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Cynthia G Robinson

CYNTHIA G ROBINSON

  
Nationality:    African American
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Cynthia G. Robinson was raised in the Bronx, New York. She is a Playwright, Educator, Teaching Artist, and Producer. She holds a B.A. in English from Syracuse University and an M.A. in English Education from New York University. She has also studied English Education at Trinity College, University of Oxford in the U.K. Plays include: Peola's Passing (Samuel French Off Off Broadway Theatre Festival; New Perspectives Theatre Company); Gold Star Mother (EstroGenius Festival; publication in Book of Estro); Ascension (National Black Theatre Festival; New York International Fringe Festival), Thunder: A Musical Memoir (New York International Fringe Festival), Dancing on Eggshells (Women's Work Development Lab, New Perspectives Theatre). Awards include: State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities; Finalist, Black and Latino Playwrights Conference (Texas State University); Calvin B. Grimes Scholar-in-Residence (New York University). Other honors include: Tribeca All-Access Open Stage, Best New Play IRNE nomination (Ascension), Thomas Barbour Memorial Playwright's Award, Finalist (The Panacea). Cynthia is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women, The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., and Co-founder/Artistic Director of Robinson Williams Productions, a production company founded with her husband and mentor, Cezar Williams.

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         Ascension         Dancing on Eggshells         Gold Star Mother         Nightfall         Peolas Passing         Thunder ! A Musical Memoir

Ascension

Synopsis:
It's 1850 on a plantation in Alabama and Ruth desperately loves her Jacob as they dream of a wedding. A rape. A secret. A birth. A mystery. A murder. Sweeping tale of obsession, possession, and the freedom to love. www.AscensionPlay.com 2h 0m, Yonkers, New York Drama, FringeHIGH
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1st Produced:
5th African American Theatre Festival, Boston, Massachusetts    2005

Organisations:
Our Place Theatre Project, Inc

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2h 0m, Drama, FringeHIGH

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Dancing on Eggshells

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Womens Work Development Lab    -

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Gold Star Mother

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Gold Star Mother is the story of the reality of war as it threatens to destroy a couple, putting their faith to the ultimate test.

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1st Produced:
14th annual EstroGenius Festival @ the Barrow Group Theater, NY    01 Dec 2013

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in Book of Estro   -

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Nightfall

Synopsis:
Cynthia G. Robinson's Nightfall, directed by Cezar Williams, takes us to a village in Sudan, where Kofi and his pregnant wife Josiane are preparing for a peaceful night after finally getting their baby to sleep. But they are interrupted by the arrival of Tahir and Chad, a pair of mercenaries who threaten everything that this couple holds dear. Robinson's writing is searing and involving, well-performed by Georgia Southern, Neil Dawson, Leopold Lowe, and Clinton Lowe.

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1st Produced:
The Fire This Time Festival    2013

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in "The Fire This Time Festival Season Four", http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

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Genre:
ten min play

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Peolas Passing

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Samuel French Off Off Broadway Theatre Festival, NY    -

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Thunder ! A Musical Memoir

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Acclaimed Broadway performer Jimmy Tate (Bring in 'Da Noise/Bring in 'Da Funk) blends hypnotic tap-dancing, soulful original songs, and powerful spoken word to tell a compelling, emotional story of love, loss, and the realization of dreams.

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Original Songs by Jimmy Tate

1st Produced:
theatres at 45 Bleecker Street - the Bleecker Street Theatre, New York International Fringe Festival    2007

Organisations:
T.R.A. Productions

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Genre:
0h 45m Drama Musical

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