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Artists Registry
St Petersburg FL United States
Resume
Ed Stevens, M.Ed., M.A.
4233 22nd Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33711
(727) 327-3396, estevens3@tampabay.rr.com
Playwriting Awards and Honors
Stageworks Longjohns Florida Playwrights Series, 2007, Winner for Texas, Religion and Murder
Valencia Character Company, 2007, Finalist for Texas, Religion and Murder
Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival/PlayFest 2007, Semi-finalist, for The American Suitor
Hidden River Arts Playwriting Award 2006, Finalist, for The American Suitor
Ashland New Plays Festival 2006, Semi-finalist, for Viewer Discretion Advised
American Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) PlayWorks 2006, Winner, for Texas, Religion and Murder
Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2006, Finalist, for Texas, Religion, and Murder
Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwriting Contest 2006, Semi-finalist, for Attention Shoppers
George R. Kernodle Playwriting Contest 2005, Finalist, for Attention Shoppers
Kennedy Center David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award 2005, for After
George R. Kernodle Playwriting Contest 2004, Finalist, for After
Kennedy Center Ten-Minute Play Competition 2004, Regional Finalist and Alternate Winner, for Dangerous Items
Last Frontier Theatre Conference 2004, Short Play Lab, for Dangerous Items
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 2004, New Playwrights Development Workshop, for Dangerous Items
Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive, Selected for 2004 Workshop.
Actors Theatre 2004 New Works Festival, Honorable Mention, for Dangerous Items
Attic Theatre 2003 One Act Marathon, Finalist, for Dangerous Items
American Theatre Co-op Fall 2003 Contest, Finalist, for Texas, Religion and Murder
Bellinghiere Family Scholarship, 2003-2004 Recipient
Writing Highlights and Productions
Mr. Right: Comedy
The American Suitor: Adaptation of short story by Edith Wharton
Viewer Discretion Advised: Dark comedy
The Red Hat Affair: Mystery/comedy; broadcast live on WMNF-FM Radio Tampa
Attention Shoppers: Comedy/drama; Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, Alaska)
Texas, Religion and Murder: Contemporary folk tale; scheduled for production at Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) PlayWorks, 2006
After: Post-September 11 drama; produced by September Space (NYC), San Diego State University and Actors Alliance Actors Festival (San Diego)
Dangerous Items: One-act drama; produced by Attic Theatre (Los Angeles), Last Frontier Theatre Conference (Valdez, Alaska), Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), The Barn Theatre and the Actors Alliance Actors Festival (San Diego)
Community Property: Domestic comedy; produced by HERE! (NYC), Diversionary Theatre and 6th@Penn Theatre (San Diego) and Gypsy Productions (St. Petersburg, FL)
30,000 Pigs Roamed the City: Musical comedy; produced by Wings Theatre and 13th Street Repertory Theatre (NYC), C.A.P.E. Theatre (Provincetown,MA), and 6th@Penn Theatre (San Diego)
The Mary Chase: Screenplay; offbeat comedy
Seven Year Club: Sitcom pilot
Out the Window: Sketches, songs and monologues for comedy troupe; NYC
Commissions
The Red Hat Affair: Mystery/comedy commissioned by Studio@620 for Film Noir Festival
POW!R Play: Play for middle school students commissioned by Stageworks Theatre under funding by Tampa Electric
Publications/Presentations
Dangerous Items to be published in A Collection of Plays from the New Playwrights Development Workshop, American Theatre in Higher Education
Playing with Time, playwriting workshop, Southeast Theatre Conference (SETC) 2005 and American Theatre in Higher Education, 2005
Playing with Time: “Extra-Chronological” Play Structures, Master’s Thesis, San Diego State University, 2004
Commissions
The Red Hat Affair: Mystery/comedy; commissioned by Studio@620, St. Petersburg, FL
Education
M.A. Theater Arts, San Diego State University, May 2004
(Teaching Assistant, Acting I, Acting II, Directing I)
Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive, study with Lee Blessing, Marsha Norman, Heather McDonald, Arthur Kopit and Gary Garrison, 2004
Master Class, Edward Albee, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, 2004
Writer’s Workshop, Romulus Linney and Constance Congdon, Last Frontier Theatre Conference 2004
Literary/Dramaturgy Internship, La Jolla Playhouse, 2002-2003
Internship, The Playwrights’ Project, 2002-2003
Study in Advanced Stage Direction, The New School, 1997
M. Ed. Educational Evaluation, Northeastern University, 1979
B.A., Boston University, College of Liberal Arts, 1975