Author
Bo List
Bo List is an award-winning educator, playwright, and director — born and raised in Lexington, KY. Plays include ROSSUM’S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS (R.U.R.), freely adapted from Karel Čapek (Premiere: City Lit Theater, Chicago), GHOST MUSIC (Premiere: Transylvania University, Lexington KY), LADIES OF LIBERTY (Premiere: Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Lexington KY), FRANKENSTEIN (Premiere: Kentucky Conservatory Theatre), and THE LAST DRACULA (Premiere: Chance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe). One-act plays include CANARY YELLOW (winner of the Father Hamblin Playwriting Award from Abingdon Theatre Company, NYC), I LEFT MY HEART IN KISSIMMEE (Premiere: BCTC), CLINK (Premiere: Buffalo United Artists), BUBBLY, GILBERT, OH, THE HUMANITIES!, and LOVE YOU TO PIECES. He also writes solo performances for the Kentucky Humanities Chautauqua series of historical dramas, with subjects including Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, Daniel Boone, Nancy Green (the original “Aunt Jemima”), and his great-great-great-great-great grandfather Henry Clay. He holds a BA in Theatre and an MFA in Directing from the University of Kentucky and University of Memphis Departments of Theatre and Dance, respectively.
