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Steve Harper is grateful to return to evenings of his work, such as Didn’t
Vivid Stage where several of his plays See That Coming , Cabfare For The
have been performed including: Many Common Man and A Very Special
Happy Returns (2020), Special Counsel Holiday Special have been shown
(2018), and Iggie Imagines Marriage around the world, including at the
(2001). Other short plays include For Edinburgh Fringe and in a multi-year
the Dark-Skinned Movie Going People of tour of Brazil. A Spanish-language film
the World (The Fire This Time Festival, of his play The Kiss (El Beso) premiered
2023), and The Political Machine (Lower at Cannes and aired on HBO.
Depth Theater Ensemble). Full lengths Previously, Vivid has produced his play
include: Black Lives / Blue Lives [co- Oh, Tannenbaum.
written with Bill Mesce, Jr.] (The Matthew Weaver is a Spokane, WA
Theater Project), and Urban Rabbit playwright, screenwriter, novelist and
Chronicles (Georgia Southern poet. His writing has been produced in
University). His collection, A Few Short 27 states, Canada, Ireland, Japan,
Plays to Save the World was published England and soon Austria and
by Laughing Panda Press. He is a co- Washington D.C. He has multiple full-
host, co-creator and co-producer of The length plays on the New Play Exchange.
Secret Writer Podcast. Steve serves as His short penguin drama CONTINENTS
Co-Executive Producer for a new CBS APART is included in Lawrence
series, Tracker, which premieres in the Harbison's Best Ten Minute Plays 2020
Fall, and has written for Stargirl, God anthology. His short play Willy's Mom
Friended Me and American Crime. Gets In The Car is included in Smith
Education: Yale, the A.R.T. Institute at and Kraus' Best Ten-Minute Plays 2021
Harvard and the Juilliard playwriting anthology. Short plays include A New
program. www.harpercreates.com Play By Matthew Weaver, Another Play
Stephen Kaplan: Recent productions By Matthew Weaver, Help! I'm Trapped
include a NNPN Rolling World Premiere In A Monologue Written By Matthew
of Tracy Jones (Winner: Chameleon Weaver and 19 Excellent Reasons To
Theatre; Finalist: B Street New Date Matthew Weaver. He is also a blue
Comedies Festival, ScreenCraft Stage ribbon award-winning huckleberry beer
Play Contest, Trustus Playwrights beer bread baker.
Festival) and Branwell (and other David Lee White is a playwright/
Brontës): An Autobiography Edited by performer/educator based in New
Charlotte Brontë at Loft Ensemble (Semi Jersey. His collaborative work with
-Finalist: O’Neill). Currently under theatres and educational institutions
development: Un Hombre: A Golem includes comedies, musicals and
Story (Finalist: Jewish Plays Project, verbatim theatre, all created in concert
Wild Imaginings Epiphanies, Gulfshore with local artists and young people. His
Playhouse New Works Festival, work with Kate Brennan on The Infinity
Chameleon Theatre Circle’s 22nd Annual Trilogy, a series of YA musicals, was
New Play Contest). Other plays have the recipient of a MAP Fund award. The
been produced off-Broadway at 59E59 first musical in the series, ALiEN8, has
and regionally around the country. He is received multiple productions in
a 2021 Individual Artist Fellowship educational institutions and theatres.
winner in playwriting from the New Their second musical, Clean Slate, will
Jersey State Council on the Arts and his premiere in February, 2023 as a co-
plays have also been finalists for Seven production between Rider University
Devils and the Woodward/Newman and Passage Theatre. David’s other
Award and semi-finalists for PlayPenn works include the plays Blood: A
and FutureFest. For more information Comedy and Ways To Be Happy (both
visit www.bystephenkaplan.com of which found a home at Vivid Stage)
Mark Harvey Levine has had over as well as Slippery As Sin, Panther
2000 productions of his short plays Hollow and Fixed.For 14 years, David
everywhere from Bangalore to was the Associate Artistic Director at
Bucharest ad from Seoul to Sao Paulo. Passage Theatre in Trenton, NJ which
His plays have won over 45 awards, specialized in community-based work
been produced in more than ten and new works by noteworthy,
languages and have been published in contemporary playwrights.
over two dozen anthologies. Full