Daniel Roberts

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Roberts, born 1969, in New York City. Playwright, Editor, Educator. B.A. (1992) and M.A. (1994) from the University of Pennsylvania. Edited the literary magazine Press from 1995–2001. Founder of the Audax Theatre Group and publisher of The Hineni Writer's Workshop Review. Author of 2001 OOBR-award winning play The Beginning of the And, Last Day starring Heather Raffo, Brando starring Kate Roe and Dante Giammarco, and featuring Nina Wheeler-Chalfin, which Time Out New York called "An impressive piece of writing...recalling Edward Albee or John Guare", Frankie starring Kristina Klebe, The Gold Standard starring Sabine Singh and Jordan Charney, and Monsterface starring Sarah Grace Wilson and Ted Schneider, and featuring Karen Lynn Gorney. In addition to literary pursuits, Roberts works with the Boikarabelo, an orphanage in South Africa and, since 2004, has taught college-level poetry to 4th graders at PS 375 in Harlem. A self-proclaimed "conservative" Democrat, Mr. Roberts has been mentioned as a possible candidate for Congress in New York's 8th district, a seat currently held by Jerold Nadler. According to the Audax Theatre Group's website, Mr. Roberts wrote a new play entitled Haunted House featuring Anna Wood and Jordan Charney which was called "Sparklingly original...with characters that stick" by the New York Times  . In 2011 he completed a first draft of a novel entitled Bar Maid. Recently Roberts co-founded MAPS Inc. along with Tom Willits. MAPS brings together school children of different backgrounds through artistic collaboration and live performances of student-made, original works on a professional stage. In September of 2011, Mr. Roberts will open an office on Manhattan's Upper West Side dedicated to "Private solutions to public problems." Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Roberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born:

In New York City

Movie/TV Credits:

21

First Appeared:

In the movie Cherry, Harry & Raquel! 1970-04-22

Latest Project:

Movie ReEmigrantai 2022-12-30