Lifeline
In the aftermath of an unforeseen life-changing event, Patti, a well-meaning mother, decides to become a volunteer for a suicide hotline, where laughter, tears, and a new understanding bridge the divide between people from very different walks of life.
Lifeline participated in The Road’s 15th Annual Summer Playwrights Festival and has been selected for a fully produced production this season!
ROBERT AXELROD is a writer based in Los Angeles, originally hailing from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Robert is a current member of the Road Theatre Company’s Under Construction Playwriting Group, as well as the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Writers Program. He is a past recipient of the Humanitas New Voices fellowship, CineStory TV fellowship, and was part of the inaugural class of the Jewish Writer Initiative’s Digital Storyteller Lab. Robert was named 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 award-winning play receiving a staged reading with the IAMA Theatre Company, as part of their New Works Festival. Most recently, Robert was a finalist for the 2024 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. Robert is a proud Summa Cum Laude graduate of Syracuse University where he holds a BFA in Drama.