Steven Dietz (Playwright)
Steven Dietz's thirty-plus plays have been seen at over one hundred regional theatres in the United States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in England, Japan, Germany, France, Australia, Sweden, Austria, Russia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Greece, Argentina, Peru, Korea, Singapore and South Africa. Mr. Dietz received the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award for his plays FICTION (produced Off-Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company), and STILL LIFE WITH IRIS; the 2007 Edgar® Award for Best Mystery Play for SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE; the PEN USA West Award in Drama for LONELY PLANET; and the 1995 Yomuiri Shimbun Award (the Japanese "Tony") for his adaptation of Shusaku Endo's novel SILENCE. His most recent plays – Yankee Tavern (National New Play Network featured play), BECKY'S NEW CAR (Steinberg Award finalist), and SHOOTING STAR – have been seen at over twenty-five regional theatres in the past two seasons. Other plays include LAST OF THE BOYS (Pulitzer nominee), INVENTING VAN GOGH, GOD’S COUNTRY, PRIVATE EYES, THE NINA VARIATIONS, TRUST, ROCKET MAN, HALCYON DAYS, and TEN NOVEMBER. Mr. Dietz's award-winning stage adaptations include HONUS AND ME (from Dan Gutman), FORCE OF NATURE (from Goethe), OVER THE MOON (from P.G. Wodehouse), THE REMEMBERER (from Joyce Simmons Cheeka), PARAGON SPRINGS (from Ibsen), DRACULA (from Bram Stoker), and, with Allison Gregory, GO DOG GO! (from P.D. Eastman). Mr. Dietz is currently at work on new plays commissioned by Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago (THE DAHNER PARTY) and the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis (A YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER). His adaptation of Dan Gutman's JACKIE AND ME will premiere this year at Chicago Children's Theatre and also be seen at Seattle Children's Theatre. A native of Denver, Colorado, Mr. Dietz and his family divide their time between Seattle and Austin, where he teaches playwriting at the University of Texas.
