Sergei Burbank | Curriculum Vitae
RESEARCH: Twentieth Century American Theater, Performance Studies
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Playwriting), 2016
St. Joseph’s University, Brooklyn, New York
Critical Thesis: Methods of Observation: Towards an Observational Organum for the Theater
Creative Thesis: (_|_), or, The Ass of the Prophet
Advisor: Angela Flournoy
Bachelor of Arts in Drama, 2002
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
CREATIVE WORK
Resident Playwright, Quick Silver Theater Company 2017–present
Literary Manager, Conch Shell Productions 2020–2021
Playwright-in-Residence, Other Informed Theatre Company 2016–2017
Literary Manager, Oracle Theatre Inc. 2009–2012
Co-Founder/Producer/Literary Manager, Conflict of Interest theater company 2007–2011
PRODUCED PLAYS
Conversion Rate, Scranton Shakespeare Festival, Scranton, PA [2021]
All’s Fair (Six Western), Oracle Theatre Inc, New York City [2013]
Daedalus at the Navy Yards, premiere: BoCoCa Arts Festival, Brooklyn, New York [premiere June 2011, revival: 2013]
War Crimes, premiere: Planet Connections Festivity, New York City [premiere: June 2010, regional production: 2011]
The Third Seat, BoCoCa Arts Festival, Brooklyn, New York[July 2009]
Wrestling the Alligator, Planet Connections Festivity, New York City [June 2009]
The Danish Mediations/Slots, Access Theater, New York City [September 2007]
PRODUCED SCREENPLAYS
Other Than Emily, A2K Productions
Chords, Indecent Exposure Productions
R4Power, Reflective Learning, LLC
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
We’re Not Neutral: Reset Series 2020 Collected Short Plays, (series editor) New York: Conch Shell Press, 2021
Karsten, Adam and Gary Marachek. Burbank, Sergei, ed. Voice Teachers and Vocal Coaches of New York, New York: VocalPrint Publications, 2004
ARTICLES
“The Shattered Mirror: What August Wilson Means and Willed to Mean,” College Literature, Issue 36.2 [Spring 2009]
Ruins, Vernacular [February 2024]
Five Baseball Games, Seven Synonyms for God, and Nine Innings, Baseball Prospectus [March 2017]
The Delayed Mirror, HowlRound [June 2015]
Missed, fwriction : review [June 2015]
“Rimers in Park Slope,” Parabasis [September 2011]
“Dancing for the Medicis,” Dramabiz [May/June 2009]
WORKSHOPS
Facilitator: Clare Boothe Luce Women in STEM Conference, Chicago, IL [2024]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Literary Manager, Conch Shell Productions
Literary Manager, Conflict of Interest theater company
Literary Manager, Oracle Theatre Inc.
Editor, fwriction : review
RESIDENCIES / GRANTS / AWARDS
Writing Residency, Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts (Ithaca, NY)
Mind’s Eye, Quick Silver Theater Company Playwrights of Color Summit (2024) (Geneva, NY)
Albino Deer, Episcopal Actors’ Guild Open Stage Grant (New York, NY)
Writing Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Banff, Alberta, Canada)
The Ass of the Prophet, Quick Silver Theater Company Playwrights of Color Summit (2017) (Geneva, NY)
Hamilton Project, Barn Arts Collective (Bass Harbor, ME)
Conversion Rate, Quick Silver Theater Company Playwrights of Color Summit (2016) (Geneva, NY)
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Residency Grant, (Taos, NM)
All’s Fair (Six Western), Performance Arts Residency, Centrum (Port Townsend, WA); Financial Grant, Puffin Foundation (Teaneck, NJ)
Best Play (full length), Wrestling the Alligator, Chameleon Theater Circle Ninth Annual New Play Festival
Paul Newman Award, Kenyon College
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Actors’ Equity Association