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Ava Roberts

Writer & Personality

ABOUT 

Ava Roberts is a New York-based writer, songwriter, and content creator. 

She has a B.A. in English and Business Management from Columbia University, where she won the Seymour Brick Memorial Prize for best undergraduate play and the Richmond B. Williams Fellowship for research in the humanities.

Roberts also studied comedy writing at The Second City, and musical theater songwriting through programs at Off the Lane, Maestra, and The New York Youth Symphony.

On the page, her writing lives on TODAY.com and @avarobertsmusic on Substack. On the stage, audiences have watched her work at spots like 54 Below, Joe's Pub, The Second City, East Village Basement, and The Dramatist's Guild Foundation.  

Roberts also immerses herself in the entertainment industry and literary arts off the page as an assistant at United Talent Agency, with previous experience at Broadway Crew, Park Pictures, and NBCUniversal. 

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UPCOMING EVENTS

LIVE ENGAGEMENTS

  • Out East / Staged Reading
    Out East / Staged Reading
    Thu, May 28
    Playwrights Downtown
    May 28, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Playwrights Downtown, 440 Lafayette St # 4, New York, NY 10003, USA
    RSVP to request an invitation to a staged reading of Out East, a New Musical Comedy
  • New York Theater Festival / NY Summerfest
    New York Theater Festival / NY Summerfest
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Jul 23
    Jul 23, 2026, 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Teatro LATEA, 107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002, USA
  • First Stages
    First Stages
    Thu, Mar 26
    54 Below
    Mar 26, 2026, 9:30 PM – 11:00 PM
    54 Below, 254 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
    Ava Roberts' debut musical Inner Styles to showcase 3 pieces at this cabaret for Columbia alumni and student-written work.

CONTACT

AVA ROBERTS — PLAYWRIGHT — COMPOSER — COMEDIAN —WRITER

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