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Robert Ruffin

ROBERT RUFFIN  

 Nationality:    USA
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Playwright, actor, director, producer, stage combat director, artistic director. Teaches playwriting at The College of William and Mary.

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 1781: an American Symphony         Ba-baah and the Windigo         Chesapeake Celebration, A         Day in the Life of Poptart, A         Gift of the Magi, The         Great American Poets, The         Great English Poets, The         Grotesque Burlesque, A         Kiss My Little Girls - 1861: Resurrection         Love and Liberty         MeetthePresidents.com         Morality of Death, The         Pirate's Blood         Quest for the Golden Albatross, The         Tale of the Reluctant Raj         Untitled Edwardian         Valentine's Day Waltz         Voices of Democracy         We Rise         Winning Liberty Land

1781: an American Symphony

Synopsis:
An historical symphonic drama that follows the history of the American soldier.

Notes:
Commissioned by Prosody Creative Services for the National 225th Anniversary celebration of the Victory of the Battle of Yorktown

1st Produced:
Yorktown National Battlefield Park    2007

Organisations:
America's 400th Anniversary

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Symphonic Drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ba-baah and the Windigo

Synopsis:
A strange English sheep arrives in America in 1607 and falls in love with a monster.

Notes:
Music by Michael Peed. Commissioned by America's 400th Anniversary.

1st Produced:
East Coast Tour    2006

Organisations:
America's 400th Anniversary

1st Published:
Prosody Creative Services, 2006   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Children's Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Chesapeake Celebration, A

Synopsis:
A multimedia drama/comedy that features dance, video, music and poetry and traces the history of the Chesapeake Bay.

Notes:
written by Robert Ruffin, Robert P. Nelson And Bob Zentz

1st Produced:
Kimball Theatre, VA    2004

Organisations:
Virginia Premiere Theatre

1st Published:
San Francisco Bay Press, 2005   0-9763114-0-2

Music:
-

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Genre:
Multimedia drama/comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  8            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Day in the Life of Poptart, A

Synopsis:
Follows the romantic misadventures of the French clown Poptart.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Bay School Cultural Arts Center    2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Clown comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Gift of the Magi, The

Synopsis:
A full-length, dramatic adaptation of O. Henry's work of the same name.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Kimball Theatre, VA    2007

Organisations:
Virginia Premiere Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Great American Poets, The

Synopsis:
A docudrama that follows the development of poetry in America.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Virginia Premiere Theatre    2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Great English Poets, The

Synopsis:
A docudrama that traces the history of English Poetry from the Elizabethan Period to Twentieth Century.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Virginia Premiere Theatre    2002

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Verse drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Grotesque Burlesque, A

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
-

Parts:
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Kiss My Little Girls - 1861: Resurrection

Synopsis:
After the death of their two youngest daughters, a Confederate Civil War veteran and his wife confront the ghosts of their past through their real-life historical letters.

Notes:
written by Robert Ruffin And Jeff Toalson. Commissioned by the Cook Foundation.

1st Produced:
Gloucester Arts on Main    2011

Organisations:
The Cook Foundation

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Love and Liberty

Synopsis:
Master musician, Peter Pelham, takes on odd jobs while trying to extend his career during the American Revolution.

Notes:
Music by Dave McKay And Ken Ashby. Commissioned by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

1st Produced:
-    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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MeetthePresidents.com

Synopsis:
A one-act for young adults in which two teen webmasters are unexpectedly transported into the webosphere and encounter great American Presidents.

Notes:
Music by John Tracy. Commissioned by the America's 400th Anniversary.

1st Produced:
America's 400th Anniversary    2006

Organisations:
Prosody Creative Services

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
drama

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Morality of Death, The

Synopsis:
A musical Morality Play constructed as a comedic Burlesque that follows an average day in the life of Death. Full-length one-act.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Metropolitan Playhouse
220 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009    1994

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
-

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Pirate's Blood

Synopsis:
Two movie stars duel on a 1930's movie set in this one act comedy.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Metropolitan Playhouse
220 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009    1995

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Quest for the Golden Albatross, The

Synopsis:
A silly pirate swashbuckler.

Notes:
written by ian Rose And Robert Ruffin

1st Produced:
Historic Philadelphia    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tale of the Reluctant Raj

Synopsis:
A comedic fairy tale in which a Raj gives in to his love for a Princess.

Notes:
Commissioned by the Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

1st Produced:
St. Agnes Academy    -

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Children's Theatre

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Untitled Edwardian

Synopsis:
An existential comedic drama that takes place on a boat ride, haycart ride and picnic in Edwardian England. Full-length one-act.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Metropolitan Playhouse
220 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009    1997

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedic Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Valentine's Day Waltz

Synopsis:
An interactive dramatic comedy that is set at a New York Bar Association ball during the McKinley Administration.

Notes:
Commissioned by the New York Bar Association

1st Produced:
Metropolitan Playhouse
220 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009    1997

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Dramatic Comedy

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Voices of Democracy

Synopsis:
A retired school teacher confronts Presidents Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Wilson and Lincoln on the meaning of freedom in the Land of Democracy.

Notes:
Commissioned by America's 400th Anniversary.

1st Produced:
America's 400th Anniversary    2007

Organisations:
Prosody Creative Services

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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We Rise

Synopsis:
A two-act verse drama that follows human evolution.

Notes:
-

1st Produced:
Metropolitan Playhouse
220 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10009    1996

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Verse Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  5            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Winning Liberty Land

Synopsis:
A musical spoof that tells the story of what happens when a small town group of theatricals take on a national theme park syndicate.

Notes:
Music by John Tracy. Commissioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

1st Produced:
Kimball Theatre, VA    2006

Organisations:
Virginia Premiere Theatre

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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