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ROBERT RUFFIN |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Playwright, actor, director, producer, stage combat director, artistic director. Teaches playwriting at The College of William and Mary.
Plays by Robert Ruffin
1781: an American Symphony | ||
| 1st Produced: | Yorktown National Battlefield Park | 2007 | ||||
Company: | America's 400th Anniversary | |||||
| 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 | #139793 | |||
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Genre: | Symphonic Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Commissioned by Prosody Creative Services for the National 225th Anniversary celebration of the Victory of the Battle of Yorktown | |||||
Synopsis: | An historical symphonic drama that follows the history of the American soldier. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Ba-baah and the Windigo | ||
| 1st Produced: | East Coast Tour | 2006 | ||||
Company: | America's 400th Anniversary | |||||
| 1st Published: | Prosody Creative Services, 2006 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #139792 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Michael Peed. Commissioned by America's 400th Anniversary. | |||||
Synopsis: | A strange English sheep arrives in America in 1607 and falls in love with a monster. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Chesapeake Celebration, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kimball Theatre, VA | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Virginia Premiere Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | San Francisco Bay Press, 2005 | ISBN/ASIN: | 0-9763114-0-2 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #139803 | |||
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Genre: | Multimedia drama/comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 8 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Robert Ruffin, Robert P. Nelson and Bob Zentz | |||||
Synopsis: | A multimedia drama/comedy that features dance, video, music and poetry and traces the history of the Chesapeake Bay. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Day in the Life of Poptart, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Bay School Cultural Arts Center | 2002 | ||||
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 | #139800 | |||
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Genre: | Clown comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Follows the romantic misadventures of the French clown Poptart. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Gift of the Magi, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kimball Theatre, VA | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Virginia Premiere 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 | #108966 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A full-length, dramatic adaptation of O. Henry's work of the same name. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Great American Poets, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Virginia Premiere Theatre | 2002 | ||||
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 | #139802 | |||
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Genre: | drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A docudrama that follows the development of poetry in America. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Great English Poets, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Virginia Premiere Theatre | 2002 | ||||
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 | #139801 | |||
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Genre: | Verse drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A docudrama that traces the history of English Poetry from the Elizabethan Period to Twentieth Century. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Grotesque Burlesque, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #108967 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kiss My Little Girls - 1861: Resurrection | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gloucester Arts on Main | 2011 | ||||
Company: | The Cook Foundation | |||||
| 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 | #139797 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by Robert Ruffin and Jeff Toalson. Commissioned by the Cook Foundation. | |||||
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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Love and Liberty | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #139806 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Dave McKay and Ken Ashby. Commissioned by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. | |||||
Synopsis: | Master musician, Peter Pelham, takes on odd jobs while trying to extend his career during the American Revolution. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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MeetthePresidents.com | ||
| 1st Produced: | America's 400th Anniversary | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Prosody Creative Services | |||||
| 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 | #139795 | |||
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Genre: | drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by John Tracy. Commissioned by the America's 400th Anniversary. | |||||
Synopsis: | A one-act for young adults in which two teen webmasters are unexpectedly transported into the webosphere and encounter great American Presidents. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Morality of Death, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Metropolitan Playhouse | 1994 | ||||
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 | #108968 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A musical Morality Play constructed as a comedic Burlesque that follows an average day in the life of Death. Full-length one-act. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Pirate's Blood | ||
| 1st Produced: | Metropolitan Playhouse | 1995 | ||||
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 | #108969 | |||
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Genre: | comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Two movie stars duel on a 1930's movie set in this one act comedy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Quest for the Golden Albatross, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Historic Philadelphia | - - - | ||||
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 | #139799 | |||
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Genre: | comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | written by ian Rose and Robert Ruffin | |||||
Synopsis: | A silly pirate swashbuckler. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tale of the Reluctant Raj | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. Agnes Academy | - - - | ||||
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 | #108970 | |||
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Genre: | Children's Theatre | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Commissioned by the Catholic Archdiocese of New York. | |||||
Synopsis: | A comedic fairy tale in which a Raj gives in to his love for a Princess. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Untitled Edwardian | ||
| 1st Produced: | Metropolitan Playhouse | 1997 | ||||
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 | #108971 | |||
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Genre: | Comedic Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | An existential comedic drama that takes place on a boat ride, haycart ride and picnic in Edwardian England. Full-length one-act. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Valentine's Day Waltz | ||
| 1st Produced: | Metropolitan Playhouse | 1997 | ||||
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 | #108972 | |||
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Genre: | Dramatic Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Commissioned by the New York Bar Association | |||||
Synopsis: | An interactive dramatic comedy that is set at a New York Bar Association ball during the McKinley Administration. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Voices of Democracy | ||
| 1st Produced: | America's 400th Anniversary | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Prosody Creative Services | |||||
| 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 | #139796 | |||
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Genre: | Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Commissioned by America's 400th Anniversary. | |||||
Synopsis: | A retired school teacher confronts Presidents Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Wilson and Lincoln on the meaning of freedom in the Land of Democracy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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We Rise | ||
| 1st Produced: | Metropolitan Playhouse | 1996 | ||||
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 | #139798 | |||
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Genre: | Verse Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | A two-act verse drama that follows human evolution. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Winning Liberty Land | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kimball Theatre, VA | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Virginia Premiere 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 | #139794 | |||
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Genre: | Musical Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by John Tracy. Commissioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. | |||||
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. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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