Robert Moulthrop Playwright

CURRENT PLAY

LECTURE, WITH CELLO Robert Moulthrop's third play in the Fringe.

At the Milagro Theatre CSV Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street (north of Delancey, south of Rivington -- F train to Delancey).

SAT 8/9 @ 5:30 – 6:30 SUN 8/10 @ 7:00 – 8:00 WED 8/13 @ 5:45 – 6:45 SAT 8/16 @ 8:00 – 9:00 SAT 8/23 @ 2:30 – 3:30

Why is the Professor late? Where is his cello? And who is the man in the back of the lecture room? A one-man solo drama, this 60-minute journey through history, discord, humor, mystery delves into sex, love, and the relationship of Renaissance brigand-artist-murderer Benvenuto Cellini to the instrument that closely resembles his name. Directed by Kent Paul (director, PBS American Masters Sanford Meisner—The Theater’s Best Kept Secret) featuring Timothy Babcock as The Professor.

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MORE PLAYS

T. L. C. Evelyn is terrified for her son. She grew him strong. Kept him safe. Let him go. Now both their lives are spiraling out of control in this searing new psychological thriller. One phone call. And then... Margaret Daly , in her New York debut, won the Outstanding Actress Award from the 2006 New York International Fringe Festival for her knockout 75-minute solo performance as Evelyn Coleman. ... "A disturbing exploration into the psyche of its protagonist, expertly embodied by Margaret Daly. The actress delivers a nuanced performance . . ." TheatreMania "If you love high-quality, suspense filled live theatre . . . watch Evelyn . . . a darker play about a very disturbed woman . . . It's wonderful . . . Bravo!" nytheatre.com "Is this some newly discovered Sophoclean epic? No, it's Robert Moulthrop's T.L.C. . . . and Moulthrop doesn't miss a single, terrifying trick." Off Broadway. Produced and directed by Marc Silberschatz, artistic director, TwentyFeet Productions.

Half Life 2005 NY Fringe Award Best Playwriting, "Best written and acted show at the Fringe," New York Magazine. "He's coming home after serving his time for touching that girl; I just want everything to be the same." (2m, 3w).

Who Cares The comedy about love, friendships, sexual identity, and what to do with your best friend's ashes kicked off URBAN STAGES "First Look" season with a highly successful reading on Monday, September 18, 2006. Now available for production . . .

. . . Whatever happened to those close friends from college, the ones you spent almost every moment with, in class, in the dining hall, partying, drinking, getting high, lives entwined, discovering them, discovering yourself?? . . . Wasn’t all that really important?? . . . After graduation didn’t you see each other a lot? At least once in a while? But then you stopped. And then . . . In the course of the play Philip, Brian, and Sarah explore the effects of old friendships on the present, look at how unfinished business from the past needs completion, how trust and lust, envy and pride, closeness and anger, sex and sexual identity can all exist within the bonds of friendship. The play takes a humorous look at the anguish of missed opportunities, roads taken and not, and shows what friendship can truly mean.

Where We Are Now A new socio-political revue that looks at life today and asks, "What's it really like to try to be a human being living under a regime that promotes terror from within and without, an administration that every day uses threats - real or imagined - to intrude further and deeper into each of our lives?" Based on news reports and current books, WWAN looks at individuals caught on both sides of the security web, in a society that may now be so mired in timidity as to be lost to change. Is WHERE WE ARE NOW really where we want to be? We're seeking tangible financial support for this project. (3m, 2w).

One Acts Sometimes the only way to get at the truth of the matter is with a short statement.

NOVELS

Safety Zones

Postponing the crack-up, one moment at a time. Jim Truman, married New York tax lawyer, goes to his Dad’s funeral in South Carolina, picking up a woman on the way to pass off as his wife. It doesn’t work. And back at the office, life has begun to unravel at warp speed: the Caracas problem has surfaced again; a partner’s suicide triggers a closer look at the Mishi deal; and at the funeral, the widow wants to see Jim – alone; the porn, the cocaine, and the hookers can’t stop reality; oh, and Jim’s wife is finally pregnant. 93,000 words.

Edgemere Close

The development at the edge of nature. Four suburban couples, each with their own lives, their own secrets. But the coyote at the swimming pool, the deer in the garden, are signals of greater forces at work. What’s really going on at the bio-tech corn plant on the edge of town? Is there a link with someone’s new diagnosis? Does a past suicide hold the key to a teenager’s future? 97,000 words.

29 Palms

What really happened on the Fifth Avenue bus? At the truck stop? At the motel? Are the incidents linked? Is the narrator a serial killer? How does it all add up? A disturbing narrative designed to intrigue and upset. 70,000 words.

The Man Who Froze Bees

A comedy of manners. Easton to Wall Street. At what age do the fires of love begin to turn to ashes?

Dinkey Biederman and the Jars of St. Claire's

A novel for Young Adults. What happens in the New Jersey development when the new Black family moves in next door?

SHORT STORIES

Thirty-plus short stories, some published or forthcoming in Yankee, Old Hickory Review, San Jose Studies, The Griffin, The Brooklyn Free Press, The MacGuffin, Pikeville Review, and on-line at Common Ties.