Tonight at 7:00 PM at the Lucy Stern Theater in Palo Alto, as part of the TheatreWorks NFW 2025, New Works Festival, theatre-goers will get a sneak peek at some early scenes of Motion/CAPTURE. This is my latest collaboration with Portugal’s Mala Voadora theater company.
Robert Schenkkan is a Pulitzer-prize winning, Tony® Award winning, Writer’s Guild Award winning, three-time Emmy nominated writer of Stage, Television, and Film. He is the author of fourteen original full-length plays, a musical, and a collection of one-act plays. He co-wrote the feature film, Hacksaw Ridge (six Academy Award nominations) and The Quiet American, and his television credits include: All The Way, The Pacific, The Andromeda Strain, and Spartacus.
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TheatreWorks Presentation tonight of Motion/CAPTURE!
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TheatreWorks Workshop of Motion/CAPTURE
July 22, 2025I will be in Palo Alto from July 24-30, to workshop my newest play, Motion/CAPTURE during the TheatreWorks New Works Festival at the Lucy Stern Theater. This will be a collaboration with the esteemed Portuguese company, Mala Voadora, and Peacedale Global Arts. A brief sample of our new work will be shown publicly, one night […]
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NYC Workshop of ReCON$ruXion
July 22, 2025Just finished a five day workshop in NYC, curtesy of my commissioning theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Artistic Director, Quin Gresham. Directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene; Dramaturgy by Tom Bryant; Lisa Stafford Stage Manager. The cast included the following: Stanley Andrew Jackson, Eunice Woods, Matt Lytle, Scott Wakefield, Christopher Gerson, Grant Chapman, Christopher B. Portley, Jay […]
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“Bob & Jean, A Love Story” Opening Is a Triumph at Bay Street Theater! Hampton’s.com
June 12, 2025There are many reasons to go see the production of “Bob & Jean, A Love Story,” now playing at the Bay Street Theater. The new play by Robert Schenkkan (who attended this performance) opened to a standing ovation this past weekend and will run until June 15th. It is the first show of Bay Street […]
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Bob & Jean: A Love Story at Bay Street Theater Overflows with Romance & Nostalgia – Marc Horowitz. Dan’s Papers.
June 7, 2025Bay Street Theater officially kicked off its summer season on May 31 in Sag Harbor with Bob & Jean: A Love Story, playwright Robert Schenkkan’s unabashedly romantic homage to his parents. As its title makes clear, this is every inch a love story. But don’t be misled. Yes, it’s light and airy, but it’s in […]