Stephen Brown

Stephen is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. His play The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd won the Kendeda Award and was produced at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, it's now being turned into a feature film. His other work has been developed and received readings by New York Theatre Workshop, The Atlantic Theatre Company, Primary Stages, MCC, Page 73, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Road Theatre, Barter Theatre, Theatre Lab at FAU, Florida Repertory, and the Aurora Theatre. He’s been a Finalist for the Play Penn Conference, Seven Devil's Playwrights Conference, the Blue Ink Award, the ScreenCraft Stage Writing Award, the Headwaters New Play Festival, Kitchen Dog’s New Play Festival, and the Working Farm at SPACE on...

Stephen is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. His play The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd won the Kendeda Award and was produced at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, it's now being turned into a feature film. His other work has been developed and received readings by New York Theatre Workshop, The Atlantic Theatre Company, Primary Stages, MCC, Page 73, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Road Theatre, Barter Theatre, Theatre Lab at FAU, Florida Repertory, and the Aurora Theatre. He’s been a Finalist for the Play Penn Conference, Seven Devil's Playwrights Conference, the Blue Ink Award, the ScreenCraft Stage Writing Award, the Headwaters New Play Festival, Kitchen Dog’s New Play Festival, and the Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm. He was a member of Youngblood at EST, Page 73’s playwriting group I-73 and has had residencies with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and SPACE on Ryder Farm. His plays Jasmine Starr-Kidd and Country Girls are both going to be published by Samuel French / Concord Theatricals this year.

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Scripts

Dunk City

by Stephen Brown

2
Cast Size
6—7
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

Davey is the only 18-year-old he knows with severe erectile dysfunction and he’s feeling really really insecure about it. Thank God his mother, sister, and grandma are all on the case to help him figure out this horrific affliction. Dunk City takes a look at masculinity, Italian-American families, and slam dunkin' that shit in Staten Island.

Davey is the only 18-year-old he knows with severe erectile dysfunction and he’s feeling really really insecure about it. Thank God his mother, sister, and grandma are all on the case to help him figure out this horrific affliction. Dunk City takes a look at masculinity, Italian-American families, and slam dunkin' that shit in Staten Island.

The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd

by Stephen Brown

3
Cast Size
6—8
Genre
comedy,
science fiction,
young audiences

Jasmine is a 12-year-old computer genius who can do anything. She can hack into the AT&T mainframe. Build an artificially-intelligent friend named Grace. But she can't get her divorced parents to get back together. So of course, she decides to build a time-machine with her uncle in order to change the past so that maybe...her present can be different.

Jasmine is a 12-year-old computer genius who can do anything. She can hack into the AT&T mainframe. Build an artificially-intelligent friend named Grace. But she can't get her divorced parents to get back together. So of course, she decides to build a time-machine with her uncle in order to change the past so that maybe...her present can be different.

The Candidate

by Stephen Brown

2
Cast Size
6
Genre
drama,
political

The Candidate follows Daniel Kelly, a Democrat running for the US Senate in Texas when he decides, unprompted, to teach a lesson about the dangers of ignorance by confessing to a history of racist thoughts when he was younger.

The Candidate follows Daniel Kelly, a Democrat running for the US Senate in Texas when he decides, unprompted, to teach a lesson about the dangers of ignorance by confessing to a history of racist thoughts when he was younger.

The Tourists

by Stephen Brown

2
Cast Size
4
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
drama

Peggy and Debra have been to Japan. They've been to Germany. They've even been to Pennsylvania where they stayed on am Amish Farm for a weekend (Debra thought it was weird). But with Debra getting married, Peggy fears their trip to Paris might be their last. Through dance parties, tours of Notre Dame, and the seduction of a really hot bellhop named Dmetri, Peggy tries to hold on to the only thing she has left in...

Peggy and Debra have been to Japan. They've been to Germany. They've even been to Pennsylvania where they stayed on am Amish Farm for a weekend (Debra thought it was weird). But with Debra getting married, Peggy fears their trip to Paris might be their last. Through dance parties, tours of Notre Dame, and the seduction of a really hot bellhop named Dmetri, Peggy tries to hold on to the only thing she has left in the world: her friend Debra.

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Everything is super great

by Stephen Brown

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
drama

In Everything is super great, a typical day in the life of 19-year-old Tommy involves triple shot lattes, light saber battles, and arson at Applebee’s. Such distractions are therapeutic when your older brother has been missing for months, but when a well meaning, if somewhat misguided, therapist shows up on his doorstep, Tommy must finally face his loss.

In Everything is super great, a typical day in the life of 19-year-old Tommy involves triple shot lattes, light saber battles, and arson at Applebee’s. Such distractions are therapeutic when your older brother has been missing for months, but when a well meaning, if somewhat misguided, therapist shows up on his doorstep, Tommy must finally face his loss.

Country Girls

by Stephen Brown

2
Cast Size
6
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

Megan hates country music singer Rick Montgomery, so she and Kimmy have decided that tonight’s concert will be his last. As they run from the cops, songs will be sung, people will be shot, and fourteen year olds will discover the actual difficulty in exacting revenge.

Megan hates country music singer Rick Montgomery, so she and Kimmy have decided that tonight’s concert will be his last. As they run from the cops, songs will be sung, people will be shot, and fourteen year olds will discover the actual difficulty in exacting revenge.