Robert Cole in Sumiton, AL | Alabama School Of Fine Arts High School - Bennington College

Robert Cole

Male, 36 years old

Robert Cole is a dramatic writer, critic, and broadcaster from Walker County, Alabama. He is the author of the WalstoneWalbridge County plays. His translation of Ibsen's A DOLL'S HOUSE is available from Eldridge Plays and Musicals and a volume of his plays is available from Holly Grove Press. Many of his pieces of non-fiction are published on his website-- www.walstone- county.com. He is a contributing critic to Moon Beach Island, an entertainment website, and co-hosts the podcast THE OLD MILL with R. Daniel Walker. He won the Ruby Lloyd Apsey Award in Playwriting and his plays have been honored as finalists or honorable mentions in prize contests awarded by the University of Arkansas, Northern Michigan University, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Alabama Writers' Forum, and the Horizon Theatre. After training as an actor, he studied playwriting with David Henry Hwang, Gladden Schrock, and Lee Eric Shackleford. He is a graduate of Athens State University (B. A., English Kappa Delta Pi and Cum Laude honors), Bennington College (B. A., DramaTheatre) and the Alabama School of Fine Arts. He lives in Sumiton, Alabama. read more ...