Robert Kelly McAllister is a screenwriter/director and playwright. He joined the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) after writing a feature on assignment for Anonymous Content, working with Laurie Ross. His first play, Last Call, won the Excellence in Playwriting award at the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival. In 2005, his play Burning the Old Man won the New York Innovative Theatre (NYIT) award for outstanding full length script. In 2012, Lovers, Lunatics, and Poets was a finalist in Playscripts' Pitch-n-Play contest. In 2010, his play Hela and Troy was named a finalist for the Heideman Award as part of the Humana Festival at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. His plays have been produced all over the world, from Vienna to Dubai to Sao Paolo, by such companies as Divadlo na Zabradli of Prague, hope theatre, inc., the Triangle Theatre of North Carolina, and the University of Colorado, Boulder. In 2003, he was named Graduate of the Last Decade by San Jose State University. He was also a senior reviewer for nytheatre.com from 2003-2005. His work has been published by Applause Books, Playscripts, Smith and Kraus, and the New York Theatre Experience. He currently teaches playwriting at the Denver Center.