Robert Flanagan
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Version 2.0"VERSION 2.0...is Robert Flanagan and Sheldon Gleisser's hip variation on the Frankenstein/mad scientist myth." -- The Columbus Dispatch What happens when a defense department scientist averse to human relationships comes to see his robot creation as his "son," and that surrogate son reaches his "teens" and falls in love with an airport metal detector? VERSION 2.O, the play that answers those questions, was the hit of "Airport 2002," a shorts festival produced by Contemporary American Theatre Company in May-June of 2002 in Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a Greater Columbus Arts Council fellowship, selected as a best script of the year by the 9th annual Central Ohio Theatre Critics Circle Poll, and won the Other Paper's annual Heidi Award for Best Original Short. There's a lot of comedy and truth in this small script with its five roles (three M, two W): Dr. Hubert Deemer, Harb, Buckeye Guy, Guard and Passerby. "Funniest and smartest (of the festival) is Robert Flanagan and Sheldon Gleisser's VERSION 2.0. It's done with wit and style and...comes off as utterly fresh." -- Columbus Alive |
SELECTED WORKSESSAY
WHAT HE LEARNED IN BOXING
A brief personal essay on amateur boxing. FICTION
MAGGOT
A hard-hitting, best-selling novel about U.S. Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island. NAKED TO NAKED GOES
Prizewinning collection of stories about the war between men and women, praised by reviewers nationwide. LOVING POWER
Stories filled with conflict and comedy, well reviewed by the Columbus Dispatch and Ohio Writer. THE BEAR'S WIFE'S HUSBAND TALE
Contemporary retelling of the animal mate folk myth. A complete short story. POETRY & REVIEWS
THREE POEMS &
THREE REVIEWS
Some poems about children, eviction and swimming. Also, three book reviews from the Columbus Dispatch. SCREENPLAY
DAVID MAMET'S GODZILLA
The wise guys who insured property in Godzilla's path try to weasel out of the deal. STAGE PLAY
JUPUS REDEYE
A two act dramatic comedy with occasional music set in 1912 in Liberty Center, Ohio. VOLLEYS
"A Cruel and Unusual Comedy" dealing with American capital punishment in the near future. VERSION 2.0
A scientist comes to see his invention, a Humanoid Automated Reconnaissance Body, as a difficult "teenage son." |
