David Brian Colbert

 story teller - creator - collaborator 
 playwright, song writer, performer, producer, theatrical manager



A few highlights:
db was named winner of the 2025 dottie burman songwriter award by the manhattan association of cabarets and clubs (mac) for the songs they wrote for the pilot episode of the 86ers.

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The 86ers - pilot screenplay for an original musical series cowritten with Jenna Miller Ferreira
Inspired by true events: After a wave of illegal firings and accusations of stealing, a scrappy crew of singing waiters takes on a the owners of a Times Square landmark — all while chasing their dreams of stardom in New York City.
**Semifinalist 2025 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition in the category of Diversity in Television.

Credence - pilot screenplay 
*Quarter Finalist in the 2021 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition in the category of Diversity in Television.
The people of Credence have a faith like none other. When a group of friends is stranded in town, they discover that their own story lies within this community and fight to unravel a mysterious connection to the witchy dogma that dominates the small town.

Twenty Twenty-Four - pilot screenplay  
*Quarter Finalist in the 2020 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition in the category of Diversity in Television.
A terrifying psychic reading and a defunct study of extraterrestrial elements are linked to the disappearance of Dee's father, thirteen years ago. Now, Dee is on a mission to pick up the mantle of their father's research to stop the predicted death of millions.

Twinkle - animated short screenplay ​
13.8 Billion years condensed into a 10 minute animated short, following Shimmer and Gleam, 2 particles from the Big Bang, as they travel across space and time in search of connection.

Plays
C.O.A.L. (confessions of a liar)- (2W/2M)
opened off-broadway in march of 2015 under the direction of craig baldwin at the prestigious 59E59 theaters. 
*Selection and Critics Choice of The Appalachian Festival a of Plays and Playwrights
**Selection for The Fundamental Theater Project's Mass Rhetoric - Reading Series
***Finalist for the O'Neill Playwright Conference
Broadwayworld.com  
"Thought provoking theater done just right."
ManhattanwithaTwist.com 
"Everyone hear this now! New work in theater is alive and well!"
Talkin'Broadway 
"C.O.A.L. has a power to disturb that creeps up slowly on its audience."

BOBBY'S HOME  (5W/3M)
semi-finalist for both The O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and
The IDT Theater's, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference.

TEMPLE  (2W)
Pages from DBC's newest play, TEMPLE, were presented at the 20th installment of
THE PLAYGROUND EXPERIMENT.
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