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Robert Kerr

ROBERT KERR  

 Nationality:    USA
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ROBeRT KeRR'S produced plays include the end of the Road (the Juilliard School; also finalist for the abingdon Theater's Christopher Brian Wolk award), the Potato Creek Chair of Death (ensemble Studio Theatre, published by Playscripts Inc.), the Sticky-Fingered Fiancee (with composer Mat eisenstein, Raw Impressions Musical Theatre and Bedlam Theatre), Right for a Dog (Stageworks/Hudson) and To Whom (Brick Theater, Brooklyn). His play Kingdom Gone is being translated into Russian as part of a new Lark Play Development Center program, and the translation will receive a reading at Teatr.doc in Moscow in September 2011. Kingdom Gone, the end of the Road, the Living Section, Meet Uncle Casper and end Times have been developed at the Lark, the actors Studio, Playwrights Horizons, id Theater's Seven Devils Playwrights Conference and the O'Neill Playwrights Conference. He was also a playwriting fellow at Juilliard, a Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, and a founding member of Bedlam Theatre in Minneapolis, which produced his plays This the Word, the Secret Word for Today Is Carrot and Six Characters in Search of Water.

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below is a list of Robert Kerr's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 And the Air Didn't Answer         Bearskin         End Of the Road, The         End Times         Finnegan's Funeral Parlor And Ice Cream Shoppe         In Search of. . .Sasquatch         Juniper Tree, The         Kingdom Gone         Living Section, The         Meet Uncle Casper         Potato Creek Chair Of Death, The         Right For A Dog         Secret Word For Today Is Carrot         Six Characters In Search Of Water         Sticky-Fingered Fiancee, The         Tale Of Peter Rabbit         This Is the Way         This the Word         To Whom

And the Air Didn't Answer

Synopsis:
High school student Dan Wilson is questioning his faith. While he contends with the reactions of his religious mother and girlfriend, he works through his doubts in fantasy scenes that put a comic spin on the Bible, classical literature and pop culture. Finally, in a job interview, Dan must decide whether to be truthful about his religious skepticism or hide his doubts in order to get the job.

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1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizons, New York City    1988

Organisations:
Young Playwrights theater

1st Published:
Dell (In Sparks in the Park and Other Plays) 1989   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy, One-act

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Bearskin

Synopsis:
after the end of a long war, a veteran finds himself out of work and in dire straits. He accepts a wager from the devil to go about in the world for seven years without cutting his hair, bathing, or shaving, all the while wearing the skin of a bear. In this state, he is shunned by everyone he encounters until he meets and falls in love with the unconventional daughter of a destitute old man. the veteran vows to return to her after the seven years have ended. His loneliness only grows worse, and he risks succumbing to despair before he keeps his vow. (adapted from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.)

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Genre:
Children's Play, One-act, adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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End Of the Road, The

Synopsis:
When Peter and Judy discover that Graham, their young son, is terminally ill, they plan one last family vacation to Florida. In the course of their journey, the family encounters crazy gas station attendants, disgruntled amusement park employees and hazardous petting zoos as they gradually confront the truth of Graham's situation, eventually finding the moment of transcendence they're seeking in an unexpected way.

Notes:
Developed At the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference

1st Produced:
the Juilliard School, New York City    2009

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1st Published:
-   -

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Genre:
Dark Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  1 m/f

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End Times

Synopsis:
Penelope, a teenager seeking her place in a fallen world tended by hazmat-suited angels, hatches a plot to learn the identity of her estranged father. When Penelope's father learns of her existence, he is determined, despite her mother's objections, to meet his daughter in an attempt to achieve redemption.

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Genre:
Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Finnegan's Funeral Parlor And Ice Cream Shoppe

Synopsis:
Teenager Kevin Finnegan is in line to inherit the family funeral home/ice cream parlor, but his father, arthur, is worried that Kevin, who has literally been silent all his life, may be too feeble-minded to take over the business. a new employee inspires Kevin to finally learn how to speak and assert his true ambition--to become a barber. events come to a head when the success of a high-profile funeral planned by arthur is threatened by his son anvil's rebelliousness, his daughter Pamela's inappropriate taste in food and Kevin's determination not to follow in his father's footsteps.

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1st Produced:
Playwrights Horizons, New York City    1989

Organisations:
Young Playwrights Festival

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Dark Comedy, One-act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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In Search of. . .Sasquatch

Synopsis:
Stanley Whitaker, a checkpoint agent with the Airport Safety and Security Authority, finds himself under a cloud of suspicion in connection with a security breach at James Buchanan International Airport. When he learns that a hapless acquaintance may have stumbled onto a classified drone remote control facility, Stan comes up with a plan to redeem himself. Will his curmudgeonly wife, an out-of-control agent from the Office of Internal Investigation, and Sasquatch help or hinder him as he tries to clear his name?

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1st Produced:
back room at Jimmy's No 43, 43 East 7rd Street, New York City    18 Nov 2013

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Genre:
Play/Drama (reading)

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Juniper Tree, The

Synopsis:
a young woman who married unwisely is tempted by the evil One into murdering her stepson and taking even more gruesome steps to cover up her crime. When the boy's stepsister buries his bones under the tree where his mother is buried, she sets in motion a series of supernatural events that leads to a reckoning for the stepmother. (adapted from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.)

