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Title, Description and Status
ROEBLING: THE STORY OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Stage Drama
Historic Drama; 97 pages; Cast: 12 M, 3 F
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Roebling: The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge ran for a three week world premiere at Actors' NET of Bucks County (PA) in the Fall of 2009. Playing to multiple sold-out crowds, Roebling became one of the most popular and successful plays of that theater's proud 14 year history.

Brief Description: John Roebling sets out to build the most ambitious engineering project of the Industrial Revolution—The Brooklyn Bridge. But the project is beset with set-backs and tragedies that leave the Roebling family and the bridge project in crisis. Based on the true story.

Author Notes: This is the first project I wrote and finished. The first draft was a little long and had some less than interesting scenes, edits made following two public readings greatly helped this script.
Entertaining, historic and inspirational, Roebling is a great production for public performance as well as in an educational setting.

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Comments from Independent Third Parties:

"It is a wonderful production and clearly up to the standards my wife and I have come to enjoy from Actors' NET over the years." --Leonard C.

"Washington Roebling seemed to be one of the most effectively conflicted characters I've seen on stage in a long time...Bravo to the cast and to Actors' NET for uncovering this gem of a play." -- James R

Status/History

Available

World Premeire:
Actors' NET (PA)
September 2009
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Venue & Event Info
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Staged Reading:
Villagers Theatre (NJ)
April 2005; Winner, New Playwrights Award
US1 Preview Article, Feb 2005:
Roebling: The Man in The Window
Staged Reading:
Kelsey Theatre (NJ)
October 2004

Roebling earned the Villagers Theater New Playwrights Award.
 
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Trenton's Tempo Magazine
Feb 2005
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