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 Robert Koon is a resident playwright at Chicago Dramatists, where he also serves as the company dramaturg. Chicago Dramatists produced his play St. Colm's Inch and published his play Vintage Red and the Dust of the Road (Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work, American Theatre Critics Steinberg Award nominee) in their anthology New Plays from Chicago. Robert's other work includes Odin's Horse (Joseph Jefferson Award nominee, 2004 national award for ecodrama), The Point of Honor, Changing Attire, Solstice, and Looking West from Fira. His newest play, Menorca, will be produced at 16th Street Theatre in the fall of 2010.
Robert's work has been featured at the Ashland New Plays Festival, Playwrights Week at the Lark Theatre (New York), the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest, Stage Left Theatre's (Chicago) LeapFest, Mirror Stage's (Seattle) Feed Your Mind Series, Earth Matters On Stage, the Pittsburgh Ecodrama Festival, and Estrogen Fest in Chicago. He has been awarded creative residencies at the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Illinois, and the William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence, Kansas. He teaches regularly in the Playwrights Studio at Chicago Dramatists, and has also taught at The Theatre School at DePaul University, Aurora University, Independence (Kansas) Community College, Northlight Theatre's Open Door Ensemble, The Off-Campus Writers Workshop, Theatre of Western Springs, Timber Lake Playhouse, and the Ashland (Oregon) New Plays Festival. Dramaturgical credits include Stageworks Theatre in Tampa, Florida and Indiana Theatre Works. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.
Robert came to playwriting after a career in acting, directing, and designing. He received his MFA from The University of California at Davis, and currently resides in Chicago with his wife, Jean Marie.
Contact Robert at rkoon@chicagodramatists.org |
