Stephen Kaplan
https://newplayexchange.org/users/255/stephen-kaplan
PLAYS
Tracy Jones
Finalist: B Street Theatre's New Comedies Festival, StageCraft Stage Play; Trustus Theatre Playwrights' Festival;
Winner: Southeast Texas Festival of New Plays; Semi-Finalist: Normal Ave. Productions NAPSeries
Williamston Theatre, Williamston, MI – Production (Upcoming)
CenterStage, Rochester, NY – Production (Upcoming)
Dreamcatcher Theatre, Summit, NJ – developmental workshop
Branwell (And The Other Brontës): An Autobiography Edited By Charlotte Brontë
Semi-Finalist: O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
The Loft Ensemble, Los Angeles, CA – Production (Upcoming)
Blue Room Theatre, Chico, CA – Production (Upcoming)
Blank Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA – developmental workshop
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Un Hombre - A Golem Story (in development)
Finalist: Chameleon Theatre Circle New Play Contest
Around the Bend, Saugerties, NY - developmental workshop
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Community (in development)
Finalist: Seven Devils Theatre Conference; Road Less Traveled Productions National Playwright Residency
Semi-Finalist: Premiere Stages Play Festival; March Forth Productions Summer Reading Salon
Phoenix Theatre, Festival of New Work, Phoenix, AZ – developmental workshop
Bay Street Theatre New Works Festival, Sag Harbor, NY – developmental workshop
Luna Stage, West Orange, NJ – developmental workshop
Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Madison, NJ – developmental workshop
A Real Boy - Semi-Finalist: PlayPenn; Ashland New Play Festival; MTWorks’ Newborn Festival;; Dayton Playhouse FutureFest
Last Act Theater, Austin, TX - Production
59E59 Theatre, New York, NY - Production
This Is Water Theatre, College Station, TX- Production
Exquisite Potential - Winner: Across the Generations New Jewish Play Competition; NJ Playwrights Competition
Finalist: Woodward/Newman Drama Award; Semi-Finalist: Seven Devils Theatre Conference
Jewish Repertory Theatre - Buffalo, NY - Production
Theatre Ariel – Philadelphia, PA - Production
Project Rushmore – Arclight Theatre, New York, NY - Production
Dezart Performs, Palm Springs, CA – Production
Hudson Stage Company, Armonk, NY – developmental workshop
Interplay Jewish Theatre, Cleveland, OH – developmental workshop
The Lark, New York, NY – developmental workshop
Una Casa/A Home (in development) Finalist: Landing Theatre Company New American Voices; Route 66 Theatre Company Development
Award; Rorschach Theatre Magic in Rough Spaces
Judson Church - Magic Time, NY – developmental workshop
ONE-ACTS & SHORT PLAYS – Selected productions
And Jack Came Tumbling After
Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, CA - Production
Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY - Production
HERE & Lincoln Center Theatre, American Living Room, New York, NY – Production
Death Defying – Finalist: City Theatre Summer Shorts
NJ Rep, Long Branch, NJ – Production
Fusion Theatre, Albuquerque, NM– Production
For Unto Us
Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield, MA
Tim Eless, Private Eye
Seoul Players, Seoul, Korea – Production
Blank Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA (w/Noah Wyle) – Production
In Mrs. Baker’s Room – Commission: Abingdon Theatre Company, Winner: Father Hamblin Award for Outstanding Playwriting
Theatre Southwest, Houston, TX – Production
Helen Keller Visits Martha Graham’s Dance Studio
Project Y NYPF, New York, NY - Production
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Publications
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Death Defying - BEST SHORT PLAYS OF 2019 – Publisher: Applause
For Unto Us - Dramatists Play Service
The Last Night - BEST SHORT PLAYS OF 2017 – Publisher: Smith & Kraus
Drill and The Choice - One Minute Plays: A Practical Guide to Tiny Theatre – Publisher: Routledge Press
Helen Keller Visits Martha Graham’s Dance Studio - 105 FIVE-MINUTE PLAYS – Publisher: Smith & Kraus
Monologues from Exquisite Potential included in:
BEST CONTEMPORARY MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN 18-35 – Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
BEST MEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 2014 – Publisher: Smith & Kraus
BEST WOMEN’S STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 2014 – Publisher: Smith & Kraus
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Affiliations
Northeastern Regional Council Member and Former New Jersey Representative for the Dramatists Guild of America
Arthouse Inkubator
Brooklyn Generator
Project Y Writer’s Group
Playwright-in-Residence: True False Polygraph Tests
Playwright-in-Residence: Passaic County Community College
Education, Training & Conferences
Point Park University – MFA, Writing for Screen and Stage (Award for Academic Excellence)
Montclair State University – MA, Theatre Studies (Playwriting with Rogelio Martinez)
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School - BFA Theatre with Honors
Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts – Stefanie Zadravec
Stonybrook Southampton Playwriting Conference – John Patrick Shanley
Northwestern University – Jules Feiffer
Mark Taper Forum – Doug Kaback
Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive – led by Gary Garrison
BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop – Skip Kennon, Richard Enquist, Maury Yeston
Alliance for Jewish Theatre National Conference – Philadelphia, Showcase Participant
Dramatists Guild National Conference – New York, Chicago, La Jolla – Presenter and Moderator
Play Development Collective – Suzanne Agins, Josh Hecht