Steven Simoncic, playwright
Steven Simoncic (Playwright) Steven's plays have received productions, readings and workshops at The Goodman Theatre, The Detroit Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatists, The Second City, 16th Street Theatre, Stageplays Theatre New York, and Soho Theatre London. His play, Heat Wave, received a critically acclaimed production at Steppenwolf Theatre’s Garage Rep Series, and his play, Toxic Donut, won the NAAA Playwriting Festival where it received a production at the Wright Theatre at The London Central School for Dramatics. Once Upon a Time in Detroit, was selected as a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, and The Space Behind Your Heart, was selected as a finalist for the Heideman Award from the Actors Theatre of Louisville. His play, Ghost Gardens received a critically acclaimed production with The Detroit Repertory Theatre, and was a semi-finalist for the Global Age Project at Aurora Theatre. Steven’s play about gentrification in America, Broken Fences, received a series of productions across the US including in NY, Chicago, and LA. The play was highly recommended by the LA Examiner, named a “Top Rated play in LA” by Theatre in LA, and named a “Top 10 Production in Los Angeles” by Stage Raw. Broken Fences also won a NAACP Theatre Award, was featured in The Chicago Tribune’s annual Best of Chicago list, and was selected as a finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award. Steven holds BBA from the University of Michigan, an MFA in Literary Fiction from Warren Wilson, and an MLA from the University of Chicago.
