Robi Polgar Theatre Credits
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Education
The University of Texas at Austin, M.F.A. (Directing), 1993
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, B.A. magna cum laude (Drama), 1987
British European Studies Group, London, England, 1985 - 1986
Daniel Stewart's and Melville College, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1978 - 1983
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Directing Experience
*indicates original production
2015 - The Tree Play*
Playwright: Robi Polgar
Producer: Robi Polgar
Venue: Ground Floor Theatre, Austin, Texas
2005 - Flesh and the Desert*
Playwright: Carson Kreitzer
Producer: The University of Texas at Austin
Venue: Oscar G Brockett Theatre, UT Austin
2004 - Cabaret
Playwright/s: Kander, Ebb, Masteroff
Producer: The University of Texas at Austin
Venue: B. Iden Payne Theatre, UT Austin
2004 - The Road To Wigan Pier: A Socialist Tea-Time Travelogue & Historical Musical Revue*
Playwright: Robi Polgar
Producer: Robi Polgar
Venue: The Off Center, Austin, Texas
2002 - Bob Wills: The King of Western Swing*
Playwright: BSC (Los Angeles)
Producer: Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Venue: Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas
2001 - The Gifts of the Magi
Playwrights: Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain
Producer: State Theatre Company
Venue: State Theatre Company, Austin, Texas
2001 - King Lear
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Blue Theater, Austin, Texas
2000 - The Possibilities
Playwright: Howard Barker
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: Historic Hangar at Robert Mueller Airport (defunct), Austin, Texas
1999 - Ashes to Ashes
Playwright: Harold Pinter
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The VORTEX, Austin, Texas
1999 - Betrayal
Playwright: Harold Pinter
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1999 - The Speaker Speaks: an evening with Sam Rayburn
Playwright: Clay Nichols
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
Venues: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas; Winedale, Texas; LBJ Library
(University of Texas at Austin); Bonham, Texas; Uvalde Opera House, Uvalde, Texas
1998 - The Wars of the Roses
Adapted by RP from Shakespeare
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1998 - The Life of Galileo
Playwright: Bertolt Brecht
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1998 - Away Down Yonder*
Playwright: Clay Nichols
Producer: Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
Venue: Texas State Senate Chambers
1997 - Dracula
Playwright: Steven Dietz
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1997 - The Duchess of Malfi
Playwright: John Webster
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1996 - Cyrano de Bergerac
Translated by Anthony Burgess from Edmond Rostand
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1996 - A Family Affair
Adapted by Nick Dear from Alexander Ostrovsky
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1995 - The Beggar's Opera
Playwright: John Gay
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1995 - Scenes From An Execution
Playwright: Howard Barker
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The Public Domain, Austin, Texas
1995 - Burnt*
Playwright: Catherine Rogers and RP
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: Art Space (Baylor Street), Austin, Texas
1994 - H.I.D. (Hess Is Dead)
Playwright: Howard Brenton
Producer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: Austin State Hospital & Dance Umbrella, Austin, Texas
1994 - The Mysteries of Film*
Playwright: Michael Camenisch
Produer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The VORTEX (Ben White Boulevard), Austin, Texas
1994 - The Beaux' Stratagem
Playwright: George Farquhar
Produer: The Public Domain Theatre Company
Venue: The VORTEX (Ben White Boulevard), Austin, Texas
1993 - The Tempest
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Producer: Austin Shakespeare Festival
Zilker Hillside Theatre, Zilker Park, Austin, Texas
1992 - Oh What A Lovely War
Playwright: Joan Littlewood/Theatre Workshop
Producer: The University of Texas at Austin
Venue: Theatre Room, Winship Building, UT Austin
Self-produced works while a graduate student at UT (1990 - 1993):
The Castle (Howard Barker); Territory (Michael Camenisch);
Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 (Shakespeare); The Wars of the Roses (adapted from Shakespeare)
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Assistant to the Director
1993 - Phantom (Kopit and Yeston)
Director: Philip McKinley
Producer: Interworld Productions, Frankfurt
Venue: Frankfurt Opera House, Frankfurt, Germany
1993 - Sayonara* (Fischoff, Luce, Gilbert; from Michener)
Director: Philip McKinley
Producer: Theatre Under The Stars, Houston, Texas
Venue: Music Hall, Houston, Texas
1993 - Brigadoon (Lerner, Loewe)
Director: John De Luca
Producer: Theatre Under The Stars, Houston, Texas
Venue: Music Hall, Houston, Texas
1993 - Hello, Dolly! (Herman, Stewart)
Director: Lee Roy Reams
Producer: Theatre Under The Stars, Houston, Texas
Venue: Music Hall, Houston, Texas
1990 - King Lear (Shakespeare)
Director: Bruce Shapiro
Producer: The Shakespeare Ensemble at M.I.T.
Venue: M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts
1986 - Swim Visit*
Director: Christopher Payton
Producer: (Rocco Landesman/Dodger Productions)
Venue: Donmar Warehouse, London, England
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Playwriting
The Tree Play
2015, Ground Floor Theatre, Austin, Texas
The Road To Wigan Pier: A (Socialist) Tea-Time Travelogue & Historical Musical Revue
2004, The Off Center, Austin, Texas
The Willie Wells Story
2003, The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Burnt (co-written with Catherine Rogers)
1995 The Public Domain Theatre Company
Wars of the Roses (adapted by RP from Shakespeare)
1992 Austin Shakespeare Festival/1998 The Public Domain Theatre Company
Mephisto (adapted by RP from Klaus Mann)
1988 Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
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Related Skills
Music (guitars; singer/songwriter); Theatrical Design Experience (lighting, set, and sound); French, German; Fight Choreography; Carpentry
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