Stephen Foglia

Stephen Foglia's work has been presented at Undermain Theatre, Dallas Museum of Art, The Tank, Dixon Place, IRT, Pete’s Candy Store, Theater for the New City, the Barn Arts Collective, Hunter College, Columbia University, the Shanghai Theater Academy, and the Ford Studio at the Pershing Square Signature Center, among other places. He earned his MFA at Columbia University, studying under David Henry Hwang and Lynn Nottage. He has been a finalist for the Columbia@Roundabout series and the Against the Grain Festival as well as a semi-finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and the Civilians Next Forever Initiative. He is a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab and teaches theater at Hunter College.

Stephen Foglia's work has been presented at Undermain Theatre, Dallas Museum of Art, The Tank, Dixon Place, IRT, Pete’s Candy Store, Theater for the New City, the Barn Arts Collective, Hunter College, Columbia University, the Shanghai Theater Academy, and the Ford Studio at the Pershing Square Signature Center, among other places. He earned his MFA at Columbia University, studying under David Henry Hwang and Lynn Nottage. He has been a finalist for the Columbia@Roundabout series and the Against the Grain Festival as well as a semi-finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and the Civilians Next Forever Initiative. He is a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab and teaches theater at Hunter College.

Scripts

The Maenads

by Stephen Foglia

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
drama

Five modern-day men climb a mountain while roleplaying as drunken, Dionysus-worshipping women in order to break free of the prison of masculinity.

Five modern-day men climb a mountain while roleplaying as drunken, Dionysus-worshipping women in order to break free of the prison of masculinity.

Outer Banks

by Stephen Foglia

10
Cast Size
7—10
Genre
drama,
fantasy,
mystery/thriller,
tragedy

One sunny afternoon on a North Carolina beach, Junie’s twin sister disappeared without a trace. Two years later, no sign of the missing woman has surfaced, and Junie’s family has decided it is time to say goodbye. But Junie may not be ready. She begins to receive mysterious messages that might just be coming from her sister. By the brackish waters of the Neuse River, the borders between worlds grow porous, and...

One sunny afternoon on a North Carolina beach, Junie’s twin sister disappeared without a trace. Two years later, no sign of the missing woman has surfaced, and Junie’s family has decided it is time to say goodbye. But Junie may not be ready. She begins to receive mysterious messages that might just be coming from her sister. By the brackish waters of the Neuse River, the borders between worlds grow porous, and death’s door opens.

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The Dog Museum

by Stephen Foglia

9
Cast Size
6—11
Genre
drama,
experimental,
immersive

In the future a new service is available: travel back into any time in your own life, with your current memories intact. Mac, a lonely man in his 40s, is on the verge of making such a journey. Aboard the night-train into his past, he searches among ghosts for some clue to where he should be.

In the future a new service is available: travel back into any time in your own life, with your current memories intact. Mac, a lonely man in his 40s, is on the verge of making such a journey. Aboard the night-train into his past, he searches among ghosts for some clue to where he should be.

May's Mandala

by Stephen Foglia

3
Cast Size
7—14
Genre
young audiences

Following a traumatic event, 10-year-old May tries to make a space in her back yard where nothing bad can happen. Soon she is enmeshed in the lives of the colorful creatures living in her little world, whose spiky personalities and ways of being may not fit her ideals.

Following a traumatic event, 10-year-old May tries to make a space in her back yard where nothing bad can happen. Soon she is enmeshed in the lives of the colorful creatures living in her little world, whose spiky personalities and ways of being may not fit her ideals.

September Gurls

by Stephen Foglia

6
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama,
experimental,
romantic comedy

Surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, Adrienne and Ali navigate the secrecy and shocks of growing up. Through four seasons of music, games, and memories they search for the intimacy that once came so easily. September Gurls is a play about turtles, sex, pineapple pizza, and what becomes of first best friendship.

Surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, Adrienne and Ali navigate the secrecy and shocks of growing up. Through four seasons of music, games, and memories they search for the intimacy that once came so easily. September Gurls is a play about turtles, sex, pineapple pizza, and what becomes of first best friendship.

Cascadia

by Stephen Foglia

2
Cast Size
7—12
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
political,
science fiction,
tragedy

In the aftermath of a shocking conversion experience, Jane Duniway, a research scientist at Cascadia University in Seattle, frees a macaque named Angela, setting off a chain reaction that will upset the entire country’s relationship with animals, dividing families, and exposing an ancient violence at the heart of a young nation.

In the aftermath of a shocking conversion experience, Jane Duniway, a research scientist at Cascadia University in Seattle, frees a macaque named Angela, setting off a chain reaction that will upset the entire country’s relationship with animals, dividing families, and exposing an ancient violence at the heart of a young nation.