Robert Emmet Lunney

Robert Emmet Lunney is an actor/playwright. He is a recurring Guest Star in "The Exorcist" for Fox Television. His play, "Famous Blue Raincoat," was a finalist for the 2015 Eugene ...Show More

Robert Emmet Lunney is an actor/playwright. He is a recurring Guest Star in "The Exorcist" for Fox Television. His play, "Famous Blue Raincoat," was a finalist for the 2015 Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Playwrights Conference and was developed and work-shopped with Naked Angels (NYC). "For Nina," twice a semifinalist for the O'Neill, has been work-shopped by Two River Theater (Red Bank, NJ), The Directors Company (NYC) and The American National Theatre (NYC). "An Occurrence At Yankee Stadium," an absurdist dark comedy, has had developmental readings with Manhattan Class Company, and the Lark Play Development Center (NYC). "Cannon Beach" is a detective noir. "When You Wake" (screenplay) is a father/son story of love and loss, as well as a demonic thriller. Performing highlights: Tobias in Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" (Broadway); Michael in Brian Friel's "Dancing At Lughnasa" (Broadway); Atticus in "To Kill A Mockingbird" (Ford's Theater/D.C.); Howard Barker's solo poem, "Gary, The Thief" (World Premier/Potomac Theatre Project/NYC); Ball in Mr. Barker's "Victory" (PTP/NYC); Roy Cohn in Tony Kushner's "Angels In America" (Guest Artist/University of Alabama). Robert is director of the Barker Project, a loose affiliation of theater artists, founded on the principle that argument and entertainment need not be mutually exclusive. Hide