Robert Patrick
Individual
Robert Patrick (born September 27, 1937) was an American playwright, director, performer, poet, lyricist, short story writer, and novelist. His first work as a playwright, "The Haunted Host," premiered at Caffe Cino in 1964 and would go on to many subsequent productions, several starring Harvey Fierstein, including a 1991 production at La MaMa. Patrick published over 60 works and was at the forefront of Off-Off Broadway from its beginning. In addition to his extensive work as a playwright, Patrick directed many productions of his own work, as well as others'.
Patrick's 1973 play "Kennedy's Children" went on to West End and Broadway productions. It was nominated for several Drama Desk awards and won a 1975 Tony Award for Shirley Knight for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. Over the course of his career, Patrick received many honors and awards including the Robert Chesley Award for Lifetime Achievement In Gay Theatre (1996) and the International Thespian Society Founders Award for Services to Theatre and to Youth (1980).
;ROBERT PATRICK (Born Kilgore, Texas, September 27, 1937), a pioneer in Off-Off Broadway and gay theatre, has published over 60 plays. His first, “THE HAUNTED HOST,” premiered at the legendary Caffe Cino in 1964 and has been the first production of gay theatres from Toronto to Sydney. Samuel French called Patrick “New York’s most-produced playwright of the 1960’s,” climaxing in the 1969 “Show Business” Award for “JOYCE DYNEL,” “SALVATION ARMY, and “FOG,” as well as Rockefeller and N.Y.S.C.A.P. grants.
In 1990 at La Mama E.T.C. Patrick directed his last play in New York, “HELLO, BOB,” about his worldwide experiences with “Kennedy’s Children.”
Biographical information drawn from records in the La MaMa archives; Additional information taken from Robert Patrick's resume located on: https://robertpatrickpersonal.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/resumelinks-to-online-works/
Patrick's 1973 play "Kennedy's Children" went on to West End and Broadway productions. It was nominated for several Drama Desk awards and won a 1975 Tony Award for Shirley Knight for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play. Over the course of his career, Patrick received many honors and awards including the Robert Chesley Award for Lifetime Achievement In Gay Theatre (1996) and the International Thespian Society Founders Award for Services to Theatre and to Youth (1980).
;ROBERT PATRICK (Born Kilgore, Texas, September 27, 1937), a pioneer in Off-Off Broadway and gay theatre, has published over 60 plays. His first, “THE HAUNTED HOST,” premiered at the legendary Caffe Cino in 1964 and has been the first production of gay theatres from Toronto to Sydney. Samuel French called Patrick “New York’s most-produced playwright of the 1960’s,” climaxing in the 1969 “Show Business” Award for “JOYCE DYNEL,” “SALVATION ARMY, and “FOG,” as well as Rockefeller and N.Y.S.C.A.P. grants.
In 1990 at La Mama E.T.C. Patrick directed his last play in New York, “HELLO, BOB,” about his worldwide experiences with “Kennedy’s Children.”
Biographical information drawn from records in the La MaMa archives; Additional information taken from Robert Patrick's resume located on: https://robertpatrickpersonal.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/resumelinks-to-online-works/
Mirage, Valentine Rainbow, Play-By-Play, Richest Girl In The World Finds Happiness, The, Pouf Positive, Michelangelo's Models, Socrates, How I Came To Be Here Tonight, Cleaning House, I Came To New York To Write, Hello, Bob, Absolute Power Over Movie Stars, Kennedy's Children, Hollywood At Sunset, Joyce Dynel, Camera Obscura, You're Family, What Doesn't Kill Me... Makes A Great Story Later, or The Suck In Success, The Haunted Host, T-Shirts, Limelight, Blue Is For Boys, Beaux-Arts Ball, Nice Girl, Lovable, Laughable Auntie Matter, Bread Alone, On Stage, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, My Cup Ranneth Over, The Golden Circle
"Mirage" and "The Circle" (1965), Changes, An Annual Social Dance (1969), Julia Caesar (1970), La MaMa Christmas Show (1971), Valentine Rainbow (1972), Valentine Rainbow (1972), Play-By-Play (1972), Silver Queen (1973), Da Nutcracker In Da Bronx (1977), Richest Girl in the World Finds Happiness, The (1981), Richest Girl in the World Finds Happiness, The (1981), Play by Play: A Spectacle of Ourselves (1974), Cleaning House (1974), Plays by Ross MacLean and Robert Patrick (1974), Plays by Ross MacLean and Robert Patrick (1974), The Golden Circle (1972), The Richest Girl in the World Finds Happiness (1970), The Richest Girl in the World Finds Happiness (1970)
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