Lady Byrd Creations

Bio

Robin Byrd is a playwright/poet originally from Indiana residing in California.  FIDDLIN' ON THE MOUNTAINTOP was produced by Green Light One-Acts (GLO 2015) in Santa Monica, CA. Robin was in a New Play Development Program with Little Candle Productions, Pasadena, CA (2015).  Robin's play, BOX, was read at the 2015 LA FPI SWAN Day Action Fest in Los Angeles, CA.  

THE GRASS WIDOW'S SON was read at the 2012 DC Black  Theatre Festival's New Works Reading Series in Washington, D.C.  Her play TENNESSEE SONGBIRD was a Finalist for the 2012 Black and Latino Playwrights Conference in San Marcos, TX; it was read at the 2009 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, NC; it also won “Best Concurrent Play Lab Script (3-way tie) at the 2008 Great Plains Theatre Conference where her play, THE BOOK OF YEARS, and a scene from DREAM CATCHER (a semi-finalist for the 2008 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference) were read in previous years. 

Her other plays include THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS, FOR THIS REASON, and IN TIMES LIKE THESE, all produced at the West Angeles Church Theater in Los Angeles .  Also produced at West Angeles were 10-minute plays/monologues: JEZEBEL: DAUGHTER OF THE NIGHT,  SOLOMON AND THE SHULAMITE, RAHAB, EBEDMELECH, and PHARAOH which were included in a collaborative piece “Family Reunion”.  

Robin has also performed her monodrama, ME, MY FIDDLE, AN’ MOMMA, which was recently read at the 1^st Annual SWAN Day event in Portland, Maine on 29 March 2008.  

Her poetry has been read in venues in Los Angeles and Indiana and has been published in two International Library of Poetry books. 

The playwright is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., the Theatre Communications Group, the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights (ALAP), and the American Film Institute from which she holds a certificate in screenwriting.  The playwright also serves as Blog Editor for the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative (LA FPI).

 Poetry

To Anahid (on the ocassion of he retirement)  Read - 2016 Retirement Celebration for Anahid Baghdasarian, UCLA -Facilities Management, Los Angeles, CA

Time: Breath and Water        Performance - 2015 Retirement Celebration for Jack Powazek, UCLA Administrative Vice Chancellor, UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA

My Rythym's Off                        Performance - 2012 Retirement Celebration for Gail Cowling, UCLA Assistant Vice Chancellor-Facilities Management, UCLA Parking Structure 8 Rooftop, Los Angeles, CA

About this Dream; There’s Something I’ve Got to Tell You       Drama Poems, 3-5 Minutes *Auditions – 1995 Harvest School of the Performing Arts, Harmon Avenue Theater, Los Angeles, CA

The Company We Keep; Hats, Headwraps, More Hats and Such                                                      *Reading – 1993 Pastor’s Anniversary, West Angeles Church of God in Christ, Los Angeles, CA

Hair; Hair 2                                            *Reading – 1993 Women’s Retreat, Sponsored by West Angeles Church of God in Christ, Los Angeles, CA

Like a Rose Among Us; Hats, Headwraps, More Hats And Such                                                      *Reading – 1993 Pastor’s Wife Appreciation Service, West Angeles Church of God in Christ, Los Angeles, CA

Cry; For Greg                                           *Performance – 1979 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Talent Show, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

I Want to Love You                              *Performance – 1978 “Groups Poetry Reading”, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

I Am                                                            *Winner – 1977 “Roots” Poetry Contest, WTLC Radio Station, Indianapolis, IN *On- Air Reading – 1977 WTLC Radio Station, Indianapolis, IN

PUBLICATIONS:

Until…                                                        *Winner – 2002 Editor’s Choice Award *Published – 2002 in Honesty Awakened (from Letters from the Soul series), International Library of Poetry

The Surface Wander of Souls Set Free *Winner – 2001 Editor’s Choice Award *Published – 2001 in At Water’s Edge (from Silence Within series), International Library of Poetry

Plays

Fiddlin' on the Mountaintop 1 Female, 1-Act  *Produced - 2015 Green Light Productions One-Act Festival (GLO 2015), The Miles Theatre, Santa Monica, CA 

Box  3 Females, 18 - 20 Minutes  *Reading – 2015 LA FPI SWAN (Support Women Artists Now)  Day Action Fest, Los Angeles, CA

The Grass Widow's Son  3 Females / 6 Males, Additional cast:  3 Males (Soldiers, Indians, Slaves), 2-Acts *Reading - 2012 DC Black Theatre Festival's New Works Reading Series, Washington, DC.

Tennessee Songbird (the place where the river bends)   2 Females / 7 Males, 2-Acts *Finalist - 2012 Black and Latino Playwrights Conference, San Marcos, TX  *Reading - 2009 National Black Theatre Festival Readers Series, Winston-Salem, NC *Winner – 2008 Best Concurrent Play Lab Script, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha, NE   *Reading – 2008 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha, NE

Dream Catcher  6 Females / 5 Males, 2-Acts  *Semi-finalist – 2008 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Waterford, CT  *Reading – 2006 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha, NE

Me, My Fiddle, An’ Momma  1 Female, Monodrama, 15-20 Minutes  *Reading - 2009 at ALAP (Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights) In Our Own Voices event  *Reading – 2008 SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day Event, Portland, ME   *Produced and performed (Lulla Bell Jury) – 1996 Jesus And Me (JAM) Youth Group, Church of the Harvest, Los Angeles, CA   *Produced and performed (Lulla Bell Jury) – 1995 End-of – Semester Show, Harvest School of the Performing Arts, Harmon Avenue Theater, Los Angeles, CA (directed by Ben Harney)

The Book of Years  6 Males, 1-Act Full-length *Reading – 2007 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha, NE

The Day of Small Things  4 Females / 7 Males, 2-Acts  *Produced – 2000 West Angeles Performing Arts Theater, Los Angeles, CA

For This Reason…A Love Story  4 Females / 9 Males, Additional cast:  Chorus 6-12  people, Dancers 3-6 people, 2-Acts, Musical  *Produced – 1994 West Angeles Christian Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

In Times Like These (Is He the One?)  4 Females (1 girl) / 1 Male, 2-Acts  *Work shopped – 1993 West Angeles Christian Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

Family Reunion:  Jezebel: Daughter of the Night; Solomon and the Shulamite; The Preacher; Rahab; David Loved a Woman; Pharaoh  Various, 10-Minutes  *Produced – 1995 West Angeles Christian Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA  *Produced – 1994 West Angeles Christian Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

A Time to Die  2 Females / 1 Male, 10-Minutes

Wolves  2 Females / 2 Males, 10-Minutes

Milk Dust 2 Females (1 teen-aged girl)/ 2 Males, 10-Minutes

Sweet Lorraine's Bag of Waters  6 Females / 2 Males, 1-Act

Fiddler's Bridge 4 Females / 1 Male, 2-Acts

Oops! 1 Female, 1-Act