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ROBERT ASKINS (1980 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Abrams Artists Agency represented by Cindy Mintz and Morgan Jenness |
Robert Askins was born in Cypress Texas in 1980. He moved to New York in 2005. Rob has received two EST/Sloan grants, and an Arch and Bruce Davis Award for Playwriting. He has been commissioned by Divercity Theatre and Baylor University. Robs play Princes of Waco was produced and developed by Youngblood. His play Matthew and the Pastors Wife was a part of Marathon 2010 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Robs play Doll Parts was read with the Write Club sponsored by Arlene Dahl. This Summer he was a part of the 52nd Streets Heads or Tail: The Chancey Plays and he can be found on the second Sunday of every month running around a fancy greek restaurant for his sight specific brunch serial All the Little Fishes about the trials and tribulations of working fine dining in Manhattan with Greeks. Rob is an I-73 and Youngblood Alum. He has been around EST since he came to New York 6 years ago and is proud to say he is now a member.
Plays by Robert Askins
Anger and the Doughnut | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lion Theatre | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Living Image Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #96852 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
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Synopsis: | part of Living Image Arts' 5th Anniversary Festival of One-Acts features the world premiere of 4 uniquely American new works about 4 distinctly American life experiences. From the love-struck brokers of Wall Street to immigration raids torn from today's headlines, from doughnut-hurling Grannies to Charlie's Angels-obsessed housewives, Americanize will show you just what it is to be a Real American | |||||
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Boxes | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lion Theatre | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Living Image Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63937 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of Committed a program of 3 One Act Plays | |||||
Synopsis: | a touching, yet darkly comic play about two siblings trying to bury the past. | |||||
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Clean Living | ||
| 1st Produced: | Clurman Theatre | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Diverse City Theater Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55918 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of The Equality Plays Festival | |||||
Synopsis: | An absurdist exploration of truth and men in the military where men can neither ask nor tell. | |||||
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Committed | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lion Theatre | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Living Image Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #78993 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | William K. Powers | Tony Zertuche | Robert Askins | |||||
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Doll Parts | ||
| 1st Produced: | read with the Write Club | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #137050 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Hand to God | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theatre | 31 Oct 2011 | ||||
Company: | The Ensemble Studio Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #133504 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Christian Puppet Ministries are, in fundamentalist Christian congregation, normally a great way to teach children about the Bible. Each child gets a puppet, and each puppet gets its own personality. But in Hand to God children can be fooled by Satan's tricks. For even within the sanctuary of the Christian Puppet Ministry of Cypress, Texas, the devil lurks; Hand to God tells that story. | |||||
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I'd Leave You But We Have Reservations | ||
| 1st Produced: | Linhart Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Living Image Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54125 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | part of a program of four one-act plays by Jacqueline Christy, Stephanie Rabinowitz, Maria Gabrielle and Robert Askins | |||||
Synopsis: | You slip the maître d' a twenty. You score the best table in the house. The meal is perfect, the ambience superb. Your eyes lock. What did you say? Yet another evening is shattered by public displays of rejection. Only this time everyone is going to get their just desserts | |||||
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Matthew and the Pastor's Wife | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10019 >>> | 24 May 2010 | ||||
Company: | Ensemble Studio Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #114604 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | part of Marathon of One-Act Plays 2010 | |||||
Synopsis: | Matthew is a small town sinner. Dorothy is the pastor's wife. She's trying to save his soul. He's trying to let her. Then he forgets his bible. Then she leans in. When they kiss the world starts to fly apart and it's gonna take something awful to put it back together. | |||||
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Princes of Waco | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10019 >>> | 11 Jan 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108831 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | In darkest Texas, an old man teaches a fatherless boy how to drink, fight and steal by a code. But when they love the same girl, that brings killing and dying into the picture. That's where the trouble starts. A fierce, viciously funny journey to a bloody, forgotten West. | |||||
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