J.Stephen Brantley
Playwright
J.Stephen Brantley is a playwright and performer whose work includes Billy Baal, The Emilies, Eightythree Down, Furbelow, The Jamb, and Shruti Gupta Can Totally Deal. Theatre 167’s production of his play Pirira was named Outstanding Premiere at the 2014 New York Innovative Theatre Awards before transferring Off-Broadway, and then opening regionally at Luna Stage. Brantley has also written in collaboration with Theatre 167 on The Jackson Heights Trilogy plays and The Church of Why Not. His acclaimed autobiographical ‘recovery cabaret’ Chicken-Fried Ciccone: A Twangy True Tale Of Transformation, directed by Obie-winner David Drake, played to audiences in New York, Dublin, Provincetown, and East Hampton. J.Stephen is an eight-time NYIT nominee, an O’Neill semi-finalist, and the recipient of the 2017 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award. His latest play is The Wedded Bachelors of Second Garrote. More at jstephenbrantley.com.