Abby Rosebrock is an award-winning New York-based writer and performer from South Carolina. As an actor, she specializes in playing emotionally challenging roles with comedic precision. 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. Her play Dido of Idaho recently won several Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, among them Best Original Writing. Commissioning organizations include Atlantic Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Williamstown, Echo Theatre Los Angeles, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Montana Rep, and more. Critics have described Abby’s 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 view an archived production at the Lincoln Center NYPL, 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 is currently at work on several projects in development for stage and screen.