Artists Registry

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