Biography of Brett Neveu

Born in California and raised in Iowa, recent and upcoming productions include The Earl with A Red Orchid Theatre (Chicago), Harmless with TimeLIne Theatre company in Spring, 2007 (Chicago) and Eric LaRue with Royal Shakespeare Company (London and Stratford-Upon-Avon). Other production credits American Dead with American Theatre Company (Chicago), the go with Terrapin Theatre Company (Chicago), 4 Murders and Eric LaRuewith A Red Orchid Theatre, Empty with Stage Left Theatre (Chicago), Eagle Hills, Eagle Ridge, Eagle Landing and twentyone with Spring Theatreworks (New York), Drawing War with Chicago Dramatists and The Last Barbecue with the Asylum Theatre (Las Vegas), The Aardvark (Chicago) and 29th Street Rep (New York). He has also worked with various other companies such as The Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, No Shame Theatre in Iowa City and Chicago, The New Group and The 42nd Street Workshop in New York and he is currently a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists as well as an ensemble member of A Red Orchid Theatre. Brett has been commissioned twice by Steppenwolf Theatre Company and was the recipient of the League of Chicago Theatre's first Emerging Artist Award. Brett was also awarded the Goodman Theatre's Ofner Prize for New Work for which he wrote the play Heritage, featured in the 2004 Goodman Theatre's New Stages Series and which will be produced by American Theatre Company in April, 2006. Brett teaches playwriting with Steppenwolf's Crosstown teen program and lives in Chicago with his wife, artist Kristen Neveu.