Clown Lung
Local Theater Company’s Local Lab Fest 2021 Fall Selection
Directed by Meghan Frank
Loosely based on the time he cried on a stage and people thought it was a performance, Clown Lung by Steven San Luis is a full-length comedy that tells the story of a pizza delivery Boy who can’t stop crying to save his life. The Boy journeys from his hometown by the sea to a depressing circus, to a lively funeral, and then to wherever else the train will take him, in search of an antidote that will dry his tears. Clown Lung is a drag show in which all of the wigs are two-thirds of a size too small. It’s the cotton candy crust on an all-American humble pie that reminds us that the real clown lung is the friends we make along the way.
Angler Light
Local Theater Company’s Local Lab Fest 2021 Spring Selection
Directed by Cole Alvis
Angler Light is a comedy/drama about a salmon with a broken tail who needs to migrate back to his natal stream in Canada so he can fulfill his destiny. The only person he can find to help him is a suicidal teenager who is pretty sure destiny doesn't exist.
You Must Be the Mom
Pockettheatre VR’s Pocket Playfest 2022
Directed by Alexis Vaselopulos
When an eager young man at the end of his rope becomes a door-to-door salesman, he learns that when God closes one door... He also closes the next one. And the next. And the next.
It’s Poppin’
Ghostlight Ensemble 2020 Make/Believe Festival
Ghostlight Ensemble 2022 Make/Believe Festival
Directed by Rebecca Rose Schilsky
It’s Poppin’ is a TYA one act that tells the story of Soledad, who is afraid of moving to a new town, and her blue balloon Bilbo, who is afraid of being let go and floating into the sky. It’s Poppin’ was accepted into the Make/Believe Festival in its first draft form, with no revisions whatsoever. However, the producers did ask Steven to remove a one-liner joke about Soledad almost taking candy from a stranger. The joke was removed, but it was a little less funny.
Education
MFA - New York University; New York, NY - Dramatic Writing
BFA - Naropa University; Boulder, CO - Creative Writing and Literature Studies
Playwright
Awards & Development
• Workshop Production - Pocket Theater VR (Spring, 2023) - You Must Be The Mom
• Commission - Pocket Theater VR - Pocket Playfest (Fall, 2022) - You Must Be The Mom
• Workshop - Local Theater Company's Local Lab 2021 (Spring, 2021) - Angler Light
• Workshop- Local Theater Company's Local Lab 2021 (Fall, 2021) - Clown Lung • Winner - Avalonia 7's Best Comedic One Act - The Border Troll
• Finalist - Trustus Playwright's Festival - Angler Light
• Finalist - International Carlo Annoni Playwriting Prize (2022) - Clown Lung • Publication- Stage It! 10 Minute Plays 2020 - Mime Stop
Festival Productions
• Squawks - Gene Frankel Theater 2023 Festival
• It's Poppin' - Ghostlight Ensemble 2022 Make/Believe Festival
• It's Poppin' - Ghostlight Ensemble 2020 Make/Believe Festival
• The Border Troll - The Road Theatre Summer Playwrights Festival
• Anatomically Correct Ice Sculpture of My Heart - "Five Minute Mile - Theatre on the Run"
• On the Edge - BoxFest Detroit 2019.
• Mime Stop - Hand to Mouth Players' 2019 Playwright/Director's Workshop. • Mime Stop - North Park Playwright Festival 2019.
• Mime Stop - 2019 TANYS Festival