Robert Emmet Lunney

Robert Emmet Lunney is an actor and playwright. His play, Famous Blue Raincoat, an O'Neill Playwrights Conference finalist, was developed and workshopped with Naked Angels (NYC). For Nina, part of Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Fridays@3 series, has been workshopped by Two River Theater (Red Bank, NJ), The Directors Company (NYC), American National Theatre (NYC), Interact Theatre (Los Angeles), and the Road (L.A.). Robert’s works-in-progress include An Occurrence at Yankee Stadium, an absurdist dark comedy; Cannon Beach, a detective noir; and When You Wake (screenplay), a father/son story of love and loss, easily confused for a demonic thriller.
Robert played the demon in the FOX series The Exorcist (iHorror Award nominee: Best Actor). He has guest-starred in numerous television shows...

Robert Emmet Lunney is an actor and playwright. His play, Famous Blue Raincoat, an O'Neill Playwrights Conference finalist, was developed and workshopped with Naked Angels (NYC). For Nina, part of Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Fridays@3 series, has been workshopped by Two River Theater (Red Bank, NJ), The Directors Company (NYC), American National Theatre (NYC), Interact Theatre (Los Angeles), and the Road (L.A.). Robert’s works-in-progress include An Occurrence at Yankee Stadium, an absurdist dark comedy; Cannon Beach, a detective noir; and When You Wake (screenplay), a father/son story of love and loss, easily confused for a demonic thriller.
Robert played the demon in the FOX series The Exorcist (iHorror Award nominee: Best Actor). He has guest-starred in numerous television shows including, WeCrashed (Apple TV+), Boardwalk Empire (HBO), The Blacklist, Blindspot, Elementary, and Law & Order. On stage, Robert has performed extensively on Broadway, Off Broadway and in regional theatre. Performing highlights include Tobias in Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance (Broadway); Gerry Evans in Brian Friel's Dancing At Lughnasa (Broadway); Ed Devery in Born Yesterday (Broadway); Gary in Howard Barker's solo poem, Gary, The Thief (World Premier/Potomac Theatre Project/NYC); Ball in Mr. Barker's Victory (PTP/NYC); Lenny in Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming (Olney Theatre/Maryland); Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird (Ford's Theater/D.C.); Sidney Bruhl in Ira Levin’s Deathtrap (Triad Stage/NC); and Roy Cohn in Tony Kushner's Angels In America (Guest Artist/University of Alabama).

Scripts

FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT (the one that gets you...)

by Robert Emmet Lunney

2

Cast Size

3

Genre

comedy,

drama,

political

Mons, a life-embracing renaissance man living on the fringe shows up, out of the blue, at the Hamptons home of his college friend Len and his wife Jane. He brings with him a 1,200 page manuscript and a still-burning desire to live life to the fullest.

"...and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried"
- from Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat

Mons, a life-embracing renaissance man living on the fringe shows up, out of the blue, at the Hamptons home of his college friend Len and his wife Jane. He brings with him a 1,200 page manuscript and a still-burning desire to live life to the fullest.

"...and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried"
- from Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat

For Nina

by Robert Emmet Lunney

1

Cast Size

6

Genre

comedy,

drama

Nina Dalton, a movie star too-old-for-Hollywood, has returned to the stage in a new play by her much older, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist husband, Brian Bartov. Brian is waging a dual battle against early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease and the temptation to rewrite Nina’s part for a young starlet in the play’s film version. Their bold-faced world is unsettled by the return of Gar Jackson, Nina’s first love, who...

Nina Dalton, a movie star too-old-for-Hollywood, has returned to the stage in a new play by her much older, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist husband, Brian Bartov. Brian is waging a dual battle against early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease and the temptation to rewrite Nina’s part for a young starlet in the play’s film version. Their bold-faced world is unsettled by the return of Gar Jackson, Nina’s first love, who shows up after a twenty year absence. He comes with a commitment to Art over Commerce, and a play of staggering beauty and epic proportions, written for Nina.
Inspired by Anton Chekhov's THE SEAGULL.

An Occurrence At Yankee Stadium

by Robert Emmet Lunney

1

Cast Size

4

Genre

adventure,

comedy,

dark comedy,

drama,

political,

satire

A young man falls from the stands at Yankee Stadium into a top-secret world of intrigue and national security. On his fantastical journey, he discovers just how difficult it is to be a hero in America today.