Resume
EDUCATION
M.F.A in Playwriting, Carnegie Mellon University
B.A. Theatre, Summa Cum Laude, The City College, City University of New York
Conservatory Certificate in Acting, Circle in the Square Professional Theatre School
Acting Workshop, Jerry Rojo; Acting Seminar, Ryszard Cieslak; University of Connecticut
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – ADMINISTRATION
Associate Artistic Director, Project 3 Ensemble Theatre (Charles Otte, Artistic Director) 1985-1992
Executive Vice President, Sky Advertising 1999-2010
Northeast Regional Director, CKR Interactive 2010-2013
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – TEACHING
Pre-college Instructor, Playwriting, Dramatic Literature, Acting, Carnegie Mellon University 1996-1997
Assistant Instructor, City College, City University of New York 1992-1994
TRAINING
Playwriting
Carnegie Mellon University: Arthur Giron, Jeffrey Sweet, Frank Gagliano
Columbia University: Playwriting Workshop, Romulus Linney
City College: James Hatch
Screenwriting
CMU: Richard Maxwell
City College: Walter Bernstein
Acting
Circle in the Square: Michael Kahn, Nikos Psacheropolous, Terry Hayden, Jacqueline Brookes, Ed Berkeley
Environmental Theatre Workshop, University of Connecticut: Jerry Rojo
Eastern Connecticut Performing Arts Company: Joanne Patavina
Teatr Laboratorium Institut Actora at UCONN: Ryszard Cieslak
City College CUNY: David Willinger
Directing
Assistant Director to Charles Otte, The Cuchulain Cycle, Project 3, Ohio Theatre, NYC
PLAYS
Red River Falls
(full-length)
June, 2024 Valdez Theatre Conference
2024 Finalist Live Arts Water Works New Work Festival
(full-length)
2019 Great Plains Theatre Conference
2018 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference (Writer-in-Residence)
2023, Finalist Ashland New Play Festival
Published by Next Stage Press, coming June 2024
(full-length)
2017 Ice Factory Festival, New Ohio Theatre, New York, NY
2011 Winner, Ashland New Play Festival;Ashland, OR
2009 Winner, First Look Festival, LA
Pubic Reading, Winterfest, Ensemble Studio Theatre, LA
Pubic Reading, Echo Theatre, LA
Public Reading, Abingdon Theatre Company, NYC
Published by next Stage Press
Four New Years in Japan
(ten-minute)
2019 Think Fast Short Play Contest, Jury Prize, The Theatre Project, Maplewood, NJ
2017 First Act-One Act Festival, New York, NY
Published Best 10 Minute Plays of 2020, Applause
Time and Tony Oliva
(ten-minute)
2018 Commission for Seventh Inning Stretch, Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, NJ
Published Best 10 Minute Plays, 2018, Smith & Kraus
Baltimore
(ten-minute)
2017 Short Play Festival, Boo!, Players Theatre, New York, NY
(full-length)
2017 Long Beach New Play Festival
2016 NEWvember New Play Festival
2015 First Read Series, Abingdon Theatre, NYC
Published by Next Stage Press
(full-length)
2013 Winner, Leapfest New Play Festival, Stage Left Theatre, Chicago
Roundtable Reading, The Lark Play Development Center, NYC
Public Reading, New Ohio Theatre, NYC
Public Reading, Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken, NJ
Semi-finalist National Playwrights Conference
Finalist Bay Area New Play Festival
(ten-minute)
2012 Winner, Benefit Challenge, Abingdon Theatre Company, NYC
[HOME] or The Quest For The Lost Tablet of Ur
(full-length)
Commissioned by Zoo District, Los Angeles
2004 Premier Zoo District at Lillian Theatre, LA
Production nominated for LA Weekly, Ovation, and Garland awards
2006 Staged Reading, Road Theatre, LA
(full-length)
Freely adapted from the Bulgakov
Commissioned by Open Fist Theatre, LA
2002 Premier Open Fist Theatre
Nominated for LA Weekly Award
To be published by Next Stage Press October 2024
(10 min. play)
2001 Premier Los Angeles Ten Minute Play Festival
(full-length)
2000 Premier Abingdon Theatre Company, Off-Broadway, NYC
Finalist San Francisco Playwright Award
Published by Next Stage Press
(full-length)
1997 Winner, Carnegie Mellon Showcase of New Plays, Pittsburgh
WCDAC Michael Goldberg Award
1998 Reading ASK TheatreWorks
(One Act)
1996 Studio Theater, Carnegie Mellon University
(One Act)
1996 Premier University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
(One of 4 writers, each writing 1 of 4 sections)
(full-length)
directed by Robert Lyons
starred Richard Schiff
1988 Premier Project 3 Ensemble, Ohio Theatre, NYC
(full-length)
1982 Premier 22nd Street Theatre, Jesco Productions, NYC
SCREENPLAYS
The Ten Men
The Other Side
ACTING
Henry IV, Part 1
Prince Hal
Bedford Thompson Players; Santa Barbara, CA; Dir. Alex Wright
Later at Stages Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Winter’s Tale
Camillo
Bedford Thompson Players, Santa Barbera, CA; Dir. Alex Wright, Charles Otte
