Stephen Spotswood is a DC-based playwright, educator and journalist who received his MFA in Playwriting from Catholic University in 2009. He is a member of the next generation of the independent playwriting collective The Welders, and is a company member with Forum Theatre, and Pinky Swear Productions. He is the winner of the 2007 Paula Vogel Award, 2009 Mark Twain Award for Comic Playwriting, 2010 Christopher Brian Wolk Award, and the 2015 Larry Neal Award in Dramatic Writing. Produced works include: Walking The City of Silence and Stone (Forum Theatre); In The Forest, She Grew Fangs (Washington Rogues); We Tiresias (Best Drama, Capital Fringe Festival 2012); When the Stars Go Out (Bright Alchemy Theatre); Sisters of Ellery Hollow; The Resurrectionist King (Active Cultures Theatre); Off A Broken Road (Imagination Stage); and A Creation Story for Naomi (Bright Alchemy). You can follow him on Instagram, and Twitter at @playwrightsteve. Learn more about his upcoming projects at playwrightsteve.com, and read his plays on http://newplayexchange.org.
Stephen Spotswood
How to Be A Playwright In The New Play Rehearsal Room
Essay
How to Be A Playwright In The New Play Rehearsal Room
1 August 2015
Devising The Environment
Essay
Devising The Environment
Experimenting Inside The Black Box
10 March 2015
Devising the Environment
Essay
Devising the Environment
Finding A Narrative In The Noise
8 January 2015
Devising The Environment
Essay
Devising The Environment
Mixing Science and Theater In The Classroom
26 November 2014
Age, Privilege, And The Things I Say When I’m Not Thinking
Essay
Age, Privilege, And The Things I Say When I’m Not Thinking
30 December 2013
Stumbling Into Self-Dramaturgy
Essay
Stumbling Into Self-Dramaturgy
What My Plays Taught Me
29 July 2013
The Impact of Fringe on an Artist
Essay
The Impact of Fringe on an Artist
A Five-Year Study
28 August 2012
Devising the Environment by Stephen Spotswood
Series
Devising the Environment by Stephen Spotswood
A record of the experience of teaching a devising class that would center on the environment.