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Genre:
Horror, One-act adaptation

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  1 m/f

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Kingdom Gone

Synopsis:
ex-convict Cyrus Bailey returns home after twelve years in prison to an unfamiliar world of hormone-swollen cattle and carbonated dairy beverages. He contacts Belle, the high-school sweetheart who broke off contact with him seven years earlier, and tries to rekindle their romance. Meanwhile, Cyrus' sister, Lurlene, pines for a mysterious past lover while deflecting the amorous advances of Cyrus' gleefully corrupt parole officer, and Cyrus' teenage brother, JayZee, an overgrown prodigy, must fight off a degenerative neurological disease long enough to present a revolutionary scientific discovery to the military. When JayZee's discovery presents Cyrus with the opportunity to alter his own past, he must decide whether the opportunity to rewrite his unhappy life, for better or worse, is worth giving up one night of certain happiness with Belle.

Notes:
Developed At the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.

1st Produced:
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, McCall, Idaho    2003

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Genre:
Southern Gothic Sci-Fi Tragicomedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Living Section, The

Synopsis:
When alan's estranged father, al Sr., suffers a heart attack, Alan reluctantly goes to visit him in the hospital. In an effort to repair his relationship with al Sr., Alan agrees to help cover up evidence of an affair his father had years earlier. at the same time, Alan must contend with troubles in his own relationship as his partner, Vincent, is tempted by an old flame. everyone in the family must reevaluate their relationship with al Sr. when his effort to suppress the truth about his past infidelity unexpectedly brings the secret to light.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Meet Uncle Casper

Synopsis:
Uncle Casper has taken time out from an urgent cross-country road trip to drop in at his family reunion. However, the adults quickly tire of this black sheep's antics and banish him to the children's table. Casper is inspired to videotape a final impromptu episode of "Casper's Clubhouse," his bygone children's show, with the children as his studio audience. He tells the story of his wildly itinerant life; takes the children for a ride on Captain Morgan's magical tugboat to the land of Nebraska; introduces them to the Schmidts, a family seething with resentment over the loss of their family farm; talks about his favorite movies, including "John Doe Goes to Washington"; shares tips on making homemade explosives; and finally reveals the purpose of his cross-country trip.

Notes:
Developed At Seven Devils Playwrights Conference

1st Produced:
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, McCall, Idaho    2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
Dark Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Potato Creek Chair Of Death, The

Synopsis:
Somewhere in the American West, there is a gun set to fire at some undisclosed time before the year 2000. In front of this gun is a chair in which thrill-seekers sit, waiting to see if the gun will fire on them. Michael, a teenage runaway from Ohio, sets out to find this legendary chair of death. On the way he meets Valerie, an elderly woman traveling with her possessive, middle-aged son. after Michael finds a kindred spirit in Valerie, he must decide whether to meet what he believes is his rightful fate, or plunge into an uncertain future.

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1st Produced:
ensemble Studio theatre
549 West 52nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10019    1997

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York 2002   -

Music:
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Genre:
Dark Comedy, One-act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Right For A Dog

Synopsis:
the death of the family dog forces a man to confront the estrangement he feels from his wife and children, who he suspects loved the dog more than they love him.

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1st Produced:
Stageworks/Hudson, Schenectady, NY    2008

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Genre:
10-Minute

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Secret Word For Today Is Carrot

Synopsis:
an odd collection of characters-including the separated head and body of Jean-Paul Sartre, a man-dog named after various noted female authors, the dog's master, a retail manager and a crowd of hapless shoppers-try to find meaning, or at least predictability, as they are yanked back and forth between a consumerist dystopia where disembodied voices from above call the shots and hell from Sartre's No exit.

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1st Produced:
Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis    1994

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Genre:
Comedy, 10-Minute

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  2 M/F, plus 6 or more M/F

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Six Characters In Search Of Water

Synopsis:
During a severe global drought, members of an extended family struggle to make sense of the crisis by calling on Santa Claus, attempting to find pleasure in pain and applying the philosophies of Friedrich Nietzsche and Richard Bach.

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1st Produced:
Theatre Winter Haven, Winter Haven, FL    1990

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Sticky-Fingered Fiancee, The

Synopsis:
When Charlie realizes that his best friend, David, is engaged to a woman with a shady past, he must decide whether to warn David, risking sending his emotionally unstable friend over the edge. When Wanda, the fiancee, realizes her past may be exposed, she must decide whether to come clean with David or return to the con-artist life she is trying to leave behind.

Notes:
Book/Lyrics by Robert Kerr, Music by Mat eisenstein

1st Produced:
Raw Impressions Musical Theater, New York City    2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
10-Minute Musical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tale Of Peter Rabbit

Synopsis:
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Notes:
adapted from Beatrix Potter

1st Produced:
Child's Play Theatre, Minneapolis    -

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Dark Comedy, One-act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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This Is the Way

Synopsis:
How would you spend the final minute before the world ends?

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1st Produced:
HeRe Arts Center
145 6th avenue, New York, NY 10013    2009

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
1-Minute Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 M/F

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This the Word

Synopsis:
Two individuals rendezvous at night behind the warehouse and struggle with the indeterminacy of language and their own faulty memories as one tries to remind the other of the vitally important word he is supposed to have memorized.

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1st Produced:
Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis    1994

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Genre:
absurdist Comedy, 10-Minute

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 M/F

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To Whom

Synopsis:
Something's not right at the local refinery. Oh, and by the way, what's up with Lot and his daughters?

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1st Produced:
Brick theatre
575 Metropolitan avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211    -

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Genre:
10-Minute Play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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