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  1. Ben McKenzie (nephew) 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.

  2. About Robert Schenkkan. Robert Schenkkan was born in Chapel Hill, N. Carolina, the third of four sons to Bob Schenkkan, Sr. and Jean McKenzie. He grew up in Austin, Texas, graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School and entered the University of Texas as a double major in Plan II Honors and in the Department of Drama, Fine Arts.

  3. Robert Schenkkan (born March 19, 1953, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.) is an American actor and writer who was best known for his historical plays, which notably included The Kentucky Cycle, a series of short plays that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Schenkkan grew up in Austin, Texas, in a family with a passionate appreciation for the arts.

  4. Robert Schenkkan. Writer: Hacksaw Ridge. HUMANITAS Prize, Pulitzer Prize, Tony, and WGA Award winner, three-time Emmy nominated writer. Films: Hacksaw Ridge and The Quiet American. TV: All the Way, The Pacific, The Andromeda Strain, Crazy Horse, Spartacus. Theater: Building the Wall, All the Way, The Great Society, Hanussen, Shadowplay, By the Waters of Babylon, Handler, A Single Shard, Devil ...

    • March 19, 1953
  5. Schenkkan is the author of 13 full-length plays, two full-length musicals, and a collection of short plays. The Kentucky Cycle was the result of several years of development, starting in NYC at New Dramatists and the Ensemble Studio Theatre. The two-part epic was later workshopped at the Mark Taper Forum, EST-LA, the Long Wharf Theatre, and the ...

  6. Jul 4, 2019 · 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 (including WICA’s production of The Kentucky Cycle in 2010), two musicals, and a collection of one-act plays.

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  8. Feb 11, 2011 · Robert F. Schenkkan, a founding father and tireless defender of public broadcasting, spent five decades nurturing public radio and television in Austin. He also served with distinction in the U.S ...

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