Kevin Christopher Snipes


Kevin Christopher Snipes is the head writer for Valerie the Roboceptionist, the world’s first storytelling robot secretary, created in collaboration with the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University.  Mr. Snipes’ play A Bitter Taste was produced by Youngblood in Thicker Than Water 2006 on the EST mainstage, and was a finalist for the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship and the Playwrights’ Center Fellowship.  His one-act plays include Brightly Packaged Things (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Virgin Rock (Part 1) (Pittsburgh New Works Festival) and The Procreation of Amoebas and the Meaning of Life (Hippodrome State Theatre, Fl).  In 2003 Mr. Snipes earned a Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship for his dark musical comedy Frankenfish.  Mr. Snipes holds a MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.


Links

Valerie the Roboceptionist


Script Excerpts

(links to .pdf files - all rights reserved)

A Bitter Taste

Virgin Rock

The Chimes

Brightly Packaged Things (written for Youngblood's Asking for Trouble, 2005)


Production Photos

Virgin Rock - 13th St. Rep; Christopher Lentz as "Adam," Brady Ovson as "Charlie"

A Bitter Taste - Carnegie Mellon University; Zachary Prince as "The Kid"

A Bitter Taste - Carnegie Mellon University; Andrew Gehring as "John," Will Reynolds as "Talker"

Valerie the Roboceptionist - Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

 

Resume

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