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Robert Bruce Anderson, or Bo as he is better known, was born in 1981 and has loved the theatre for as long as he can remember. After graduating from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2004 with a BA in Theatre Performance and a minor in Art he began his career as a playwright an actor and a theatrical carpenter.
Playwright of Avant-Garde Persuasion
Bo Anderson's one act plays Puppet Play (2008), Happiness Hunting (2007), Something New (2006), and Pre-Post-Eros (2004), have all been selected for readings at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference. In June of 2008 Puppet Play was directed by Zac Moss at the Cause for Applause Theatre, a professional student theatre company based at Wiltshire College in Trowbridge, England. Happiness Hunting was produced for the Warwickshire One-Act Festival (2008), an independent event held as "round one" for the All England Theatre Festival (AETF), and in 2007 Happiness Hunting had its Alaskan Premiere in Valdez, directed by Dawson Moore. In 2006 his one page play Ferry Terminal had its World Premiere at the ONO Theatre in Bern Switzerland, directed by Anna Jakob. While in Anchorage, Alaska his one page play LosVariables was selected twice for performance at the 2005 Don't Blink One Page Play Festival. Read Plays
Alaskan, Thespian & Proud
As an actor he most recently appeared as Lorenzo in Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play (2008), Martin in Fool For Love (2006), 2nd Soldier in 12th Night (2005), Peter in Anatoly Antohin's stage adaptation of Dostoevsky's The Possessed (2003), and Peter in Moliere's Don Juan (2003)
A Personal Journey
Living in the temperate rain forest that is Juneau Alaska, Bo works as the Master Carpenter of Perseverance Theatre constructing six (6) mainstage shows per season. Contact Me | Bo on Facebook
Puppet Play in the Newspaper
"JUNEAU - Playwright, actor and theatrical carpenter Bo Anderson has had his plays produced in Alaska, the U.K. and Switzerland. However, "Puppet Play" is his first show to be produced in his hometown. The comedy opens Feb. 5 as a Second Stage production at Perseverance Theatre. It is directed by Emily Smith and features puppets as well as real live actors."
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