Sandberg, R.N. 1948-

PERSONAL:

Born May 9, 1948, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Jack (a "butter and egg man") and Miriam (a bookkeeper; maiden name, Friedman) Sandberg; married Virginia A. Zakian (a molecular biologist), September 8, 1973; children: Megan, Eric. Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1970; Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, M.A.T., 1973; Yale University, M.F. A., 1977.

ADDRESSES:

Home—160 Bertrand Dr., Princeton, NJ 08540. Office—Department of English, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. E-mail—rsand@princeton.edu

CAREER:

Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, member of theater faculty, 1978-87, department head, 1987-95; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, lecturer in theater, 1995—. Seattle Children's Theater, dramaturge, 1991-94.

MEMBER:

Dramatists Guild, Philadelphia Dramatists Center.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Citation for one of the year's best plays, International Association of Theater for Children and Youth, 1991, for Anne of Green Gables; winner, Bonderman Playwriting Symposium, for Can't Believe It.

WRITINGS:

PLAYS

This Land, produced at Snoqualmie Falls Forest Theater, Snoqualmie Falls, WA, 1980.

Survival Skills, produced at Empty Space Theater, Seattle, WA, 1983-84

Evenings In, Evenings Out, produced at Empty Space Theater, Seattle, WA, 1986.

A Woman of Means, produced at Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Boise, 1990.

Stop It Now, produced at Open Door Theater, Arlington, WA, 1992.

Talk about Stuff, produced at Open Door Theater, Arlington, WA, 1992.

Anne of Green Gables (produced at Seattle Children's Theater, Seattle, WA, 1991), Anchorage Press (Anchorage, AK), 1994.

Sara Crewe (produced at Seattle Children's Theater, Seattle, WA, 1994), Dramatic Publishing (New York, NY), 1996.

Convivencia, published in International Plays for Young Audiences, Meriwether Publishing (Colorado Springs, CO), 2000.

The Moonstone, Dramatic Publishing (New York, NY), 2000.

Frankenstein (produced at Intiman Theater, Seattle, WA, 1989), Playscripts (New York, NY), 2001.

Jarpteetza/the Firebird (produced at Seattle Children's Theater, Seattle, WA, 1991), Playscripts (New York, NY), 2001.

Carol and Chuckie D, produced by Passage Theater Company, Trenton, NJ, 2001.

Frankenstein's Children, produced by Metro Theater Company, 2001.

A Child's Christmas in New Jersey, produced by Passage Theater Company, Trenton, NJ, 2003.

Amor es un tren, produced by Fifty-second Street Project, New York, NY, 2003.

The Odyssey, produced by Tales and Scales, Evansville, IN, 2003.

Goodbye Dolly, produced by Raw Impressions Musical Theater, New York, NY, 2003.

Can't Believe It, performed in staged reading by Indiana Repertory Theater, Indianapolis, IN, 2005.

In Between (produced at George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, 1999), Playscripts (New York, NY), 2006.

OTHER

(With Roberta Maguire) Preparing for the Drug-Free Years (video script), produced by KING-TV, 1987.

The Rest (short film), produced by Raw Impressions Musical Theater, New York City, 2003.

Author of the unproduced screenplays Lucky, 1991, and Bread and Salt, 1997.