Robert Koon

Playwright/Actor

Chicago, Illinois

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Robert Koon is a Resident Playwright Alumnus at Chicago Dramatists, where he has also served as Staff Dramaturg and Acting Artistic Director. Chicago Dramatists has produced his plays St. Colm’s Inch and Homecoming 1972, and published his play Vintage Red and the Dust of the Road (Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for New Work, American Theatre Critics Steinberg Award nominee) in their anthology New Plays from Chicago. Robert’s other work includes Odin’s Horse (2004 national award for ecodrama, Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for New Work), Cyclist Attacked by Mountain Lion, Menorca, The Point of Honor, Inpainting, Changing Attire, Solstice, and Looking West from Fira. His work has been featured at the Ashland New Plays Festival, Playwrights Week at the Lark Theatre (New York), the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest, Stage Left Theatre’s (Chicago) LeapFest, Mirror Stage’s (Seattle) Feed Your Mind Series, and Estrogen Fest in Chicago. He has been awarded creative residencies at the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Illinois, and the William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence, Kansas. Robert teaches regularly in the Playwrights Studio at Chicago Dramatists, and has also taught at The Theatre School at DePaul University, Aurora University, Independence (Kansas) Community College, Theatre of Western Springs, Northlight Theatre’s Open Door Ensemble, Timber Lake Playhouse, and the Ashland (Oregon) New Plays Festival. Dramaturgical credits include Stageworks Theatre in Tampa, Florida and Indiana Theatre Works. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

Chicago, IL
info@robertkoon.com