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In celebration of the first birthday of Into the Absurd, we dined virtually with artistic partners in life and theatrics, Sonja and David Robson. We talked about their first meeting in 1990 at an audition, their favorite theatrical project, Sonja's photography passion turned business, and David’s memorable play critique from a star-studded playwriting panel in Alaska.

David Robson is an award-winning playwright whose work for the stage has been hailed as "compelling", "forceful", and "gut-wrenching" by the New York Times, and "an important contribution to contemporary theater" by the Philadelphia Inquirer. His plays include BY THE EYE; WITHOUT CONSENT; BIRTHRIGHT (PlayPenn semi-finalist); CLAY WARRIOR; MULEHEADED; AFTER BIRTH OF A NATION (Best Delaware Playwright Award); PRICELESS; PLAYING THE ASSASSIN (Philadelphia Critics' Best Play Nomination); PLAYING LENI (co-written with John Stanton); A FEW SMALL REPAIRS; MAN MEASURES MAN (Barrymore Award nomination); and AFTER DENMARK. Work has been produced by TheaterWorks Hartford, Delaware Theatre Company, Penguin Rep, InterAct Theatre Company, Passage Theatre, and Act II Playhouse, among others. Robson was recently named Delaware's Best Playwright by Broadway World, and is recipient of the Hotel Obligado Audience Choice Award for New Work. Other honors include the Susan McIntyre Playwriting Award, the Panowski Playwriting Award (runner-up), and two playwriting fellowships and two grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Play development: Blank Theatre (Los Angeles), Bated Breath Theatre (Hartford, CT), Lark (NYC), White Pines Productions (Philadelphia, PA), City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), Great Plains Theatre Conference (Omaha, NE), Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, AK), Rebel Theatre (NYC), and New Theatre (Coral Gables, FL). His plays and monologues are published by Smith and Kraus and Original Works Publishing. David is a member of the Dramatists' Guild, the Playwrights' Center, and is a former playwright in residence at the Lark Play Development Center in New York City. He is also the author of more than 20 books for young adults, including Shakespeare's Globe Theater, The Murder of Emmett Till, and The Black Arts Movement. He earned an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College, an MS in English Education from St. Joseph's University, and a BA in Communications from Temple University. He is a professor of English at Delaware County Community College, where he was awarded the Gould Award for Teaching Excellent in 2010.
(https://www.davidrobsonplay.org/)

Sonja Robson fell in love with photography as a teen when her big brother Millard guided her in purchasing the Minolta seen in this photo. She lived in Sweden most of her young life and moved to the States after graduating high school. She drifted a bit and later on received her BFA in Theatre at U of The Arts, however, she’s always been more of a visual artist than a lover of fancy words. After many art classes (digital and otherwise) as well as photography classes, she inherited a collection of cameras and lenses from her photographer brother, Bill, and realized that she found her passion once again. She has an eye for detail and love to try to capture that intangible something that makes a person unique.

Sonja was born in New York and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. She has been performing both on stage and film since 1990. She received her BFA in Acting from The University of The Arts. She has worked at many local theatres, including The Wilma, New City Stage, The Walnut and The Lantern. In 1998 she received a Supporting Actress Barrymore nomination for her role in The Lover/A Kind of Alaska at The Walnut, and she has also been seen in numerous local and national commercials. Sonja was last seen in The Bald Soprano at The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium in February 2020. Other productions include Why Torture is Wrong and The People. who Love Them at New City Stage and Marriage, The Empire Builders, The Madwoman of Chaillot and The Castle with The IRC.
(https://www.sonjaseye.com/)

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In celebration of the first birthday of Into the Absurd, we dined virtually with artistic partners in life and theatrics, Sonja and David Robson. We talked about their first meeting in 1990 at an audition, their favorite theatrical project, Sonja's photography passion turned business, and David’s memorable play critique from a star-studded playwriting panel in Alaska. David Robson is an award-winning playwright whose work for the stage has been hailed as "compelling", "forceful", and "gut-wrenching" by the New York Times, and "an important contribution to contemporary theater" by the Philadelphia Inquirer. His plays include BY THE EYE; WITHOUT CONSENT; BIRTHRIGHT (PlayPenn semi-finalist); CLAY WARRIOR; MULEHEADED; AFTER BIRTH OF A NATION (Best Delaware Playwright Award); PRICELESS; PLAYING THE ASSASSIN (Philadelphia Critics' Best Play Nomination); PLAYING LENI (co-written with John Stanton); A FEW SMALL REPAIRS; MAN MEASURES MAN (Barrymore Award nomination); and AFTER DENMARK. Work has been produced by TheaterWorks Hartford, Delaware Theatre Company, Penguin Rep, InterAct Theatre Company, Passage Theatre, and Act II Playhouse, among others. Robson was recently named Delaware's Best Playwright by Broadway World, and is recipient of the Hotel Obligado Audience Choice Award for New Work. Other honors include the Susan McIntyre Playwriting Award, the Panowski Playwriting Award (runner-up), and two playwriting fellowships and two grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Play development: Blank Theatre (Los Angeles), Bated Breath Theatre (Hartford, CT), Lark (NYC), White Pines Productions (Philadelphia, PA), City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), Great Plains Theatre Conference (Omaha, NE), Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, AK), Rebel Theatre (NYC), and New Theatre (Coral Gables, FL). His plays and monologues are published by Smith and Kraus and Original Works Publishing. David is a member of the Dramatists' Guild, the Playwrights' Center, and is a former playwright in residence at the Lark Play Development Center in New York City. He is also the author of more than 20 books for young adults, including Shakespeare's Globe Theater, The Murder of Emmett Till, and The Black Arts Movement. He earned an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College, an MS in English Education from St. Joseph's University, and a BA in Communications from Temple University. He is a professor of English at Delaware County Community College, where he was awarded the Gould Award for Teaching Excellent in 2010. (https://www.davidrobsonplay.org/) Sonja Robson fell in love with photography as a teen when her big brother Millard guided her in purchasing the Minolta seen in this photo. She lived in Sweden most of her young life and moved to the States after graduating high school. She drifted a bit and later on received her BFA in Theatre at U of The Arts, however, she’s always been more of a visual artist than a lover of fancy words. After many art classes (digital and otherwise) as well as photography classes, she inherited a collection of cameras and lenses from her photographer brother, Bill, and realized that she found her passion once again. She has an eye for detail and love to try to capture that intangible something that makes a person unique. Sonja was born in New York and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. She has been performing both on stage and film since 1990. She received her BFA in Acting from The University of The Arts. She has worked at many local theatres, including The Wilma, New City Stage, The Walnut and The Lantern. In 1998 she received a Supporting Actress Barrymore nomination for her role in The Lover/A Kind of Alaska at The Walnut, and she has also been seen in numerous local and national commercials. Sonja was last seen in The Bald Soprano at The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium in February 2020. Other productions include Why Torture is Wrong and The People. who Love Them at New City Stage and Marriage, The Empire Builders, The Madwoman of Chaillot and The Castle with The IRC. (https://www.sonjaseye.com/) ~~~~~~~ To explore past episodes of Into the Absurd, visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/IdiopathicRidiculopathyConsortium/videos/ OR The IRC's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj9sR3Pi7_igB845rllrtsLhtqYnuwDRv And while you’re there, be sure to SUBSCRIBE, so you don't miss any future episodes. read more read less

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