Compulsive Liar Comedy Drama Writer
She excels at writing about herself in third person omniscient.
Her writing has been performed by renowned talent like Simu Liu, Pheobe Robinson, Stacey Abrams, Busy Phillips, and Kathy Griffin.
Selected corporate writing: TIME 100 Gala on ABC (2022 & 2023) BUSTLE Rule Breakers Festival (2019), The Shorty Awards (2020, 2021), and a META variety hour special with host Pheobe Robbinson (2021). Sample available upon request.
Selected writing residencies & awards: Byrdcliffe, University of Tennessee, Drop Forge and Tool, Cherry Valley, and was awarded the 2019 Jerome Foundation Scholarship for Americans in the Arts.
She has an MFA in writing from California College of the Arts and has yet to see the financial ROI, but due to her incessant internal self-help soundtrack, she’s sure her manifestations of money earned from creative talents will actualize any moment now. Yes, her Masters of Fine Arts degree is considered a terminal degree, signifying the highest level of education you can achieve in the specific field of creative writing.
She’s taught Master classes at the collegiate level for Lamar University and University ofTennessee, Chattanooga.
Comedy bylines include Lady Spike Media and BETCHES.
She’s received kill fees from really cool publications and editors.
Scroll down to learn more about her (my) plays and screenplays.
Seen reading WOMEN and MADNESS by feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering book about women and mental health and women's roles in history, society, and mythologies.
Kate Robards seriously and safely performing duties as a talent liaison to Steven Spielberg during the TIME 100. Essay available on Substack.
Just a few: Plays, Screenplays, Essays & more
75 Min Solo Play,
Synopsis: A juicy journey from Orange, Texas, to Shanghai, China.
Selected Awards: 2014 Washington Post Pick of the Week
Selected Performances: Capital Fringe, Maui Fringe, San Francisco Fringe, The Marsh Theater San Francisco.
75 Min Solo Play.
Synopsis: Kate grew up poor. Her husband is rich. His family tells her "rich" is NOT a nice word. As Kate straddles two different extreme ways of life, she realizes what money can and cannot buy, including possible salvation for herself or others.
Selected Performances: Soho Playhouse NYC, The Marsh San Francisco 8-week-run, Orange Depot for Orange Community Players, Montreal Fringe, Capital Fringe, Maui Fringe, Byrdcliffe.
50 Min One-Act Play.
4 Characters.
Synopsis: Four lives intertwine around a mystic bayou woman in this monologue driven tale of love, sex, money and a horny goat.
Selected Performances: San Francisco Orange Box Studio, California College of the Arts.
75 Minute Solo Play.
Synopsis: His and hers. And hers and his. And theirs. And sex. And therapy. And true love.
“A riveting and wickedly funny sexcapade of self-discovery, exploration, self -discovery and true love gleaned through a polyamorous relationship.”
Selected Performances: Barrow Theatre Group NYC, The Marsh San Francisco, Frigid NYC, Hollywood Fringe Festival, Atlanta Fringe, Tampa Fringe, Montreal Fringe.
Selected Reviews
“Hilarious and heartbreaking...thoughtful emotional lessons and a powerful finale. ”
“Wry wit and sharp detail. It’s not just a culture clash, but a collision of different universes.”
“Robards delivers a dazzling performance as mesmerizing and powerful as it is funny.”
“Robards knows how to drop a punchline and put together a tightly wound story. ”
“An engaging performer with an easy, natural presence. ”
“Like a well-made vodka punch, Kate Robards’ well-made story sneaks up on you. It starts out as a lighthearted account of how she (like Horatio Alger!) overcame her impoverished roots by marrying rich, and ends up as a discomforting meditation on the relationship between money and self-image. Particularly now, as we agonize over issues of money and class and race, her story packs an unexpected wallop.”
Screenplays? Episodic Pilots? Fiction? Treatments? Pitch Decks? Show Bibles? I write them all!!
A few projects I’m happy to share:
LOOK INSIDE
Feature length screenplay. Rom-com.
Allie is a New York City comedian with a day job as an event planner who seems to have it all; passion (for the environment and stand-up), friends and fun. But after a disastrous one-night-stand lands her in the office of a sexy in-demand gynecologist, she’s forced to face a painful past that may be preventing her from living the present and future of her dreams. With her dreaded 33rd Birthday looming, can she find healing, career success, and maybe even love, all in time to celebrate or will she LOOK INSIDE and experience the magical miracles waiting for her?
Winner: Selected Screenplay Women’s Comedy Film Festival 2023, Stage 32 Screenplay Quarter Finalist
PASTOR RIBEYE
Feature length screenplay. Rom-nom.
Feature length screenplay.
After a tumultuous youth and young adult life, Susie Q turns her life over to God… but just as she begins to think her past sins have been absolved, a church cookout gets messy. So does her relationship with the new Pastor. In an effort to cover up her transgressions, she “borrows” money from the church coffers and blows through money, congregants and her hope. As Susie Q’s sins stack sky-high, she prays for a miracle. Can Jesus and his followers forgive her (again) or was Satan in the potato salad? This rom-nom movie is a muck banging, crime spree of a gem that will leave you praying for more and wondering if Susie Q and her ragtag team of hustlers and good hearted criminals can con their way to the finish line or will they finally find redemption that sticks to more than their fingers and rap sheets. This down-home wild rumpus skewers the hypocrisy of modern day religion and proves that the most important ingredient for your dish is something we all have.
PolySHAMory
Episodic Pilot. Complete Series Bible. Dram-com.
Lucy has everything she’s ever wanted. A prestigious degree from Stanford, a hot and successful husband, (their wedding was featured in Vogue) newly renovated home in the Bay Area, and a well-funded tech startup (Forbes 30 under 30— duh!?). The only problem? Lucy’s husband’s girlfriend has everything she’s ever wanted too. Armed with a polyamorous ethos and an abundance mindset, Lucy embarks on a sexcapade of polyamory amidst the luxe adventurous lifestyle that only the well-funded trust-funder-set can afford. But as the lovers, paramours and metamours butt heads and tails, all involved must make decisions that will change the course of their lives forever.
2019 Sundance Episodic Lab Finalist. (Alas, didn’t make the final cut… YET.)