A Writer's WebsiteKNOTTS NEWS, February 2010: The Humanity Project, founded by Robert Spencer Knotts, is working to raise funds for Haiti relief -- and trying to help kids here at home as well. To learn more about this federally recognized nonprofit group, just email Knotts. The Humanity Project teaches individuals how to act not for "me" or "them" but for "us."  For the past four years, Robert Spencer Knotts' writing and music have been showcased through the Southern Arts Federation following his selection by the state of Florida's Division of Cultural Affairs.  Robert Spencer Knotts FORMERLY WRITING AS BOB KNOTTS, ROBERT SPENCER KNOTTS IS AMONG FEWER THAN 50,000 AMERICANS WHOSE BIOGRAPHY IS INCLUDED IN THE LATEST EDITIONS OF THE MARQUIS "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA" AND "WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD," THE STANDARD BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. (IN NOVEMBER 2005, THE NEW YORK TIMES SAID "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA" REMAINS "THAT VENERABLE GUIDE TO AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT...AS MUCH V.I.P. ROOM AS REFERENCE ROOM.")
HIS 2004 SCRIPT, "EMPATH 52 EQUALS YOU," OFFERS NARRATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE ATTRACTED INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND UNIVERSITIES. THIS 'CYBERFILM,' AS KNOTTS CALLS IT, MAY BE THE FIRST MIXTURE OF A TRADITIONAL STORY WITH HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTIVITY. KNOTTS IS A MEMBER OF THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA AND THE AUTHORS GUILD AND WAS PEER-ELECTED TO THE DISTINGUISHED WRITERS' ORGANIZATION, PEN -- AN ACRONYM FOR "POETS, PLAYWRIGHTS, EDITORS, ESSAYISTS, NOVELISTS." IN 2005, HE WAS ELECTED AN OFFICER OF PEN'S FLORIDA CHAPTER. RAVE REVIEWS FOR "NEVER NOTHIN' AGAIN NO MORE"
Knotts' play on teen suicide, commissioned by the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, is available at no cost to schools and non-profit groups interested in productions. "Powerful...gripping...hard-hitting!" "How deeply Knotts taps the adolescent psyche comes through in the climax." -- The Miami Herald "Breaks entirely fresh theatrical ground!" "An engaging and powerful drama that confronts a pressing social issue in unblinking fashion. To our mind at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, this seems a combination that makes for both entertaining and important theatre." -- Arnold Mittelman, Producing Artistic Director, Coconut Grove Playhouse "It is a very strong piece of work, forceful and brave about the emotional reality of teenagers and the allure of suicide and yet never preachy or false." -- Elissa Adams, Director of New Play Development, The Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis "I highly recommend Robert Spencer Knotts' powerful play about teen suicide!" "I know his imaginative theater work from having seen a production of 'Never Nothin' Again No More' and have also now become familiar with some of his other work. His is truly an original voice in the American theater!" -- Robert Kalfin, Broadway and Off-Broadway director, founder and artistic director of the N.Y. Chelsea Theater Center ALL WRITTEN WORKS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE COPYRIGHTED BY ROBERT SPENCER KNOTTS OR ONE OF HIS PUBLISHERS AND MAY NOT BE USED WITHOUT HIS EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION |
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