Ro Reddick

Ro Reddick (she/her) is a queer Black playwright and songwriter. She writes off-kilter comedies, the theme songs to your late capitalist nightmares. 

READINGS + DEVELOPMENT LABS: The Ground Floor (Berkeley Rep), Bushwick Starr Reading Series, Clubbed Thumb’s MFA Showcase, and Williamstown Theatre Festival (NYC Reading). 

FELLOWSHIPS + RESIDENCIES, etc.: DGF Playwriting Fellow, Venturous Fellowship Nomination, Lambda Literary Fellow in Playwriting, Adele Kellenberg Seaver Fellow in Creative Writing at Brown University, La Mama Umbria International Playwright Retreat, Miranda Theatre Company Playwright Grant, 2x O’Neill Finalist. 

PERFORMANCE + SONGWRITING: As an actor, Ro has performed at theaters including Hartford Stage, McCarter Theatre Center, Long Wharf, and KC Rep; Off-Broadway in...

Ro Reddick (she/her) is a queer Black playwright and songwriter. She writes off-kilter comedies, the theme songs to your late capitalist nightmares. 

READINGS + DEVELOPMENT LABS: The Ground Floor (Berkeley Rep), Bushwick Starr Reading Series, Clubbed Thumb’s MFA Showcase, and Williamstown Theatre Festival (NYC Reading). 

FELLOWSHIPS + RESIDENCIES, etc.: DGF Playwriting Fellow, Venturous Fellowship Nomination, Lambda Literary Fellow in Playwriting, Adele Kellenberg Seaver Fellow in Creative Writing at Brown University, La Mama Umbria International Playwright Retreat, Miranda Theatre Company Playwright Grant, 2x O’Neill Finalist. 

PERFORMANCE + SONGWRITING: As an actor, Ro has performed at theaters including Hartford Stage, McCarter Theatre Center, Long Wharf, and KC Rep; Off-Broadway in “Silence! The Musical”, and on screen in The Americans, Louie, and SATC 2. As a singer she has performed and co-written songs for a country, rock, and blues band. She also writes original songs for her plays and is an alum of the BAI Songwriting Workshop.

In addition to her MFA in Playwriting from Brown, Ro has a BFA in Acting from Ithaca College, and an MBA from NYU (which she has no intention of using).

Scripts

Throwback Island

by Ro Reddick

Synopsis

Six “sexy singles” go to a secluded island for nostalgia soaked good vibes, #truelove, and a chance to win a $100K. But when a strongman bachelor enters the villa there’s a lot more at stake than a pot of money… Throwback Island is a dark and eerie satire that explores homegrown, all-American fascism through a bonkers reality dating show.

Six “sexy singles” go to a secluded island for nostalgia soaked good vibes, #truelove, and a chance to win a $100K. But when a strongman bachelor enters the villa there’s a lot more at stake than a pot of money… Throwback Island is a dark and eerie satire that explores homegrown, all-American fascism through a bonkers reality dating show.

Cold War Choir Practice

by Ro Reddick

Synopsis

It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country – but rent is still due on the 1st. When a prominent Black conservative brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays, the unplanned (and unwelcomed) reunion sets long simmering political tensions within the family to boil – and throws each member into a bizarre maze of Reaganomics, Cold War espionage...

It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country – but rent is still due on the 1st. When a prominent Black conservative brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays, the unplanned (and unwelcomed) reunion sets long simmering political tensions within the family to boil – and throws each member into a bizarre maze of Reaganomics, Cold War espionage, capitalist cult predation, and… choir practice. Cold War Choir Practice is a darkly comedic thriller (with music!) – just in time for the holiday season.

Unlined Hardcover Lay Flat

by Ro Reddick

Synopsis

This is a play about a bunch of dykes in the dangerous world of luxury paper planners. Jordan, a recent grad with a “special gift”, stumbles into a prestigious design mentorship program. Under the guidance of Madam, a glamorous notebook magnate, Jordan is on her way to becoming the second most well-known producer of high-end analog time management resources in North America! If she survives her mentor, that is.

This is a play about a bunch of dykes in the dangerous world of luxury paper planners. Jordan, a recent grad with a “special gift”, stumbles into a prestigious design mentorship program. Under the guidance of Madam, a glamorous notebook magnate, Jordan is on her way to becoming the second most well-known producer of high-end analog time management resources in North America! If she survives her mentor, that is.

ROBAMA

by Ro Reddick

Synopsis

ROBAMA is a comedic play w/music about a woman who lies and convinces America she is the long lost daughter of Barack Obama -- all to promote her struggling new musical about Barack Obama. As the newest “Obama’s” star begins to rise, the lines between the virtual world and the real world begin to blur. Maybe the only person who can clear this up is the former president himself?...

ROBAMA is a comedic play w/music about a woman who lies and convinces America she is the long lost daughter of Barack Obama -- all to promote her struggling new musical about Barack Obama. As the newest “Obama’s” star begins to rise, the lines between the virtual world and the real world begin to blur. Maybe the only person who can clear this up is the former president himself?...

Miss Black Syracuse

by Ro Reddick

Synopsis

A found-music memoir in one act. True stories about fakin' the funk in a 90's kind of world.

A found-music memoir in one act. True stories about fakin' the funk in a 90's kind of world.