Robert Flor
Robert Francis Flor, Ph.D is a Seattle native raised in the city’s Central Area and Rainier Valley.
Robert's plays are often set in Seattle's Filipino community, informing his worldview and connectivity 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”, a full-length play were read in...
Robert Francis Flor, Ph.D is a Seattle native raised in the city’s Central Area and Rainier Valley.
Robert's plays are often set in Seattle's Filipino community, informing his worldview and connectivity 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”, a 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” (2013), “Pinoy Hill” (2014) and “Pinakbet” (2015) were performed in the Eclectic Theatre Festival. “Salamangka’s Barber Shop” a short play was read in the Seattle Playwrights'Showcase at Burien Actors Theatre in 2015. "Mabuhay Majesty" a full-length play was also produced at the Rainer Arts Center in 2017. He currently is working on several plays including Adama and the Demons, Pinoys Play Ball, The Great Fil-Am Ube Baking Challenge, Salamanca Returns, Christmas Snow Globes and children's play "A Christmas in the Cordilleras." "Reminisce", won the Youth Theater category of the for Theatre in the Raw's Biennial One-Act Play Writing Contest in 2020/21. Playwrights Center of San Francisco selected "Salamangka Returns" for its 2023 Developmental Reading Series.
Robert co-chairs Pinoy Words Expressed Kultura Art, a Filipino art organization. He is a member of the American Writers & Writing Programs, Academy of American Poets, Artist Trust, Theater for Puget Sound, Seattle Playwrights Circle, Rain City Writers and the Dramatist Guild of America. He was awarded a Jack Straw Residency for audio/radio podcast production in 2023.