Biography of Stephanie Dale

Stephanie Dale read Theatre and Media Drama specialising in writing for stage and radio in 1993, she then studied for an MA in Playwriting at Birmingham University in 1997. During her MA she wrote SAVING GRACE. Her subsequent play WOLFSONG was written and performed at the Edinburgh Festival, where it received five star reviews and won a place amongst Pick of the Fringe. It was also produced in Birmingham, along with SANCTUARY. Her one-woman play LOCKED was staged at the Library Theatre, Birmingham, in September 2001. Stephanie then wrote PAPER BOATS: A Two hour community play for the American Community school in Cobham, performed by 100 students and involving many more in costume and design. BLIND SUMMIT followed, then DUCK BATH – co-written with Don Kinch for the Birmingham Rep, and in 2005 KILLING TIME. In 2001 Stephanie was the regional writer for BBC Radio 4’s Double Acts, as a result she was commissioned to co--write WRITTEN IN MIST for BBC Radio 4. Stephanie’s play based on letters from 200 Birmingham women WHAT IS MISSING FROM YOUR LIFE? was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2004. These were followed by THE WIFE and CATCHING THE MOMENT. In 2001 Stephanie co-founded THEATRE WORKS, a theatre company for young people, which has toured Europe and the UK delivering curriculum based plays and writing workshops