Steven Fechter's Bio

STEVEN FECHTER is a playwright and screenwriter. His theatrical works have been produced throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. Productions include The Commission (NYC Fringe Festival; Theater Bielefeld, Bielefeld Germany), The Golden Aurora (NYC Fringe Festival), and The Woodsman (Old Red Lion Theatre, London; Theater Bielefeld, Germany). In 2011, Resonance Ensemble Theatre produced his commissioned play Shakespeare’s Slave on Theatre Row/Clurman Theatre. Most recently, in 2012, Thom Fogarty and Other Side Productions produced world premieres of his plays The Artifacts and The Mentee at the Bridge Theatre. As a screenwriter he co-wrote the screenplay for The Woodsman, based on his play, starring Kevin Bacon. For that work he was a Humanitas Prize finalist in screenwriting.  Steven writes for ScriptShark.com’s ScriptWriting Blog, commenting on screenwriting and films. He is a proud member of Resonance Ensemble, EST Playwrights Unit, and The Dramatists Guild.