Biography

Stephen graduated from Tufts University, where he acted with William Hurt.

In addition to his acting work, Stephen has directed productions of "Tartuffe", "Macbeth", "The Beaux' Stratagem", "Crimes of the Heart", and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". His directing work has been seen at Wilkes University, the College of the Holy Cross, Middlesex Community College, and Stonehill College.

In addition to winning the Minneapolis Critics Best Actor Award for his performance in Athol Fugard's "Hello and Goodbye", he was one of the ensemble members who won Boston's Eliot Norton Awards for Ensemble Performance in Tennessee Williams' "Not About Nightingales" and Patrick Marber's "Dealer's Choice".

Stephen acted in summer stock at the Priscilla Beach Theatre with Peter Gallagher in "Company" and later with Linda Hunt in "Mother Courage" with the Boston Shakespeare Company.

Stephen played Puck in a production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in which William Hurt was virtually naked. He did a chorus-style kick line with Peter Gallagher in "Company" and portrayed Christ on the cross for a production of "Mother Courage" in which Linda Hunt sang while plucking a chicken. More recently, Stephen played an FBI agent interrogating Patrick Wang in "Surveillances". Stephen and Patrick first worked together when Stephen directed "The Water Engine" for Patrick's theatre company in Boston.

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