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Playwright | songwriter

Ro Reddick (she/her) is a queer Black playwright and songwriter. She writes off-kilter comedies (mostly); 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.: 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).