Robert O'Hara
Playwrights Horizons: Bootycandy (writer and director), Bella: An American Tall Tale (director). He has received the NAACP Best Director Award, the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play, two Obie Awards, and the Oppenheimer Award. He directed the world premieres of Nikkole Salter and Danai Gurira’s In the Continuum, Tarell McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays (Part 2), Colman Domingo’s Wild With Happy, as well as his own plays, Bootycandy and Insurrection: Holding History. He has also written Zombie: The American (Wooly Mammoth) and Barbecue (The Public Theater).
(as of 10/24/17)
Reviews“Smart, searing, and sensationally funny. Robert O'Hara reveals an important asset for a playwright to make his mark: fearlessness. ”
— Charles Isherwood, New York Times | Read Full Article“EXPLOSIVE. Insanely entertaining and completely engaging.”
— Jesse Green, New York Magazine | Read Full Article
“SASSY AND SAUCY! You may never think of the words ‘booty’ and ‘candy’ the same way ever again.”
— Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Post | Read Full Article“Delectably un-PC. Performed to perfection.”
— Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News | Read Full Article