Robert Schenkkan
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Schenkkan in 2016
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| Born |
Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr. March 19, 1953 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, actor |
| Alma mater |
University of Texas Cornell University |
| Spouse | Mary Anne Dorward (1984-1999; 2 children) Maria Dahvana Headley (2004-2012) |
| Related to | Benjamin McKenzie (nephew) |
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| Debut works |
G. R. Point (1979) Heaven on Earth (1989) |
| Magnum opus | The Kentucky Cycle |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1992) |
Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr. (born March 19, 1953) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his play The Kentucky Cycle and his play All the Way earned the 2014 Tony Award for Best Play. He has three Emmy Nominations and one WGA Award.
Schenkkan was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Jean Gregory (née McKenzie) and Robert Frederic Schenkkan, a professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin. and public television executive. He grew up in Austin, Texas. As a Plan II Honors student he received a B.A. in Drama, magna cum laude, from the University of Texas, Austin in 1975 (Phi Beta Kappa, Friars' Society, UT Texas Exes Distinguished Young Alumnus Award and E. William Doty College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award), and an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Cornell University in 1977. For many years, he lived in New York City and then Los Angeles, California, working both as a writer and an actor in film, television, and theatre. Since 1990 he has focused exclusively on his writing and divides his time between New York City and Seattle.
Schenkkan is the author of ten full-length plays. By the Waters of Babylon premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in February, 2005. The play is unrelated to the Stephen Vincent Benét short story By the Waters of Babylon or its subsequent adaptation. Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates premiered at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in December 2005. The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune premiered at the University of Texas at Austin in November 2005. The Devil and Daniel Webster premiered at the Seattle Children’s Theatre in February 2006.
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