2024
For the Fall semester at SUNY Oswego, Steve directed The Laramie Project. He secured a grant from Artswego to bring the Tectonic Theater Project to Oswego. The students were given a 20 hour Training Session in Moment Work and we were joined by Leigh Fondakowski for a rehearsal session and post-show talkback. It was a transformative experience for all involved.
2023
For the Spring ‘23 semester at SUNY Oswego, Steve adapted and directed Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Then in the summer, he joined the faculty of the Professional Training Program at Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College. In the Fall ‘23 semester at SUNY Oswego, Steve directed The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
2022
Working at SUNY Oswego, Steve is teaching classes in various levels of Acting, Directing, Introduction to Theatre, and Voice for the Actor. In the Fall of 2022 he directed a staged reading of I Fucking Hate Shakespeare by Gina Femia.
2021
Steve directed Elsewhere by Adam Szymkowicz and taught classes at SUNY Oswego in Intermediate Acting, Principles of Directing, and Introduction into Theatre.
After serving as a Guest Director and an Adjunct Instructor for the 2020 academic year, Steve was hired in August 2021 as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre in Acting and Directing at SUNY Oswego.
2021
This year I became a contributor for TheatreArtLife, an online space for global theatre artists to share and reflect on their work. Please check out my articles here:
2020
Certainly the world stopped in 2020 but the effort to create new forms of theatre did not. For the Fall of 2020, Steve joined the faculty at SUNY Oswego to teach Acting and Directing. He also is directing a departmental production of The Misanthrope by Moliere, Adaption by Constance Congdon.
Fall 2019
In Fall 2019, Steve was involved in a development workshop of The Album: Here There are Blueberries with Tectonic Theater Project. It was immensely inspiring to work with this company of artistic leaders and visionaries. The work was bold and process enlightening.
The Album: Here There are Blueberries by Amanda Gronich
Picture by Zena Hinds
Summer 2019
Steve was very busy this summer directing Blanche in a Wheelchair by Aaron Leventman for the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Play Festival at the Vineyard Theater this August. Blanche was honored as a Festival Finalist production .
Steve with Blanche in a Wheelchair Cast Joe Mayes, Kyle Merker and Gary Dooley
He also Assistant Directed the brilliant Director (and dear friend) Misti B. Wills for My Real Mother by Riley Thomas for NYMF hosted at the Signature Theatre in NYC in July.
Steve with the Cast and Crew of My Real Mother at the NYMF Opening Night Party
Steve is now a proud Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society!
Spring 2019
This April, Steve was selected by the Stage Director and Choreographer’s Foundation as the Observer with Broadway director Daniel Sullivan on the New York premiere of Donald Margulies’ new play Long Lost at Manhattan Theater Club. Visit https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/ for more details! This is an amazing opportunity to learn from one the American theatre’s most respected and revered directors. A total idol!
In February, Steve began performances in Twelfth Night produced by Frog and Peach Theatre Company at the beautiful Sheen Center in NYC.
Steve as Feste and Karoline Patrick as Olivia; Photo by Maria Baranova
October 2018
Steve directed a play entitled Bus Stop by Jessica Albano for the New Short Play Festival at the American Theatre of Actors for The Network, a company dedicated to showcasing actors in new work. Bus Stop performed Oct. 10th, 13th and 14th. The play was voted into the festival finals, his actors were nominated for acting awards and Steve was nominated for Best Director in the festival.
August + September 2018
Steve is so lucky to be on board as Assistant Director for George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House produced Off Broadway by Gingold Theatrical Group and Directed by David Staller.
Summer 2018
Steve directed two one-act plays for the LIC One Act Festival hosted by the Secret Theater in Long Island City. The Secret Theater maintains to be an acclaimed hub for innovative and quality Off Off Broadway work. Written and directed by Steve, The Passion of Athena brings to life the final actions of the Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. Written by Aaron Leventman and directed by Steve, Blanche in a Wheelchair is about a couple looking for joy while dealing with illness and new found identities. Both plays open July 12th and continue through the month of July. You can buy tickets here. - Come check out this amazing work!
Spring 2018
In May 2018, Steve's short play At the Museum was presented by Between Us Productions at their Take Ten Play Festival at the Workshop Theatre in Midtown Manhattan. It placed very well, being one of only four plays nominated for Best Play. Steve was also nominated for Best Director in the Festival.
At the Museum at Take Ten
John and Izzy head to the museum for a cultural outing. They meet Lisa, a student artist up for a scholarship award for a rather large and graphic mural. The following conversation is about how an artist's inspiration is constantly in conflict with a world obsessed with rationalizing the irrational.
Black Box New Play Festival at Gallery Players, BK
Steve is proud to be directing Absolution by Mike Teele at Gallery Players in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Absolution will be presented as part of the 21st Annual Black Box Festival of New Plays. Absolution plays June 7th through 10th.