Steven Dietz's thirty-plus plays and adaptations have been seen at many of America’s most prominent regional theatres, as well as Off-Broadway and in over twenty countries internationally. American Theatre Magazine has named Dietz one of the 20 most-produced playwrights in America on multiple occasions. Awards include the Steinberg New Play Award Citation ("Bloomsday"); the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award ("Fiction", "Still Life with Iris"); the PEN USA West Award in Drama ("Lonely Planet"); and the Edgar Award® for Best Mystery Play ("Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure"). Recent premieres include adaptations of "Gaslight" (from Patrick Hamilton) and "Murder on the Links" (from Agatha Christie). His widely produced play, "Shooting Star", was adapted by Dietz and Kirk...
Steven Dietz's thirty-plus plays and adaptations have been seen at many of America’s most prominent regional theatres, as well as Off-Broadway and in over twenty countries internationally. American Theatre Magazine has named Dietz one of the 20 most-produced playwrights in America on multiple occasions. Awards include the Steinberg New Play Award Citation ("Bloomsday"); the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award ("Fiction", "Still Life with Iris"); the PEN USA West Award in Drama ("Lonely Planet"); and the Edgar Award® for Best Mystery Play ("Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure"). Recent premieres include adaptations of "Gaslight" (from Patrick Hamilton) and "Murder on the Links" (from Agatha Christie). His widely produced play, "Shooting Star", was adapted by Dietz and Kirk Lynn into the recent Meg Ryan movie, "What Happens Later." Newly published plays include "How a Boy Falls", "On Clover Road", and "Over the Moon" (from P.G. Wodehouse). After 12 years teaching in the MFA Playwriting & Directing program at UT/Austin, Dietz continues to conduct master classes in playwriting, story-making, and collaboration across the U.S. He and his wife, playwright Allison Gregory, divide their time between Austin and Seattle.