Robert Flor
Robert Francis Flor, Ph.D is a Seattle native raised in the city’s Central Area and Rainier Valley. His poems appeared in the Poetry on the Bus, Soundings Review, Four Cornered Universe, 4 and 20 Journal, the Wanderlust Journal, the Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry Review, Poets Against the War, the Seattle Post Intelligencer (2005) and the Field of Mirrors anthology (2008), “Voices of the Asian American Experience...
Robert Francis Flor, Ph.D is a Seattle native raised in the city’s Central Area and Rainier Valley. His poems appeared in the Poetry on the Bus, Soundings Review, Four Cornered Universe, 4 and 20 Journal, the Wanderlust Journal, the Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry Review, Poets Against the War, the Seattle Post Intelligencer (2005) and the Field of Mirrors anthology (2008), “Voices of the Asian American Experience” (2012) University of Santa Cruz and “Where Are You From?” the Thymos Book Project (2013), Portland, Oregon. His poetry chapbook “Alaskero Memories”, was published by Carayan Press, Ltd in 2017.
Robert's play largely take place in Seattle's Filipino community which informed his worldview in it's interplay with American society. His first full-length play “Daniel’s Mood”, was a Studio Lab selection (2011) at Freehold Theatre. Scenes from “My Uncle’s Letters”, another full-length play were read in the ACT Theatre Multicultural Playwrights Festival in 2014. “Pinoys Play Ball” a full-length play is in revision. “The Injury” a ten-minute play was performed in 2013 and “Pinoy Hill” in the 2014 in the Eclectic Theater Festival. “Pinakbet” a ten minute play was produce in the 2015 Eclectic Theatre Festival. “Salamangka’s Barber Shop” a short play was read in the Seattle Playwrights' Studio Showcase at the Burien Actors Theatre in 2015. These four short plays were produced again in 2018 as a fundraiser for Seattle's Filipino Community Center's Senior Housing Program. "Mabuhay Majesty" a ful- length play was also produced at the Rainer Arts Center in 2017 with funding from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. His second full-length play “The FAYTs - (The Filipino American Young Turks) was completed in 2012. In 2018, the Dramatist Guild Institute Plays-In-Progress Program and the Umbrella Project in Seattle selected The FAYTS for a revision process. Funding was received from King County 4Culture for three readings. These were held at Seattle Playwrights, the Pagdiriwang Festival (Seattle Center) and the UW Ethnic Cultural Theater. A significantly different play emerged from the revision process.
Robert co-chairs Pinoy Words Expressed Kultura Arts. He graduated from the Artist Trust 2010 EDGE Writers Development Program. In 2018, he received a King County 4Culture Fellowship Award to continue developing theatre projects and poetry. He is a member of the American Writers & Writing Programs, Academy of American Poets, Theater for Puget Sound, Seattle Playwrights Studio and the Dramatist Guild of America.