Theatrical Experience-Directing (Select List)
God of Carnage (co-directed with Derek Bertelsen)

by Yasmina Reza

AstonRep Theatre Company

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1984
from the novel by George Orwell
AstonRep Theatre Company

Five Women Wearing The Same Dress
by Alan Ball
Festival 56 (Princeton, IL)

 

The Women of Lockerbie
by Deborah Brevoort
AstonRep Theatre Company

 

The Dumbwaiter
by Harold Pinter
AstonRep Theatre Company

 

In The Moment
by Jeffrey Helgeson
AstonRep Theatre Company

 

The Waters Edge
by Theresa Rebeck
AstonRep Theatre Company

 

A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
Focal Point Theatre Company

 

The Erpingham Camp
By Joe Orton
AstonRep Theatre Company

 

The Lover
by Harold Pinter
AstonRep Theatre Company

 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare

 

Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
The MET Theatre (Los Angeles) The MET Theatre (Los Angeles)

 

Turley Klum
by Matt Oswalt
The MET Theatre (Los Angeles)

 

Shakespeare Shorts
by William Shakespeare
Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Educational)
*Also Video Design

 

Fight Direction (Select List)
Michael McDermott
"Knocked Down"

Massive Bar Brawl!
Music Video

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The Explorers Club
Citadel Theatre
Hand to Hand, Slapstick, Flying Glasses!
 

1984
AstonRep Theatre Co.
Hand To Hand, Sticks, Torture
 

I Hate Hamlet
Glenbard North High School
Rapiers/Swordplay
 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
StrangeLoop Theatre Co.
Hand to Hand
 

Thinking Caps
StrangeLoop Theatre Co.
Punches, Kicks/Staffs
 

The Lieutenant of Inishmore
AstonRep Theatre Co.
Hand to Hand, Knives/Guns/Blood!
 

The Lyons
AstonRep Theatre Co.
Hand to Hand
 

The Dumbwaiter
AstonRep Theatre Co.
Hand to Hand/Guns 

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Mary-Kate Olsen is In Love

The Comrades Theatre Co.
Hand to Hand
 

Western Big Sky
The Met Theatre (Los Angeles)
Hand To Hand/Knives/Guns
 

Romeo and Juliet
The Met Theatre (Los Angeles)
Rapiers/Broadswords
 

Unidentified Human Remains
Ark Theatre Company (Los Angeles)
Hand To Hand/Knives
 

The Erpingham Camp
Ark Theatre Company (Los Angeles)
Hand To Hand
 

Romeo and Juliet
Arts/Lanes Theatre Company
Swordplay/Hand To Hand/Daggers
 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Arts/Lanes Theatre Company
Hand to Hand
 

Artistic Director-AstonRep Theatre Company, Chicago, IL- 2009-2018

Theatrical Experience/Teaching
Utah Shakespearean Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival(Los Angeles)
 

Theatrical Experience/Writing (Select List)
Low** Rusty Pipe
AstonRep Theatre Company Dangerous Theatre
Chicago, IL Denver, CO
Rusty Pipe
AstonRep Theatre Company
Chicago, IL
Fog
The MET Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
Liar
Western Big Sky
The MET Theatre The MET Theatre
Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA
**Winner-Best Work-2011 City Lit Art of Adaptation Festival
 

Education/Training
BFA North Central College-Theatre
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre-Folio Technique
Moving Dock(Chicago)-Michael Chekhov Technique
Beverly Hills Playhouse(Los Angeles)
New American Theatre(Los Angeles)
Second City Training Center
 

Actor Resume, Portfolio, and References Available Upon Request
 

(310)200-3449
www.robertctobin.com
robert@astonrep.com