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Stephen Fife

STEPHEN FIFE  

 Nationality:    USA
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Steve Fife Bio  Born in New York City, he's performed Off-Broadway and in several films. His plays have been produced extensively both in the USA and abroad. Samuel French published his book of one-act plays, This Is Not What I Ordered. He has an MFa in Theatre from Columbia University and is a playwright member of The actors Studio. He has taught acting and writing in various institutions of higher learning, and he has written about theater for The NY Times, Village Voice, New Republic, American Theater and many others. His memoir BEST REVENGE: How the Theater Saved My Life and Has Been Killing Me Ever Since is available at amazon.com & through antelope Books in the UK. His play SaVaGE WORLD was a hit in Hollywood last year and has recently been Filmed. He is currently adapting a best-selling novel into a feature film for an Oscar-nominated director. He lives with his daughter Eloise in Santa Monica, California.

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 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

Break Of Day

Synopsis:
Van Gogh at 27 decides to be an artist, moves back with his family and falls for his widowed cousin, thus enraging his minister father.

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1st Produced:
Lillian Theater, Hollywood    1999

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Hudson Guild and Eclectic Theater

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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

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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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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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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

Synopsis:
In post-Watergate America, a young reporter tries to prove that an outspoken black athlete has been framed for double-murder.

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http://www.SavageWorldtheplay.com

1st Produced:
Met Theatre, Hollywood Ca    2008

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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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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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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

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Pacific Stages/Circle West

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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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