Robert O'Hara

Robert O'Hara was recently nominated for a Tony for his direction of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris, the most Tony-nominated play in the history of Broadway. He also directed its world premiere at New York Theater Workshop. Other directing credits include the world premiere musical Bella by Kirsten Childs at Playwrights Horizons, Macbeth at Denver Center for Performing Arts, world premieres of Nikkole Salter and Danai Guiria's In The Continuum , Tarell McCraney's The Brother/Sister Plays (Part...See more

Robert O'Hara was recently nominated for a Tony for his direction of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris, the most Tony-nominated play in the history of Broadway. He also directed its world premiere at New York Theater Workshop. Other directing credits include the world premiere musical Bella by Kirsten Childs at Playwrights Horizons, Macbeth at Denver Center for Performing Arts, world premieres of Nikkole Salter and Danai Guiria'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, Mankind, Bootycandy, and Insurrection: Holding History . He received his Directing M.F.A. from Columbia University. See less