“The 12 – Original Cast Recording,” with music and lyrics has been receiving tremendous love and attention and is Officially submitted for GRAMMY Awards consideration in the Best Musical Theater Album category! Please consider reposting the news on your Social Media Apps! #FYC #ForYourConsideration. #ForYourGRAMMYConsideration#GRAMMYs. #GRAMMYAwards. #AwardsSeason. #MusicAwards. #BestMusicalTheaterAlbum #MusicalTheater. #CastRecording #NewMusical #TheatreMusic. #OrginalCastRecording #ShowAlbum […]
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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The 12 and The Grammys!
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TheatreWorks Presentation tonight of Motion/CAPTURE!
July 28, 2025Tonight 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.
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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 […]