Robert Bowie Jr.

Robert Bowie Jr.

Playwright and Poet Robert Bowie, Jr. of Baltimore, Maryland has had ten plays produced, including "Onaje," which was selected for professional production at FringeNYC in October 2018. Its five sold-out FringeNYC performances received rave reviews. Other plays include “There Ain’t No Wyoming” and “Naked House Painting Society, which were produced through The Baltimore Playwrights Festival. Bowie’s...
Playwright and Poet Robert Bowie, Jr. of Baltimore, Maryland has had ten plays produced, including "Onaje," which was selected for professional production at FringeNYC in October 2018. Its five sold-out FringeNYC performances received rave reviews. Other plays include “There Ain’t No Wyoming” and “Naked House Painting Society, which were produced through The Baltimore Playwrights Festival. Bowie’s political farce “Crash & Burn P.A.” was the only submission selected by the 2016 Festival Committee for a full production at Theatrical Mining Company, Baltimore.

Currently, Bowie is working on a operetta in partnership with Mind The Art Entertainment. The operetta, entitled "Vox Populi," is a comical, interactive tale about the deadly sin of pride.

Bowie’s plays are focused on social justice and span a broad spectrum between drama and comedy. His subject matter ranges from plays about racial prejudice and civil rights to political farce.

Bowie is a graduate of Harvard University and is the Poet Laureate of The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA): https://alumni.harvard.edu/community/about-haa/haa-poet-laureate.

Plays

  • COVID Comedy by Robert Bowie Jr.
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, farce
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    Keyword: COVID, pandemic + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, farce
    Keyword: COVID, pandemic, 2020, Farce, comedy
    COVID Comedy: the pandemic from a rat’s point of view.

    Human beings have killed half a million of our own kind, and no one is at fault. Or are they?

    At a dive bar in the middle of a pandemic, masks are optional but politics and religion are strictly forbidden.
    The humans offer a free one-day hunting license after your third Singapore Sling, pellet gun after six, your own...
    COVID Comedy: the pandemic from a rat’s point of view.

    Human beings have killed half a million of our own kind, and no one is at fault. Or are they?

    At a dive bar in the middle of a pandemic, masks are optional but politics and religion are strictly forbidden.
    The humans offer a free one-day hunting license after your third Singapore Sling, pellet gun after six, your own hand gun after dark. If there's nothing in the alley, they'll release the rats they keep above the bar.
    Humans call it hunting. Rats have always known it’s blind dominance. They’ve watched human beings destroy the climate, the oceans, and each other.

    But rats have a long history with pandemics. Years ago, they decimated humans and this time, they intend to finish the job—wipe out the human race.
  • Onaje by Robert Bowie Jr.
    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: drama, period + 1 more
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    Keyword: 1980, Baltimore + 8 more
    Genre: drama, period, political
    Keyword: 1980, Baltimore, African American, black, racism, KKK, oystermen, civil rights, white working-class, blue collar
    Reno, 1980. A black hitchhiker is hit by a white cowboy and waitress speeding down the freeway on a getaway. They become an unlikely trio as they bond through humor and observations, then realize that two of them are inextricably linked through long-buried secrets of their past. They are forced to return to everything they escaped and stand up against their deepest fears in a vicious stand-off. “Onaje” is set...
    Reno, 1980. A black hitchhiker is hit by a white cowboy and waitress speeding down the freeway on a getaway. They become an unlikely trio as they bond through humor and observations, then realize that two of them are inextricably linked through long-buried secrets of their past. They are forced to return to everything they escaped and stand up against their deepest fears in a vicious stand-off. “Onaje” is set in two worlds, Maryland 1980, and the civil rights riots in the Eastern shore in 1967. “Onaje” is a riveting story about working class Americans, and the long journey from violent racism to the seed of a hopeful future.
  • The Naked House Painting Society by Robert Bowie Jr.
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: love, Relationships + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: love, Relationships, Sex, love and lust, manipulation
    This is a love story about a husband who risks everything to regain the love of his wife and repair their relationship. He plans a reunion at a summer house on Martha’s Vineyard with another couple, including his wife’s old lover. The two couples painted this house together years ago, before they all switched partners. Now, as he manipulates his guests throughout the weekend, the question is how far will he go to achieve his goal?
  • Crash & Burn by Robert Bowie Jr.
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 2 more
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    Keyword: Farce, lawyers + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, political, satire
    Keyword: Farce, lawyers, politician, fast-paced, slapstick
    Two low life lawyers become pawns in a billionaire’s scheme to funnel 50 million dollars of untraceable money out of a plundered local bank and into the political campaign of a candidate who likes “to make deals” until they switch the tables and become kings of this political farce.
  • The Grace of God & The Man Machine by Robert Bowie Jr.
    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: 1980s, 1960s America + 1 more
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: 1980s, 1960s America, american race relations
    In The Grace of God & The Man Machine, an eccentric hitchhiker is picked up by a headstrong cowboy and spirited waitress, only to discover they are all inextricably linked by the past. The Grace of God & The Man Machine is about buried secrets, redemption, and the long journey from racism to the seed of a hopeful future. Set in two worlds — against the backdrop of the burning city of Cambridge during...
    In The Grace of God & The Man Machine, an eccentric hitchhiker is picked up by a headstrong cowboy and spirited waitress, only to discover they are all inextricably linked by the past. The Grace of God & The Man Machine is about buried secrets, redemption, and the long journey from racism to the seed of a hopeful future. Set in two worlds — against the backdrop of the burning city of Cambridge during Maryland’s race riots of 1967, and the American open road of the 1980s — The Grace of God & The Man Machine explores the fallout of racial violence, ultimately finding humanity, and hope.
  • The Alchemy by Robert Bowie Jr.
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: Ancient Greek comedy, satire + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, fable/folktale, farce, melodrama, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: Ancient Greek comedy, satire, aging, Sex, Classical parody
    Set in a playwriting class for senior citizens, The Alchemy chronicles what happens when the widow of a former Greek professor uses improvisation to write a play in response to losing the love of her life. Hilarity ensues when she and the other members of the class (much to the chagrin of their young administrator) write a satirical adaptation of the story of Eos and Tithonus.