David Robson is an award-winning playwright whose work for the stage has been hailed as "compelling", "forceful", and "gut-wrenching" by the New York Times, and "an important contribution to contemporary theater" by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Plays include BLUES IN MY SOUL: THE LEGEND AND LEGACY OF LONNIE JOHNSON, COMFORT AND JOY, BY THE EYE, WITHOUT CONSENT, BIRTHRIGHT (PlayPenn Semi-finalist), THE PASSION OF M., CLAY WARRIOR, MULEHEADED, AFTER BIRTH OF A NATION (Best Playwright Award, Broadway World), PRICELESS, PLAYING THE ASSASSIN (Philadelphia Critics' Award Nomination for Best New Play), PLAYING LENI (co-written with John Stanton), A FEW SMALL REPAIRS, MAN MEASURES MAN (Barrymore Nomination), AFTER DENMARK, and OUT OF PLACE (Julie Harris Playwriting Award Runner-Up).
His work has been seen at Passage Theater Company, Penguin Rep, TheaterWorks Hartford, Delaware Theatre Company, InterAct Theatre Company, Act II Playhouse, Blank Theatre Company, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, Bated Breath Theatre, Lark, White Pines Productions, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, New Theatre, Madhouse Theater, Yellow Taxi Productions, City Theater Company, and Theater Catalyst, among others.
He was recently named Delaware's Best Playwright, and is the recipient of the Hotel Obligado Audience Choice Award for New Work and two playwriting fellowships and two grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts.
Robson's plays and monologues are published by Smith and Kraus and Original Works Publishing. He is a member of the Dramatists’ Guild, the Playwrights' Center, and a former playwright in residence at the Lark in New York City.
He is also the author of more than 20 books for young adults, including Shakespeare's Globe Theater, The Murder of Emmett Till, and The Black Arts Movement. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College, an MS in English Education from St. Joseph's University, and a BA in Communications from Temple University.
He is a professor of English at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pennsylvania, where he received the Gould Award for Teaching Excellence in 2010.
Successes
Playing the Assassin, David Robson's acclaimed drama, is published.
David Robson's play Clay Warrior is published in the Broad Street Review.
The New York Times reviews Playing the Assassin.
The New York Times profiles David Robson and his drama, Playing the Assassin.
Playwright David Robson is featured in Delaware Today magazine.