Doug Robinson (he/him) is a playwright, theater educator, and performer from Sterling, Virginia. He is currently a MFA Playwriting Candidate at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and has worked in Washing D.C., New York City, and Chicago.

His play The Figs was a finalist for the 2023 O’Neil New Play Conference and will have its world premiere at American Stage in the 23-24 season. In 2021 his play Capture the Flag was a recipient of the inaugural Reimagine Theatre for Young Audiences grant. At Yale, he has workshopped several plays including Cactus Queen and Story in Our Blood.

Doug’s latest play That Day, This Night was commissioned by Imagination Stage as a part of their Theatre For Very Young program. It centers around Winnie and August who will do whatever it takes to keep the sun up and the scary night at bay. The play will be presented in Imagination Stage’s 24-25 season.

Recently his play Love Like Tuesday premiered with Faction of Fools Theatre Company in Washington D.C. and earned a Helen Hayes recommendation. His plays have been commissioned at myriad theaters throughout the Washington D.C. metro area including The Kennedy Center, Faction of Fools, Rorschach Theatre Company, Ally Theatre Company, and Imagination Stage. He has also worked as a teaching artist at Imagination Stage, The Theatre Lab, and Adventure Theatre and as an actor has performed with various Shakespeare companies along the East coast.