Ross Peter Nelson
Playwright


Ross Peter Nelson has been writing for the theatre since late 2002. He studied play writing with Amy Freed and Ben Yalom. His work has been performed throughout the California and recently appeared internationally with a premiere in 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 seven consecutive seasons.  Two of his pieces have been anthologized in collections by Playground and Three Wise Monkeys.


Awards

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

Productions

2010

In the End San Francisco Theatre Festival 2010, Yerba Buena Gardens (coming in August)
The Harrow Short+Sweet Singapore 2010, The Arts House (coming in July)
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)

2005

The Myth of FingerPrints, Pear Slices 2005, Pear Avenue Theatre  (review)
Chekhov's Law, Eight Tens at Eight, Santa Cruz Actors' Theater (review)

2004

The Dawn of the Unelected, Pear Slices, Pear Avenue Theatre

Publications

Best of Playground 2006, Sexual Perversity in Año Nuevo


BOA 2006 Anthology, In The End

Staged Readings

2010
Mounting OlympusCity Lights Theatre

2009
Ezekiel's WheelCity Lights Theatre

2008
Shrink-in-the-Box, City Lights Theatre
Return of the Frogs
, Playground San Francisco
The HAL Variations, American Conservatory Theater
Call Me Comrade, Camino Real Playhouse

2007
Imperfect Union, Playground San Francisco
Bones, Dragon Theatre
The Harrow, Playground San Francisco

2006
Sexual Perversity in Año Nuevo, Playground San Francisco
Allegorical Construction with Ectoplasm and Soft Cheese, Playground San Francisco

2003
Chekhov's Law, Playground San Francisco

2002
Victoria's Secret, Playground San Francisco


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