effort than the drawing in of a breath, and weaves a dark Southern Gothic tale surrounding the legend of Murderous Mary, the elephant, and the effect that secrets have on an impressionable girl of ten.

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Winner, 2011 SART ScriptFeST Competition; 2012 Southern Playwrights Competition (production in 2013); Finalist, 2009 Yale Drama Series, David C. Horn Prize; Semi-Finalist, 2006 O'Neill National Playwright's Conference.

1st Produced:
Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre    2013

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Genre:
Full length Drama

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Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Tenth Son, The

Synopsis:
It is summer, 1722. the heat of the day is reflected in the heat of passion 16-year old BeNJAMIN FRANKLIN has found in the arms of a somewhat older, MARY BeeKMAN. there is also an intensity caused by the determination of the teen to add his thoughts and ideas to his brother's newspaper, the New-england Courant. Ben, with the help of Mary, creates the first of many aliases he will embody in his long life and soon becomes embroiled in a battle of medicine, religion and political manipulations.

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Winner, 2012 Christopher Brian Wolk Award for excellence in Playwriting from the Abingdon theatre, NYC.

1st Produced:
(Staged Reading) Abingdon Theatre's June Havoc Theatre In NYC    10 Dec 2012

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Genre:
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Male:  5            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Twilight-Sleep

Synopsis:
A couple arrives at the hospital ready to give birth and is met by a nurse with a undesirable bedside manner.

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Harriet Lake Festival Of New Plays    2011

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Genre:
Ten-minute Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Why, Goldie? Why?

Synopsis:
Goldilocks is hell-bent on revenge and the Bears aren't having it.

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Mature content

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Genre:
Ten-minute comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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