Writing Resume

Robert O’Connell

231 Churchview St. Cary, NC 27513   •    Email: oconman1@gmail.com   

Web: http://www.flashmobthenovel.com    •   Blog: http://www.thesmartestguyiknow.wordpress.com

Books

• The Death of Comedy; Green Chicken Press 2016
• Campus Mob; Green Chicken Press 2016
• The Day I Dressed Better Than My Wife; Green Chicken Press 2015
• Cruise Mob; Green Chicken Press 2014
• Flash Mob; Green Chicken Press 2013

Publications

• The Triangle Review – Regular contributor of theater reviews around the Raleigh-Durham Triangle Area – 2019-present
• The Educator – Essay, Voices of Parkland; Parkland Writer’s Café, 2016
• Chances of a Lifetime – Short Story, The Portal;  – Broward South Regional Library, May/June 2016
• Pumpkin Time – Essay, The Writer’s Café – Volume XIII; 2014
• Old Friends and Old Age – Essay, The Writer’s Café – Volume XIII; 2014

Writing Awards

• Game Day: 1^st place, Audience Choice Award, Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival, Racine, WI, February 2017
• Death List: 3^rd place for playwriting in the Helen Jean Play Contest, Spring 2016
• Nine Angry Men: 3^rd place for playwriting in the Helen Jean Play Contest, Summer 2016
• Cloud in my Coffee: 2^nd place for The Playgroup LLC Full-length Play Contest, 2016
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell: 1^st place for playwriting in the Helen Jean Play Contest, Autumn 2016
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell; Audience Choice Award, Short + Sweet Theatre Festival, Manila, Philippines, October 2016

Stage Productions

• APR: Acronym Plays, Urban Stages, NY, NY, Mar 2022
• Cloud in My Coffee: Sky Pilot Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, May 2020
• Playtime: Pegasus Theatre NJ, Princeton Junction, NJ, Mar 2020
• Redshirt: Paragon, Otherworld Theatre, Chicago, IL, Nov 2019
• The Visit: Radio Theatre Project, St. Petersburg, FL, Nov 2019
• You Gotta Fight for your Right to Potty: Radio Theatre Project, St. Petersburg, FL, May 2019
• Character Assassination: Radio Theatre Project, St. Petersburg, FL, Mar 2019

• The Pet Peeve Store; Lite 2019, Cary, NC, Mar 2019
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell: Panglossian Productions, Williamsburg, VA, Feb 2019
• Character Assassination: TEN:10 Dubai, The Junction, Al Quoz, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sept 2018
• Character Assassination, Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell, Death and a Salesman: Cary Playwright’s Forum, Radio Hour, Cary, NC Aug, 2018
• The Visit: The Mother Lode, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Mar 2018
• Character Assassination; The 4^th Street Theater, Chesterton, IN, Mar. 2018
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell; The Bench Plays, Odenbear Theatre, Taos, NM, Feb 2018
• Slur Wars: In the Moment One Act Series, Creative Circuit Studios, San Antonio, TX, Jan 2018
• Character Assassination: The Storefront Theatre, Waxhaw, NC, Mar 2018
• Character Assassination: Short+Sweet 2018 Dubai, Jan 2018
• Character Assassination: Triangle Reading Service, Raleigh, NC, Nov 2017
• Playtime: The Players Follies, The Players Centre, Sarasota, FL, Nov 2017
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell: North Park Playwright Festival, San Diego, CA, Oct 2017
• Playtime: Our Funny Shorts, Unscrewed Theatre, Tucson, AZ, Aug 2017
• Character Assassination: Minnesota Shorts, Lincoln Community Theatre, Mankato, MN, January 2017
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell: North Carolina Playgroup, Aug, 2017
• Playtime; Academy Theatre, Hapeville, GA, Jul 2017
• Character Assassination: Edge Fest 2017, Birdhouse Theatre, Milledgeville, GA,  May 2017
• Character Assassination: Tree City Playhouse, Lourdes University, Sylvania. OH, May 2017
• Character Assassination: Short Cuts 7, The Playgroup LLC., The Willow Theatre, Boca Raton, April 2017
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell: Lake Sumter State CollegeShort Play Festival, Leesburg, FL, April 2017
• Character Assassination: Diez Minutos, San Miguel, Mexico, March 2017
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell; TINAG – A Showcase of 3 Award Winning Plays, Yugto Theater Ensemble., Manila, Philippines, February 2017
• Game Day: Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival, Racine, WI, February 2017
• The Juggler: Nugget Fringe, Grass Valley, California, January 2017
• Character Assassination: Playwrights Round Table Launch 2017, Orlando, FL January, 2017
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell; Short + Sweet Theatre Festival, Power Mac Center Spotlight at Circuit Makati., Manila, Philippines, October 2016
• Character Assassination; North Park Playwright Festival, North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shoppe, San Diego, Sept. 2016
• The Visit; Thirteen is Murder, Andrews living Arts Theatre, Ft. Lauderdale, June 2016
• Bob Gets Cast Out of Hell; Short Cuts 6, The Playgroup LLC., The Willow Theatre, Boca Raton, May 2016

Presentations

Acting

• Heave Ho; Lite 2019, Cary, NC, Mar 2019

Directing

• The Pet Peeve Store; Lite 2019, Cary, NC, Mar 2019