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David Robson

DAVID ROBSON  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Susan Gurman Agency, LLC  


David Robson is the author of several plays including ASSASSIN (InterAct Theatre Company/Act II Playhouse), PLAYING LENI (co-written with John Stanton, Madhouse Theater Company), A FEW SMALL REPAIRS (Painted Bird Productions/Theater Catalyst), MAN MEASURES MAN (InterAct Theatre Company), AFTER DENMARK (Yellow Taxi Productions), OUT OF PLACE (Julie Harris Playwriting Award Finalist), and AMERICAN CHILD (Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays Finalist). His short plays include KILLING NEIL LABUTE (Intentional Theatre), MEL AND MEE (Short + Sweet Festival, Australia), YOU RANG (Acme Theater Productions), THE SPEECH and ED REX (City Theater Company), and GOONS (Brick Playhouse). Four nights of his short plays-titled Cruel, Calm, and Neglected-were performed at Wilmington's City Theater Company early last year. David recently received the Hotel Obligado Audience Choice Award for New Work. Other honors include the Susan McIntyre Playwriting Award, the Panowski Playwriting Award (runner-up), and two playwriting fellowships and two grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Play development: Bated Breath Theatre (Hartford), Lark (NYC), White Pines Productions (Elkins Park), City Theater Company (Wilmington), Great Plains Theatre Conference (Omaha), Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, Alaska), Mid-America Theatre Conference (Kansas City, Missouri), Rebel Theatre (NYC), Skewiff Theatre (Belfast, Northern Ireland), and New Theatre (Coral Gables). His plays and monologues have been published by Smith and Kraus and Original Works Publishing. David is a member of the Dramatists' Guild and a former playwright in residence at the Lark Play Development Center in New York City.

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

 After Denmark         Assassin         Death of America         Ed Rex         Few Small Repairs, A         Goons         Head First         Killing Neil LaBute         Last Dance         Man Measures Man         Mel and Mee         Necessary End, A         Playing Leni         Speech, The         Suitors of Susan B Anthony, The         What's Mine         You Rang

After Denmark

Synopsis:
A young editor-who may be related to controversial 19th-century black leader Denmark Vesey-travels to the Deep South to confront questions of racism and identity.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Nashua, New Hampshire    2008

Organisations:
Yellow Taxi Productions

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Assassin

Synopsis:
A hard-hitting, heart-pounding Drama about football and redemption. Thirty years ago, feared NFL defensive back Jack Tatum, nicknamed "Assassin," ended receiver Darryl Stingley's career. Today, Jack seeks a meeting with the man he paralyzed. In his way is a young attorney and a secret that may destroy them both.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Adrienne Theater, Philadelphia, PA    Jan 2013

Organisations:
InterAct Theatre Company/Act II Playhouse

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Death of America

Synopsis:
Rick and Sancho are sitting together talking. Rick, clearly cynical, complains about everything from food to the state of the country. This bores Sancho, who becomes incensed when Rick insults the waitress. Rick is writing a play called "Death of America." He says it's a really dull play, intentionally so because Rick wants to weed out his audience. He explains that eventually, when everyone's about to fall asleep, his play's hero arrives. The hero, Abraham S. Washington, has stolen all the American flags, for which he has a great contempt. Rick stages some of the play, even getting the waitress-who's completely fed up-into it. Soon enough he has Sancho involved too.

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1st Produced:
Brick Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA    1998

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ed Rex

Synopsis:
A powerful, arrogant CEO discovers that his "tragic" fate may be tied to the mysterious death of his predecessor and his marriage to a much older woman. Sound familiar?

