playwright

Ross Peter Nelson
Playwright

Ross Peter Nelson has been writing for the theatre since late 2002. He has studied play writing with Amy Freed, Ben Yalom, and Anthony Clarvoe. His work has been performed throughout the California and has appeared internationally in Singapore and Sydney, Australia. He has worked most closely with Playground San Francisco, which honored him with their Emerging Playwright Award in 2006, and with the Pear Avenue Theatre in Mountain View, where his work has appeared for nine consecutive seasons. Two of his pieces have been anthologized in collections by Playground and Three Wise Monkeys.

Awards

Finalist, 2012 Heideman Award, Shrink-in-the-Box
First place, Palo Alto Weekly Annual Short Story Contest 2010, The Harrow
Finalist (top 10), 2008 Sydney Short+Sweet, Call Me Comrade
Winner, Mamet Write-Alike Contest, American Conservatory Theatre, The HAL Variations
2006 Emerging Playwright Award, Playground San Francisco, Sexual Perversity in Año Nuevo
Best actor (Norman Munoz), Best director (Peggy Powell), BOA 2006, In the End

Samples

Read the prize-winning short, Sexual Perversity In Año Nuevo.
Read the contest winner, The Harrow (short story version).

Productions

2012

Sexual Perversity in Año Nuevo, Gallimaufry, San Francisco SOTA
Mounting Olympus, Pear Slices 2012, Pear Avenue Theatre (Coming in May)

2011

Imperfect Union, Pear Slices 2011, Pear Avenue Theatre
The Harrow, Sparklight One-act Festival, Arclight Repertory Theatre
The Last Arawak, Pear Slices 2011, Pear Avenue Theatre

2010

In the End, San Francisco Theatre Festival 2010, Yerba Buena Gardens
The Harrow, Short+Sweet Singapore 2010, The Arts House
Return of the Frogs, Pear Slices 2010, Pear Avenue Theatre (review)
In the End, Arclight One Act Festival, Arclight Repertory Theatre

2009

The Harrow, Pear Slices 2009, Pear Avenue Theatre (review)
Shrink-in-the-Box, Pear Slices 2009, Pear Avenue Theatre (review)

2008

Call Me Comrade, Short and Sweet (Sydney), Newtown Theatre (review)
Allegorical Construction with Ectoplasm and Soft Cheese, Pear Slices 2008, Pear Avenue Theatre (review)
Cheese, Cubed Pear Slices 2008, Pear Avenue Theatre (review)
Call Me Comrade, ACTOberfest, Secret Rose Theatre

2007

Call Me Comrade, Eight Tens at Eight, Santa Cruz Actors' Theatre (review, review)
Animal Planet, Pear Slices 2007, Pear Avenue Theatre (review, review)
Cobalt-60 Pear Slices 2007, Pear Avenue Theatre (review, review)

2006

Sexual Perversity in Año Nuevo, San Francisco Theatre Festival / Yerba Buena Garden
Sexual Perversity in Año Nuevo, Best of Playground Festival 2006 / Zeum Theatre (review)
In The End, Bay One-Acts (BOA 2006), Three Wise Monkeys / Eureka Theatre
La Fortuna, Pear Slices 2006, Pear Avenue Theatre (review)