Colette Robert

Colette Robert (she/her) is a director and playwright from Los Angeles and New York with a passion for stories about time, history, identity, joy, and hope. WAM Theatre: Debut Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: STEW (Page 73), Native Son (PlayMakers Rep), Behind the Sheet (Ensemble Studio Theatre), On the Exhale, Mary’s Wedding, The Mountaintop (Chester Theatre Company). Upcoming: Co-Artistic Director of the 38th Marathon of One-Act Plays at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Creative inspiration: Strong Visuals, Heart, Sincerity. Membership/Affiliations: SDC, Ensemble Studio Theatre Artist Member, New Georges Affiliated Artist, Lincoln Center Directors Lab Alum, Adjunct Lecturer at NYU. Community Engagement/Activist work: Frequent volunteer with The 52nd Street Project and Reading Partners. Selected training: MA, RADA/King’s College London. BA, Yale University. Awards/proudest achievements: As a playwright, her play The Harriet Holland Social Club presents the 84th Annual Star-Burst Cotillion in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel received a grant from New York City’s Women’s Film, TV, and Theatre Fund for a production in 2021 (co-produced by New Georges and The Movement Theatre Company). Connect: coletterobert.com

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