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Rob Reese

ROB REESE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Rob Reese was born in Nashville, Tennessee, sometime after "one giant leap for mankind" and sometime before the death of disco. With a degree in communications/theatre arts from Boston College, Reese continued his education in Chicago at the sundry training centers of The Second City, The Improv Olympic, and The Annoyance. After working with numerous improv and sketch companies as a performer and director, he moved to New York and founded Amnesia Wars Productions in 1997. Reese has continued his education by working in various capacities for such companies as the New York Shakespeare Festival / Public Theater, The Wooster Group, and Pilobolus Dance. Survivor: Vietnam was first published in the NYTE anthology Plays and Playwrights 2004 and his adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was first published in the NYTE anthology Playing With Canons: Explosive New Works from Great Literature by America's Indie Playwrights. Other playwrighting credits include: Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe (the sci-fi parody adventure EVER!), Reese's Pieces (a collection of short plays), the radio serial Tad Granite, Private Eyeball, and contributions to the libretto of Kamala Sankaram's opera Miranda. Upcoming projects include a heavy-metal rock-opera, and the vaudeville style musical revue Yahweh's Follies: a hysterical history about your favorite god.

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         Frankenstein         Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe         Lucky Charms         Miranda         Psycheroticproviholicyesandsomethinvoodoo         Reese's Pieces         Safari's Edge         Survivor: Vietnam!

Frankenstein

Frankenstein
A highly theatrical rendering of Mary Shelley's classic novel.

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Adaptation

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Keanu Reeves Saves the Universe

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A group of Space Babes travel back in time to kidnap Keanu Reeves to take him to the future as he is the only one who can save the Universe

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the Red Room, New York    2005

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Comedy

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Lucky Charms

Synopsis:
examines life from the mundane and predictable to the sacred and taboo to discover whether or not we believe what we think we do.
- nytheatre.com

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part of Play Date. the collection contains four premiere one-act pieces All written by emerging playwrights. Each play in this series subverts theatrical convention in unique And exciting ways. With non-linear narratives, shapeshifting characters, And fourth walls breaking, this production is sure to thrill And delight Audiences bored with unadventurous theatre

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Producers Club
358 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036    20 Oct 2011

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Blowout Theatre Company

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short play

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Miranda

Synopsis:
Who killed Miranda Wright? Watch this reality TV taping of "the Whole Truth," in which the Jury (the audience) must choose one of three suspects - her mother, her father, her lover - to convict as Miranda's murderer. Miranda is a chamber opera featuring a lush score combining Baroque opera, Tango, Hindustani classical music and Hip-Hop. Six instrumentalists recreate the last day of Miranda's life as they sing, act and play all parts. Guided by robotic host D.A.V.E. (the Differential Autonomous Verification Engine) and the Bailiff who rouses the Jury to respond vociferously at key moments, the Jury must sift through a sea of lies to uncover the truth and decide who must be punished.Miranda combines fantastical steampunk costumes and gadgetry with arresting video projections and captivating music.
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created by Kamala Sankaram; music by Kamala Sankaram; lyrics by Kamala Sankaram And Rob Reese

1st Produced:
HERE Arts Center - Dorothy B. Williams theater
145 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10013    12 Jan 2012

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steampunk murder-mystery chamber opera 60 min

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Psycheroticproviholicyesandsomethinvoodoo

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Parkside Lounge, New York    Sep 2000

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Amensia Wars

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Reese's Pieces

Synopsis:
Join our intrepid future anthropologists as they present scenes from a society obsessed with wordplay, boobs, the Roman Legion, boobs, and why society's dad is such a dick! Not bad for scientists whose onlyhistorical record is the battered hard drive of ancient comedy writer Rob Reese.
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Sage Theater, NY    2006

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Amnesia Wars

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comic vignette

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Safari's Edge

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Parkside Lounge, New York    Jan 2001

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Amensia Wars

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Survivor: Vietnam!

Survivor: Vietnam!
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.

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