At Writers Theatre (as Dramaturg): Translations, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Eurydice, Once, Pearl's Rollin' witj the Blues, Wife of a Salesman, The Last Match, The Niceties, A Doll's House, Next to Normal, A Number, Witch, Smart People, Quixote: On the Conquest of Self, Trevor, Parade, The Scene, Julius Caesar, Company, Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody, Arcadia, Marjorie Prime, Isaac's Eye, Hedda Gabler, Port Authority, Sweet Charity, The Letters, Hamlet, The Real Thing, Heartbreak House, Do the Hustle, She Loves Me, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Old Settler, Oh Coward!, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Bobby Kennedy is the Director of Artistic Development at Writers Theatre. He has been the resident dramaturg at the theatre since 2008 and has led the company's new work program since 2014. Highlights of his tenure include the world premieres of Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol, Wife of a Salesman by Eleanor Burgess, Dishwasher Dreams by Alauddin Ullah, Witch by Jen Silverman, Trevor by Dan Collins and Julianne Wick-Davis, and Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf by Tim Sniffen; the national premieres of Quixote: On the Conquest of Self by Mónica Hoth, Claudio Valdés Kuri, and Georgina Escobar, and The Dance of Death by Conor McPherson; and the Chicago premieres of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, A Distinct Society, Tiger Style!, Athena, The Last Match, The Niceties, Smart People, and Marjorie Prime. In addition to his dramaturgy work at WT, his credits also include the world premieres of Give It All Back (SideShow Theatre Company), Body and Blood (The Gift Theatre), Ibsen is Dead (Interrobang Theatre Project) and The Peacock (Jackalope Theatre Company), as well as the midwest premiere of The Luck of the Irish (Next Theatre Company). Kennedy co-founded The Spontaneous Theater Project in Boston and has also worked with Huntington Theatre Company and New Repertory Theatre. He is an alumnus of Boston University.

Education: B.A. in English from Boston University

WT start: August 11, 2008

Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL