Abby Rosebrock is a Brooklyn-based writer and performer from South Carolina. Acting highlights include a range of leading roles in New York premieres.
Abby’s original works have been developed and produced throughout New York City and across the country. The world premiere of her new play LOWCOUNTRY is currently running at Atlantic Theater. A recording of the Atlantic’s acclaimed production of BLUE RIDGE is available for viewing at the Lincoln Center NYPL. Additional commissioning organizations include Manhattan Theatre Club, Williamstown, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Echo Theatre Los Angeles, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Montana Rep, and more. Abby’s play DIDO OF IDAHO recently won several Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, among them Best Original Writing. Critics have described her work as “Beth Henley infused with a few drops of Martin McDonagh’s deranged fierceness” (Los Angeles Times) and “nimbly balanced on a knife edge between weird, excitingly uncomfortable comedy and deep, hideous pain” (New York Magazine).
You can find short works in best-of anthologies by Smith & Kraus and Applause, access excerpts for performance here, and purchase or license select full-length plays here. For synopses, please visit the Plays page, or buy scripts.
Abby has taught as a guest artist at Atlantic Acting School and the Strasberg Institute. She is currently at work on several projects in development for stage and screen.