Playwright
Plays
For Nina by Robert Emmet Lunney
Cast: 6
Genre: comedy, drama
Nina Dalton, a movie star too-old-for-Hollywood, has returned to the stage in a new play by her older, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist husband, Brian Bartov. Brian is waging a dual battle against early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease and the temptation to rewrite Nina’s part for a young starlet in the play’s film version. Their bold-faced world is unsettled by Gar Jackson, Nina’s first love, who turns up after a twenty year absence. He arrives with a commitment to Art over Commerce, and a play of staggering beauty and epic proportions, written for Nina.
Inspired by Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL
Cast: 6
Genre: comedy, drama
Nina Dalton, a movie star too-old-for-Hollywood, has returned to the stage in a new play by her older, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist husband, Brian Bartov. Brian is waging a dual battle against early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease and the temptation to rewrite Nina’s part for a young starlet in the play’s film version. Their bold-faced world is unsettled by Gar Jackson, Nina’s first love, who turns up after a twenty year absence. He arrives with a commitment to Art over Commerce, and a play of staggering beauty and epic proportions, written for Nina.
Inspired by Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL
Famous Blue Raincoat by Robert Emmet Lunney
Cast: 3
Genre: drama, political
Matthew Snow, a life-embracing renaissance man living on the fringe, arrives at the Hamptons home of his college friend, Len, and his wife Jane. He brings with him a 1,200 page manuscript and a still-burning desire to live life to the fullest.
"Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried."
-from Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat
Cast: 3
Genre: drama, political
Matthew Snow, a life-embracing renaissance man living on the fringe, arrives at the Hamptons home of his college friend, Len, and his wife Jane. He brings with him a 1,200 page manuscript and a still-burning desire to live life to the fullest.
"Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried."
-from Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat
An Occurrence At Yankee Stadium by Robert Emmet Lunney
Cast: 4
Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, political, satire
A young man falls from the stands at Yankee Stadium into a top-secret world of intrigue and national security. On his fantastical journey, he discovers just how difficult it is to be a hero in America today.
Cast: 4
Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, political, satire
A young man falls from the stands at Yankee Stadium into a top-secret world of intrigue and national security. On his fantastical journey, he discovers just how difficult it is to be a hero in America today.
