Playwright Robbi D'Allessandro
D’Allessandro received her MFA from Lesley University in Writing for Stage and Screen, a Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting from Emerson University in 2007, and a Masters of Science in Personality and Social Psychology from Northeastern University in 2002. D’Allessandro was honored in winning the 2011 Kennedy Center Paula Vogel National Playwright’s Award for her full-length play Po Sui Mu Lam (Broken Prayer), and was nominated for the Abingdon Theatre’s Christopher Brian Wolk Excellence in Playwriting Award for the same work. A production of D’Allessandro's Damage Done was produced in October 2016 raising funds for organizations who help those addicted to opioids. The Voices Of We was produced April-May 2015 raising funds for local and national women’s organizations. Her current IP collaborations include the adaptation of Ron Drez’ Twenty-Five Yards of War: The Extraordinary Courage of Ordinary Men for television and was represented by Gersh for the adaptation of Dean Morrissey’s Ship of Dreams, The Monster Trap, and The Great Kettles for screen.