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Stephen Fife

STEPHEN FIFE

  
Nationality:    USA
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STEPHEN FIFE - (playwright) Samuel French has just published his plays Break of Day (about Vincent van Gogh and his family) and Savage World (about a white journalist's attempt to prove an African-American athlete has been framed). These join his evening of romantic comedies, This Is Not What I Ordered, also published by French. His new play, Blue Kiss, was produced in the 2013 Hollywood Fringe, where one critic called it "well on its way to becoming an American masterpiece," while another wrote it is "a sly and brilliant conundrum." His other new play, The American Wife - co-written with Ralph Pezzullo, about a woman whose husband is arrested as an enemy combatant - was chosen by HB Playwrights in New York City for their fall 2013 reading series. Other plays: Sizzle Sizzle, Mickey's Home, Scattered Blossoms (about the drama of van Gogh and Gauguin and a woman they are involved with, as viewed through the lens of a Kabuki narrator). His adaptation of Sholem Asch's play God of Vengeance was produced by the Jewish Repertory Theatre in NYC, then later in Tel Aviv (in Hebrew) and in Atlanta, where it was directed by Joseph Chaikin. Steve wrote about this in his memoir BEST REVENGE: How the Theater Saved My Life and Has Been Killing Me Ever Since (CUNE Press). He also writes screenplays, including adaptations of his plays Blue Kiss and Sizzle Sizzle, both to directed and produced by Yuval Shrem. (Blue Kiss is scheduled to shoot this summer.) His original screenplay The Falling Man has won several awards. Steve co-founded and ran The Young Actors Workshop in Venice for five years, directing kids 7-15 in original musicals he wrote for them, including Charming and Young Forever. (Young Forever was also performed by teens in Tokyo.) He also co-edited a book of Monologues for Kids ("Playing With A Purpose") for Applause Books. He is currently editing A Monologue Book and a Scene Book, both for Mature Actors - for Applause. He has written Arts feature pieces for The New York Times, New Republic, Village Voice, New York Newsday, American Theatre. Steve is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College & Columbia's School of the Arts (MFA), He was the first literary manager for Primary Stages Company (NYC) and continues to consult privately.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Stephen Fife's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Blue Kiss         Break Of Day         Brewster In Bed         Getting Out Of Bed         God Of Vengeance         Higher Powers         Mickey's Home         New Day         Nice Cage         Savage World         Scattered Blossoms         Sizzle Sizzle         Step Lively And Watch the Closing Doors         This Is Not What I Ordered         Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Debate, The

Blue Kiss

Synopsis:
A thirty year old High School teacher has invited a 17 year old pupil over to his apartment for extra tutoring

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1st Produced:
1360 N Wilton Place, North Hollywood    2013

Organisations:
Hollywood Fringe Festival

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Drama

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Break Of Day

Break Of Day
A play about Van Goghs life from the time he worked in the coal mines as an apprentice preacher through the time of his fathers death. Its about family relationships, genius, passion and its toll both on the passionate artist and those around him.

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1st Produced:
Lillian Theater, Hollywood    01 Oct 1999

Organisations:
Hudson Guild and eclectic Theater

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Genre:
90 min drama

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Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Brewster In Bed

Synopsis:
an aspiring songwriter takes to the covers on Christmas eve when his lady love breaks his heart. His overbearing brother attempts a very unusual rescue. But ah, things do not go as planned.

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Getting Out Of Bed

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Columbia U.'s Hammerstein Center    -

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God Of Vengeance

Synopsis:
My adaptation of the Sholem asch play about a brothelkeeper who tries to make a bargain with God. has also been translated into Hebrew and performed in Tel aviv

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Original Playwright - Sholom Asch

1st Produced:
Playhouse 91, NY    1992

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adaptation of "God of Vengeance" is available in the back of playwright's memoir, BeST ReVeNGe: How the theater Saved My Life and Has Been Killing Me ever Since   -

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adaptation

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Higher Powers

Synopsis:
Three One-act comedies about supernatural occurrences.

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Mickey's Home

Synopsis:
a suspenseful comedy about an older Jewish couple who may have had a son, and the man who comes to interview them about their neighborhood.

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1st Produced:
Hypothetical Theater Co., At Sol Goldman Y    1999

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New Day

Synopsis:
Sci-Fi Multi-Media Comedy about New age Success therapy.

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1st Produced:
Seward Johnson Space At Theater For The New City    2001

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Nice Cage

Synopsis:
Long one act about manuscript reader's affair with a schoolgirl; later incorporated into "Sizzle Sizzle."

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1st Produced:
Dixon Place (Nyc)    1995

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Savage World

Savage World
Solomon Eisner, a former freelance journalist is trying to find a way to repair his broken relationship with his bi-racial son Danny. Sol has tried to protect Danny from a dangerous past, but now he decides to videotape himself telling about this dark chapter from his youth that led to Dannys birth. The play dramatizes Sols attempt to save his son from a descent into violence, as Sol travels back to the 1970s, chronicling his quest to prove the innocence of Savage James, an outspoken black boxer who has been convicted of murdering a Jewish couple during the Newark riots. The play alternates between these two realities (the 1970s and the present), as Sol tries to rediscover the thread of belief and conviction that can give his son an understanding of events that Sol himself has not been able to come to terms with.

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http://www.SavageWorldtheplay.com

1st Produced:
Met Theater In Hollywood, Ca    17 Oct 2008

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Genre:
120 min urban drama

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Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Scattered Blossoms

Synopsis:
In the south of France, 1888, Vincent van Gogh teams up with Paul Gauguin to create their "Studio of Ugly Paintings." This is viewed through the lens of a Japanese Bunraku "Chanter" who is obsessed with Jack the Ripper.

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1st Produced:
Reading At Manhattan Theatre Club    2007

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Sizzle Sizzle

Synopsis:
an aspiring novelist tries to destroy his own roman a clef in this deconstructive comedy about sex, publishing, and how the Word becomes Flesh.

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1st Produced:
Ensemble Studio Theater La    2004

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Step Lively And Watch the Closing Doors

Synopsis:
Lampoon of New York City, and the hotly-contested Mayoral race of Koch, Dinkins, and Giuliani.

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1st Produced:
The Cabaret Space At The Westbeth Theater Center    1889

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This Is Not What I Ordered

Synopsis:
6 one acts about Romance & Restaurants.

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1st Produced:
Zephyr Theatre In Hollywood    2004

Organisations:
Pacific Stages/Circle West

1st Published:
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Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Debate, The

Synopsis:
Lampoon of the Reagan years, Iran-Contra scandal, Bush vs. Dukakis.

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1st Produced:
5th St.Theater    1988

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