Tempest
King Alonso
Bedford Thompson Players, Santa Barbera, CA; Dir. Alex Wright
The Fox, by D.H. Lawrence, adapted by Edward Miller
Henry
Wilma Theatre, Philadelphia, PA; Dir. Blanka Zizka
Angel City, by Sam Shepard
Wheeler
Project 3 Ensemble Theatre, NYC; Dir. David Petrarca
Flights of Devils, by Tom McClary
Moriarty
Long Island Stage, Rockville Center, NY; Dir. Clint Atkinson
The Cuchulain Cycle, by W.B. Yeats
Fool, Chorus
Project 3 Ensemble Theatre, Ohio Theatre, NYC, Dir. Charles Otte
Lion In Winter, by James Goldman
Geoffrey
Long Island Stage, Rockville Center, NY; Dir. Clint Atkinson
Hedda Gabler
Lovborg
Long Island Stage, Rockville Center, NY; Dir. Clint Atkinson
Flood, by Gunter Grass
Noah
Project 3 Ensemble Theatre, Ohio Theatre, Dir. Charles Otte
Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahout’s
Macbeth, by Tom Stoppard
Hamlet, MacDuff
Circle in the Square, NYC; Dir. Ed Berkeley
The Sea Plays, by Eugene O'Neill
Ensemble
Circle in the Square, NYC; dir. Ed Berkeley
DIRECTOR
The Grand Ceremonial, by Fernando Arabal
Project 3 Ensemble Theatre, Ohio Theatre, NYC
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE
Dramatist Guild 1997-present
Actors Equity Association 1985-present
Abingdon Theatre Company Writers Group 2007-2015
36th Street Writers Block Playwrights Group 2015-present
Board Member, Project Ensemble Theatre 1985-1992
Board Member, West Coast Drama Alumni Clan, Carnegie Mellon University 1998-2001
HONORS, PRIZES AND AWARDS
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WCDAC Michael Goldberg Award
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2024 Finalist Live Arts Water Works New Works Festival
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2023 Seoul Players Short Play Festival, Seoul, South Korea
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2019 Jury Prize think Fast Festival
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Finalist San Francisco Playwrights Award
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Winner 2017 Ice Factory Festival, New Ohio Theatre, NYC
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Winner 2017 Long Beach New Works Festival
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Winner 2015 NEWvember New Play Festival
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2013 Leapfest Festival
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Finalist New Dramatists 2009
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Winner, 2011 Ashland New Plays Festival
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Winner, 2010 First Look Festival
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Phi Kappa Phi, Carnegie Mellon University
COMMISSIONS
Open Fist Theatre Company, commissioned me to write a new adaptation of Flight, by Mikail Bulgakov
Zoo District Theatre Company, commissioned me to develop play with company addressing the themes of western intervention in the middle east with historical precedents before and after WWI, and historical personages including Gertrude Bell and T.E. Lawrence
Mile Square Theatre commissioned me for the Seventh Inning Stretch festival for which I wrote Time And Tony Oliva, subsequently published by Smith & Kraus
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
Robert Price, "Fernando, by Steven Haworth", The Reviews Hub, June, 2017
David Roberts, Off-Broadway Reviews, "Fernando at New Ohio Theatre", Theatre Reveiws Limited, June 2017
News in Brief, Awards and Prizes, “Ashland New Play Festival,” American Theatre, January 2012
Hannah Darling, “Playwrights and Playgoers Share Insights.” Mail Tribune, October 14, 2011
Paul Birchall, “Fernando,” LA Weekly, August 10, 2009
Adam Hetrick, “Open Fist's First Look Festival," Playbill Magazine, July 23, 2009
Lynne Heffley, “Oz Aside, There’s No Place Like Home,” Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2004
Martin Hernandez, “[Home] or the Quest For the Lost Tablet of Ur,” LA Weekly, April 30, 200
Laura Hitchcock, “[home]” Curtain Up, April 4, 2004
Daryl H. Miller, “The Last Days of the Russian Revolution,” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 2002
Mathew Murray, “Little Fishes,” Talkin’ Broadway, March 2, 2001
Christopher Rawson, “Showcase Shines: New Works Polished for the Public,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Weekend Magazine, July 4, 1997
Walter Goodman, “The Ship Is Sinking” New York Times, June 2, 1986
Aileen Jacobson, “Anything But Elementary Watson,” Newsday, October 21, 1987
Leah D. Frank, “Holmes Returns in Flights of Devils,” New York Times, October 25, 1987
Nels Nelson, “The Fox Debuts at Wilma Theatre,” Philadelphia Daily News, December 12, 1985