The Great Gatsby Immersive opens with Rob as Nick Carraway in the Original NYC Cast."Still, the very solid company certainly commits to the complexity of the whole thing, especially Rob Brinkmann, who plays Nick Carraway with a notably emotional underpinning, and who impressively quietened the room when he unleashed Fitzgerald’s poetic prose on people near the top of the show."
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"...Brinkmann’s Carraway seems to be the backbone of the evening (much like his character is the backbone of the book). As the interloper to these wealthy environs, Carraway is the lens by which the audience views the action. He is us, and we are him — taken in by the ostentatious display of richness, but horrified by it as well. Brinkmann does a masterful job of bringing this important character to life."
"The principal casting is well-done: Brinkmann’s Carraway is immediately recognizable, even before he speaks. He darts among different members of the audience, seeking understanding and reassurance, eyes moving with the nervous, earnest excitement of an outsider looking in. "
"The company is excellent, seemingly delighting in the collisions of fiction and performer-meet-audience reality they must marshal themselves and us through. Acosta has Gatsby’s smooth charm and sinister remove, Brinkmann Carraway’s brisk sweetness—and he interacts in a very inclusive, kind way with the audience, shrugging and apologizing at all the craziness they find themselves caught up in."
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Earphones Award
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Author Shannon Hale narrates as a full cast enacts the drama of her sixth-grade year in this adaptation of the middle volume of her graphic memoir trilogy. Portraying young Shannon, Mia Jenness evokes excitement, uncertainty, and hurt--painfully and exquisitely--as she picks her way through a friendship minefield. Her circle of friends is not so fully individuated, with the other cast members playing multiple roles; the effect reinforces Shannon's sense of social isolation. A panoply of sound effects helps take listeners back to 1985, introducing them to such antique noises as a cassette tape clicking into place and a dot matrix printer at work. A boisterous conversation among Hale and her twin daughters, original to this production, connects then and now. An empathetic antidote to sixth grade. V.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2023
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Rob was named by Book Riot as one of the Top Ten Narrators to Follow on Tik Tok
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Rob was hosted by the lovely Vivianna Izzo on her audiobook-centric show, "The Audiobook Lovin' Podcast," where she interviews folks in the Audiobook Industry. They talked and laughed about BookTok, Romance Novels and all the goodies that lie within working in Audiobooks. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts!
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Rob joined the
New York City cast of STOMP!! |
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For his work as Jud Fry, Rob was awarded, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical from the Berkshire Theatre Critics Association's 2019 Berkshire Theatre Awards — affectionately known as "The Berkies"
Dancing Girl
Audible Narrator
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Happy Holidays!
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Rob is a proud member of the Actors' Equity Union |
An American in Paris at the Ogunquit Playhouse
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Rob performed as Mr. Z, at the Ogunquit Playhouse in, An American in Paris. Director Jeffry Denman's take on creating the first regional production of the Gershwin musical brought to life the heart and soul of Gene Kelly.
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Acoustica ElectronicaIt was a wild evening at the House of Yes with EDM music pumping as characters from within the arts through the ages collided with explosive consequences. Live music, opera, and aerial devices combine with dance to weave a narrative that questions the capabilities of the classical structure versus the fire that thrusts the contemporary art scene forward. Rob was up in the air for this one!
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Rob hass just finished living it up as Black Stache in Peter and the Starcatcher at the Jenny Wiley Theater in Pikeville, Kentucky. Promoting the show, he went on talk show, Your Day, with director Chris Nelson.
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Interview on Your Day with Melody May P'PoolSee the interview at 7:05
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New RepRob recently signed with Gregg Baker Management!
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Take OneTake One, a comedy in three parts about first takes on great things. Rob played a less than genius biblical Adam in God's first take on humanity, a chastising Raphael witnessing the first draft of the Sistine Chapel and Lorenz Hart trying to convince Richard Rogers to cut a song from Oklahoma.
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The Red RoomPerformed at the Barrow Group Theater was the World Premier of The Red Room, by Morgan McGuire. She, along with some of the cast, are members of The Shelter theater who have staged over 100 new works over the past seven years. It shaped up to be quite a riveting family drama, throwing forgiveness into an equation usually dominated by vengance and hate.
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Searching for SignalEarly this year Rob finished the second workshop for a new multimedia show with ToUch Performance Art as part of their residency with Harvard's American Repertory Theater. Check out some of the reviews below.
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