Robert Fredrickson (aka Robert Adams/Robert Frederick) was born in
Northern California. After studying and earning a degree in 1980 at
UCLA alongside Tim Robbins and others, Robert was hired by the Western
Stage in Salinas, California where he performed in Shakespeare and
other classical repertory works including an adaptation of Steinbeck's
Cannery Row. Robert studied in New York City with members of the
esteemed Circle Repertory and worked with June Stein, Stuart White and
the late playwright John Bishop. He was seen in new play festivals
including New Dramatists, the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival and the
Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and as an actor helped to develop new
voices in playwriting. He performed in the US premiere of Joshua
Sobel's Ghetto at the Mark Taper Forum and was cast in Pumpkinhead, now
a Halloween classic, as well as False Identity with Stacy Keach, and
the short film Radio Inside, a short which won the Samuel Goldwyn
Award. He has been involved with the Aspen Film Festival and the Santa
Barbara International Film Festival conducting onstage interviews with
visiting directors and actors.