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Opera Delaware, Wilmington, DE    Feb 2012

Organisations:
City Theater Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Few Small Repairs, A

Synopsis:
Once two of the most glamorous members of America's privileged class now facing possible eviction from their Newport mansion by the Board of Health, "Big" and "Little" Alice protect, torment, lie and cling to each other. Loosely based on the true, bizarre life of mother and daughter Big and Little Edie Beale, this dark comedy lives somewhere between the longings, loves and delusions of THE THREE SISTERS and SUNSET BOULEVARD.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Theater Catalyst, Philadelphia, PA    2007

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Excerpts published in Audition Arsenal for Men in Their 30's (Smith and Kraus Publishers),    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Goons

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
Brick Playhouse, Philadelphia, PA    1998

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Head First

Synopsis:
An odd, quirky, and sort of gross dance about old-style romance and toilets.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Opera Delaware, Wilmington, DE    Feb 2012

Organisations:
City Theater Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Killing Neil LaBute

Synopsis:
A fledgling writer posts a review of playwright Neil Labute´s work. Labute is irate, and before long a tit-for-tat turns ugly and silly as the two meet to work out their differences.

Notes:
The play was presented in 2007 At the Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha And was A bit hit

1st Produced:
Intentional Theatre Company, Waterford, Connecticut    2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Last Dance

Synopsis:
April 1945: An idyllic Austrian village in the Dolomite Mountains is the setting for an abrupt encounter between infamous German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl and the ordinary GI who comes to arrest her. What begins as a routine encounter quickly escalates into something far more revealing. Through the use of two major flashbacks, we find out that Leni has close ties to the Nazi party. The soldier, meanwhile, is motivated not only by his sense of duty but by his complex feelings of empathy for this fallen film goddess. Over the course of their night together, Leni and the soldier reveal secrets that force them to confront dark truths about themselves and each other.

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1st Produced:
Shubin Theatre    2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Man Measures Man

Synopsis:
In the waning days of the Kosovo conflict, two American doctors travel to Macedonia to offer their services to Albanian refugees. Into the chaos of the medical camp, a mysterious boy arrives, forcing the doctors to re-examine their actions and the personal ethics that guide them. The play measures the naivete of altruism against the realities of war.

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1st Produced:
InterAct Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA    2001

Organisations:
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1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Mel and Mee

Synopsis:
A black comedy about what really happened the night Mel Gibson was arrested.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Short and Sweet Play Festival, Sydney, Australia    2008

Organisations:
Live Ideas

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Necessary End, A

Synopsis:
A professor and his student--a soldier--have an abrupt conversation about war and the nature of heroism.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
New Works Winter Festival    Jan 2010

Organisations:
Acme Theater

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Playing Leni

Synopsis:
Chosen by Hitler himself, the infamous Leni Riefenstahl made some of the greatest propaganda of all time. But now, with the war nearly over, Riefenstahl and a mysterious soldier take a darkly hilarious journey through the Austrian countryside, and Riefenstahl must defend her Nazi past to herself and to the world.

Notes:
written by David Robson And John Stanton. Winner of the Hotel Obligado Audience Choice Award for New Work.

1st Produced:
Adrienne Theater    May 2011

Organisations:
Madhouse Theater Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Dark Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Speech, The

Synopsis:
Dani's classroom speech gets sidetracked when she wonders if she's made the right choices in life.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Opera Delaware, Wilmington, DE    Feb 2012

Organisations:
City Theater Company

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Suitors of Susan B Anthony, The

Synopsis:
Man 1 is the sensitive type. Man 2 is a macho, sexist type. Woman enters and proceeds to talk about her experiences dating these men. They voice their versions. Man 1 is looking for a nice girl, just like dear old mom. Man 2, on the other hand, is just trying to score; he is somewhat profane and graphic in his descriptions. Woman at first doesn't seem to know what she wants. She finds Man 1 nice but somewhat dull. She finds Man 2 very attractive, in part because of his bad boy demeanor. The thing is, Man 2 loves her but gives her excuses and lip and rejects her. Eventually, Woman becomes fed up with the both of them. She leaves them to stew in their own dunderheaded juices.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
City Theater, Wilmington, DE (Delaware    1996

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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What's Mine

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Madhouse Theater    2006

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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You Rang

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
-

1st Produced:

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
in Quay at www.quayjournal.org,   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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