Robert A. Potter
Playwriting Vita
Original Plays & Adaptations
LAST DAYS OF THE EMPIRE
(2008) Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
Produdec by Dramatic Women
Director: Maurice Lord
THE LAST LIBERAL
(2006) Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
Produced by Dramatic Women
Director: Heather Ondersma
THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STARS
(2004) Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
Produced by Dramatic Women
Director: Peter Lackner
THE COCKROACH SOLUTION
(2002) Reading at UCSB Studio Theatre, Santa Barbara
Director: Bob Potter
AYO'S JOURNEY (Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, co-author)
(2002) Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
Produced by Dramatic Women
Director: Val Limar
AMUSIA
a fantasy based on the life and music of Maurice Ravel
(2001) Hatlen Theatre, UC Santa Barbara
Produced by Theatre UCSB
Director: Peter Lackner
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S QUEEN MARGARET
adapted from The Three Parts of Henry the Sixth;
revised version of Queen Margaret of England (1977)
(2001) Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, Colorado
Director: Tom Markus
LIFE IS A DREAM
a new adaptation of Calderón de la Barca’s La vida es sueño
(1997) Performing Arts Theatre, UC Santa Barbara
Produced by Theatre UCSB
Director: Kirk Andrew Everist
BIRD OF PARADISE
(1996) Center Stage Theatre, Santa Barbara
Produced by Dramatic Women
Director: Michelle Osborne
SAINT BARBARA IN THE FLESH
(1995) Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
Produced by Dramatic Women
Director: Michelle Osborne
BRECHTIAN VARIATIONS
four additional sketches for Bertolt Brecht's Private Life of the Master Race: "Peach Cobbler" "January Dreams" "The Geneticists on Their Lunch Break" and "Full Employment II".
(1994) Penthouse Theatre. Seattle, Washington
Produced by University of Washington
Director: Tom Markus
MUTT'S MONOLOGUE
(1993) West Coast Ensemble, Los Angeles
Director: Sharon Connors
BEDTIME STORY
(1991) Reading at Actors and Playwrights Unit, London, England
Director: Linda Polan
A FINE & PRIVATE PLACE (Ellen K. Anderson co-author)
(1991) Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara
Director: Nancy Grinstein
LA CELESTINA
a new English stage version of Fernando de Rojas' play (with Pamela Howard)
(2002) Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Director: Pamela Howard
(1990) Workshop Production, Almeida Theatre, London
Director: Pamela Howard
(1987) Reading at British Theatre Association, London
Director: Pamela Howard
THE LADY IN THE LABYRINTH
(1989) Main Theatre, UCSB Santa Barbara.
Director: Jane Ridley
(1988) Workshop Production at First Stage, Los Angeles.
Director: Pavel Cerny
(1987) Reading at First Stage, Los Angeles.
Director: Pavel Cerny
THE WIND DANCERS
(1987) Rudder Forum, Texas A & M University,
College Station, Texas.
Director: Michael Greenwald
MAN'S DESIRE AND FLEETING BEAUTY
a sixteenth century comedy translated from the Dutch (with Elsa Strietman)
(1995) Victoria College, University of Toronto, and Le Moyne
College, Syracuse, New York.
Director: Michael Barbour
(1986) Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Director: Voiza Arnold
(1985) PLS University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Director: David Parry
(1984) Homerton College, Cambridge University, England. Director: Peter Raby
THE SEA LION
(1987) Reading at City Theatre Company, Pittsburgh.
Director: Susan Capek
(1984) Reading at Tisch School of the Arts , NYU, New York City
Director:Tom Markus
(1983) Reading at South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California
Director: Mary Ann McGarry
JUST ACROSS THE BORDER
(1982) Virginia Museum Theatre, Richmond.
Director: Tom Markus
(1980) Reading at Theatre Off Park, New York City.
Director: Tom Markus
THE VISION OF CHILDREN
(1985) Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
Director: Michael Birtwhistle
(1980) Reading at Circle in the Square Theatre,
New York City.
Director: Paul Vincent
(1980) Main Theatre, UCSB Santa Barbara.
Director: Michael Greenwald
MOTHER COURAGE
a new American version of Bertolt Brecht's play
(1998) Theatre UCSB, Santa Barbara
Director: Peter Lackner
(1981) San Diego Repertory, San Diego.
(with Whoopi Goldberg)
Director: Michael Addison
(1979) Virginia Museum Theatre, Richmond.
Commissioned by The Virginia Museum Theatre
Director: Tom Markus
FAUST: AN ENTERTAINMENT
adapted from Goethe, in a new translation by Stuart Atkins
Goethe Centenary Festival, UCSB, Santa Barbara. Director: Robert Potter
VOLPONE
adapted from Ben Jonson's play (with Tom Markus)
(1978) Virginia Museum Theatre, Richmond.
Commissioned by the Virginia Museum Theatre
Director: Tom Markus
(1978) Theatre-at-Monmouth, Monmouth, Maine.
Director: Tom Markus
FIFTEEN SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE
a music drama,
music by Marc Ream
(1978) Lotte Lehman Hall, UCSB Santa Barbara.
Produced by the Contemporary Music Festival, UCSB
Director: Robert Potter
QUEEN MARGARET OF ENGLAND
adapted from Shakespeare's The Three Parts of Henry the Sixth.
(1977) Tomlinson Theatre, Philadelphia.
Produced by Temple University
Director: Tom Markus
FIORENZA
adapted from Thomas Mann's play (with Richard Exner)
Thomas Mann Centenary Symposium
(1975) Lotte Lehman Hall, UCSB, Santa Barbara.
Director: Robert Potter
IN A PIG'S EYE
(1975) Theatre Three, Philadelphia.
Produced by Temple University
Director: Tom Markus
WHERE IS SICILY
(1969) Main Theatre, UCSB, Santa Barbara.
(with Paul Winfield)
Creative Arts Institute, University of California
Produced by Department of Dramatic Art, UCSB
Director: Tom Markus
THE MISER
adapted from Moliere's play
(1965) Garrison Theatre, Claremont.
Produced by Pomona College Theatre
Director: J. Michael Miller