- 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 and Daniel Webster, Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates, Final Passages, The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and King Neptune, Heaven on Earth, Tachinoki, The Dream Thief, The Kentucky Cycle and a musical, The Twelve. Robert is a New Dramatists alumnus, the Dramatists Guild Council, and a board member of The Lilly Awards and The Orchard Project.
- IMDb mini biography by: Humanitas Official Website
- SpousesMaria Dahvana Headley(2003 - October 29, 2012) (divorced)Mary Anne Dorward(December 1, 1984 - May 26, 2000) (divorced)
- RelativesBen McKenzie(Niece or Nephew)
- Won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1992 for his epic play The Kentucky Cycle.
- Also has authored the plays 'Final Passages', 'Heaven On Earth', 'Lunch Break' and 'Intermission'.
- Uncle of Ben McKenzie
- His wife Maria Dahvana Headley wrote a memoir titled "The Year of Yes," in which she accepted every date offer for a year. The book concludes with her falling in love with Schenkkan, who is referred to as "the Playwright.".
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1994 Tony Award as author of Best Play nominee "The Kentucky Cycle."
- [on the Broadway run of "All the Way"] I know for a fact that Nancy Pelosi, who came to the opening and saw it, then returned a second time with members of the Democratic caucus because she wanted them to see what is possible if you embrace your power. I'm very pleased she felt that way about it but I can't say that there's a long list of legislation that resulted from it.
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