Biography

Robert O'Hara

Robert O’Hara won the 2010 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play for Antebellum, produced at the Woolly Mammoth Theater Company. His Insurrection: Holding History received the Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Play in its world premiere at the New York Shakespeare Festival, which he also directed. His other widely produced works include Good Breeding, Brave Brood and American Maul. He also rewrote The Wiz for its revival at LaJolla Playhouse, directed by Des McAnuff.