BENEDETTO ROBINSON
Actor | Fight Choreographer | Action Performer I Playwright I Game Designer
"Robinson’s sharp script, which captures the flourish of Stoker’s writing, keeps the pace humming by reconfiguring some of the novel’s epistolary format into direct dialogue.... Robinson is a deliciously creepy Dracula, sporting blood-red eyes and an unctuous authority; he’s a villain of few words, which allows his dramatic physicality to project the full weight of his power."
-Rachel Garbus, Arts ATL
Originally from Windham, Maine, Benedetto is based in Atlanta, GA. He is a graduate of Elon University's BFA Acting program and a specialty performer in swordplay, dialects, Shakespeare and Period Styles.
As a Playwright, his original Adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Entitled Dracula: The Failings of Men has received two full mounts over four seasons; one with the Cherokee Historical Association at the Mountainside Theatre in North Carolina and one with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company. Both have been produced in tandem with Atlanta's own Havoc Movement.
As a game designer, his new, high stakes, setting-flexible tabletop RPG Of Harmony And Entropy is pending copyright approval and is ready for play. Check out more details below.
DRACULA: The Failings of Men
In October of 2021, Havoc Movement opened and premiered Dracula: The Failings of Men, an original adaptation of Bram Stoker's famous novel by Benedetto Robinson at the Mountainside Theatre in Cherokee, NC in collaboration with the Unto These Hills outdoor drama. The project met with extreme success, significantly outperforming its expectations. In it, Benedetto debuted the title Role. Below is the Promo for the Cherokee run, which lasted two seasons.
After a remount in October 2022, The project moved to Atlanta where it was co-produced by The Atlanta Shakespeare Company in tandem with Havoc Movement. The Atlanta run of the show sold nearly 96% of total available tickets for its duration in its first season, and 94% of total house in it's second-- shattering ticket, bar and kitchen sales at the venue. It received seven Suzi Bass Awards,nominations, founded to celebrate excellence in Atlanta's Professional Theatre Circuit. Below is the promo for the Atlanta run.
NEWS
Benedetto has been busy at work with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company over the past several seasons, starring as Achilles in their Troilus and Cressida, as Duke Orsino in their Twelfth Night, as Athos in their Three Musketeers, and as Dracula in his original Dracula: The Failings of Men. He has set fight choreography for their Romeo and Juliet in 2024 and 2025, their recent Twelfth Night in 2025 and 2026, and their Macbeth in 2025.
Outside of Atlanta, he has worked since 2021 on the revitalized Lost Colony in Manteo, NC, directed by Jeff Whiting of Open Jar Studios.
Alongside his dear friend Jake Guinn, he currently stars in a revitalized version of The Swordsmen! by Doug Mumaw and David Woolley in its debut run at the Georgia Rennaissance Faire. Follow @the_swordsmen_bt on Instagram for updates on the adventures of Tad and Bene.
Benedetto is open for work as an actor, action performer and comissioned playwright across the country and internationally. He can be reached at benedetto.michael.robinson@gmail.com . Have steel, will travel.
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Of Harmony and Entropy
An original, single-die tabletop RPG designed for intimate and realistic high stakes play in any setting.
A 12-level character progression system that does not lock out options behind experience levels or distant sections of play; a growth system that yields branches, but produces a fully formed and functional character at the outset who — importantly— does not become an immortal by the circuit’s end. It is entirely possible for a session one character to take on a 12th level enemy and emerge victorious, based on their approach and skillset.
A combat system conceived from an awareness of historical martial arts and theatrical combat, generated with the expeditiousness of a player’s turn in mind; a fight system with the aim of rooting a player more firmly in the action of the moment. It features detailed armor and weapons subsystems that highlight the qualities of individual weapons based on their real-world histories and applications, a cover subsystem to better manage engagements at range, and a wounds subsystem to more closely seat the action in a character-and-story forward headspace.
A gameplay ruleset based on the humble roll of the singular 20-sided die, yet one that offers diverse options for combat, deception, persuasion, athleticism, intuition, magic and more.
"Harmony and Entropy is a unique TTRPG, and a true stand out. I think of it as the "Dark Souls" of TTRPGs, with a focus on high stakes, realistic combat and injury mechanics, though still very much a vehicle for sincere, dramatic roleplay and social engagement. The magic system is unique, and while I have not yet played a magic-using character, I've witnessed such creative gameplay and decision making from those who have played magic-users, that I am anxious to give it a try. If you're looking for a TTRPG that allows you to live out heroic stories from a place of realism, this is the TTRPG for you!"
-D. Roth, playtester
CONTACT
Do you have questions about any of my work? Would you like to collaborate together on a project? Please feel free to get in touch with me today.
207-712-7613