Playwriting
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101 Reasons to Thank Your God for Donald J. Trump, Vladimir J. Putin, and My Dad, Who’s a Dick.
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Monologist Max Silver is jolted from his mundane existence into a schizophrenic Max Headroom style dystopia. An immediate intersection of his parental resentments, his painful breakup, a deficient understanding…
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States Of Our Union
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States of Our Union 3 Short plays by Ed Valentine & Rob Reese This evening of short plays explores the current state of our post-2016-election nation with vibrant words, stunning visuals…and occasional crocodile faces. NYC premieres by author/director Rob Reese and writer Ed Valentine (3 time Daytime Emmy winner, Sesame Street). State of the Union By…
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Frankenstein: Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts
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Reese’s theatrical adaptation of Frankenstein has been licensed by The Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts for their 2013 winter production. Directed by Lorna C. Hill
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Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe (Auckland, NZ)
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Produced by Mercury Jane Productions Directed by Rob Reese KRSTU continued its tradition of totally selling out houses and delighting audiences in New Zealand Click here for info on the New York runs of KRSTU
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Miranda
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By Kamala Sankaram and Rob Reese The Steampunk Chamber Opera Winner of the 2012 Innovative Theater Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical!
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Yahweh’s Follies
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The musical comedy revue of biblical proportions tells the story of our favorite deity through musical numbers, comedy vignettes and irreverent historical references. In June ’13 the show appeared in the prestigious Ars Nova All New Talent Fest Go to Yahwehsfollies.com for video and audio samples, synopses, and more photos.
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Murder in the Key of Death
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The New York chapter of Opera On Tap has commissioned composer/librettist team Sankaram – Reese to create an environmental, operatic, Agatha Christie style murder mystery. Our preliminary workshops on the piece have received an astounding response and the premiere has been tentatively scheduled for Spring of ’14.
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Frankenstein
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Adapted by Rob Reese A text-faithful, experimental, music and movement rich adaptation of Mary Shelley’s masterwork presenting The Monster as a psychologically divided chorus. Experimental Drama, 3 Acts, 100 Minutes 4 Females, 4 Males Orchestration for Double bass and Guitar (optional)
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Survivor: Vietnam!
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By Rob Reese This ripe, ribald parody of reality television puts a group of eager contestants in the middle of the War in Vietnam, where they vie for a $1 million grand prize, if they survive. Comedy, 1 Act, 80 Minutes 6 Females, 3 Males, 3 Gender Neutral
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Promiscuous Fiction: The Spray
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Adapted Short Stories by Jonathan Lethem Minnesota Fringe Festival The Twilight Zone meets Kids in the Hall in a world where missing things are made visible, old friends fade away, love weathers the apocalypse, and a crab stages a reality TV comeback. Satirical and poignant, surreal and comedic, unsettling yet all too familiar.