WRITING FROM THE HEART ABOUT WHAT MAKES US HUMAN.

Robert Axelrod is a screenwriter and playwright based in Los Angeles, originally hailing from Michigan, whose work explores the intersectionality of identity and culture.

Robert is currently a staff writer on an upcoming television series for Amazon. Previous fellowships and labs include the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Writers Program, Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, CineStory TV Fellowship, Jewish Writers Institute’s Digital Storytellers Lab, and The Road Theatre Company’s Under Construction Playwriting Lab.

Elsewhere, Robert was one of the winners of Roadmap Writers' Podcast Competition, and in 2020, Robert was recognized as a winner of the A-List; an annual competition honoring the best work by assistants in the entertainment industry.

A young man with a bald head and light skin, wearing a navy blue blazer and gray shirt, sitting against a textured beige wall.

As a playwright, Robert was one of the winners of the Echo Theater Company’s inaugural playwriting competition and previously won the ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition, which led to his work being presented as part of IAMA Theatre Company’s New Works Festival. He is a past finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, the Blue Ink Award for Playwriting, and the Orchard Project Performance Lab.

Three people, two are adults and one is a boy, are gathered around with the boy kneeling. One adult woman stands behind him, with her hand on his shoulder and touching her cheek. The man is sitting and holding a paper, showing it to the boy. They are in a room with blue walls, framed pictures, a window with curtains, and a table with a plastic storage bin and various objects.

Robert’s play Dry Summer recently had its world premiere at Theatre NOVA, where it went on to earn three BroadwayWorld Michigan Award nominations, including Best New Play. His play Lifeline had its twice-extended world premiere at The Road Theatre Company.

In addition to his professional and creative pursuits, Robert has been a volunteer crisis service counselor with The Trevor Project, the nation’s leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention service for LGBTQ youth.