Stephen F. Murray

Training: Interlochen Arts Camp    ·    Special Skills: Fight Choreography, Lighting Design    ·    College: Northwestern University (BS)    ·    Occupation: Director/Artistic Director

Stephen F. Murray’s Chicago credits include Lear’s Last (Bailiwick Director’s Fest), 2nd Story (Serendipity Theatre Collective), Dramatic Twerp (Links Hall & Oracle Theatre), Fall of the House of Usher (City Lit Theatre – winner of the 2007 Art of Adaptation Festival), and Cat & Dick (Speaking Ring Theatre – winner ...Read More




Offstage Credits:
Director.... Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf   (3/2011)
Director.... The Legend of Sleepy Hollow   (10/2010)
Director.... Spring Awakening   (4/2010)
Director.... The Man in a Case   (3/2010)
Director.... The Singular Tree of Deanna and Will   (12/2009)
Director.... Dramatic Twerp   (12/2009)(10/2009)
Director.... Selections from Eurydice   (10/2009)
Producer .... A Month of Development   (8/2009)
Director.... The Essentials   (7/2009)
Director.... The Darling Children   (8/2008)(8/2008)(8/2008)
Director.... Riders of the Purple Sage   (7/2008)
Director; Playwright.... Lear's Last   (6/2008)
Director.... Neon   (3/2008)
Director.... The Dark Side of the Bard   (2/2008)
Playwright/Adapter.... A Christmas Carol: a tale of three spirits   (12/2007)
Director.... The Fall of the House of Usher   (8/2007)
Director.... Sebastian in Columbus   (4/2007)
Director.... Our Country's Good   (3/2007)
Director.... Cat & Dick   (8/2006)
Director.... Evening of Shakespeare   (5/2006)
Director.... Czeck and Marie   (1/2006)
Director.... To the Seas from Whence We Came   (9/2005)
Assistant Director.... Detective Story   (8/2005)
Director.... Radio Man   (1/2005)
Director.... Love's Labour's Wonne   (5/2004)
Assistant Director.... Detective Story   (11/2003)
Director.... Romeo and Juliet   (3/2003)
Director.... Art   (12/2002)
Director.... Sonnet and Song   (8/2001)

Stage Awards and Nominations:
2007: City Lit Theatre’s Art of Adaptation Festival 1st Prize
2006: Speaking Ring Theatre’s Vitality Playwrighting Festival Best-in-Show


Non-stage credits:
-Assistant Artistic Director & Ensemble Member, Strawdog Theatre Company (April 2005-August 2006)
-Artistic Director, Promethean Theatre Ensemble (October 2005-September 2009)
-Judge, 2008 Monologue Competition, St. Sebastian Players