Steven McElroy

Steven E. McElroy (born December 30, 1966) is an American director, actor and writer.

Education and career highlights

McElroy, a Providence, Rhode Island native, graduated with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and English Literature from Brown University in 1988 and received his M.F.A. from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival

In the late 1990s, McElroy was artistic director of Sensurround, Inc., where he directed Coyote Ugly and Little Egypt by Lynn Siefert and his own adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's The Flies. From 1998 to 2002, he was artistic director of The New Ensemble Theatre Co., Inc. (TNE) in New York City. He was a member of Emerging Artists Theatre Co. (EAT) beginning in 2001, and is also a member of LITE (Laboratory for International Theatre Exchange).

McElroy has written for the daily culture pages and weekly arts and leisure sections of The New York Times and The New York Times on the Web.

Emerging Artists Theatre Co. (EAT)

Source:

• Woman With CoFFEE
• The Child
• Vanda, Screaming in the Wilderness (The Mint Theatre)
• Michael Murphy, The Uninvited Guest (The Mint Theatre)
• Bash Halow, SPREAD 'EM (INTAR)
• Bash Halow, Forward Motion Matters
• Bash Halow, Roller Coasting With Fabio
• Peter Macklin, Someplace Warm (winner, 2001 Samuel French New Play Competition)
• Bash Halow, Forward Motion Matters

The New Ensemble Theatre Co., Inc. (TNE)

• 1998. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (Access Theatre)
• 1999. Mike Nuckols, And The Skies Were Opened
• 2000. Ron Owens, Pig
• 2000. Paul Angelo Viggiano, Hostage
• 2001. V: The Life of Henry Plantagenet (adapted by Steven McElroy)
• 2002. Tom Noonan, What Happened Was…
• 2002. Bash Halow, Inertia (includes Forward Motion Matters and Roller Coasting With Fabio)

Others

• 2004 Anton Chekhov, Three Sisters
• Maria Seigenthaler, The Sweet By & By (reading), The Producers' Club
• George Gustines, Papered Over, The Producers' Club
• Lynn Siefert, Coyote Ugly, Sensurround, Inc. (Alice's Fourth Floor)
• Lynn Siefert, Little Egypt, Sensurround, Inc. (Irish Arts Center)
• 1999. Jean-Paul Sartre (adapted by Steven McElroy), The Flies, Sensurround, Inc.
• 2005. Margaux Laskey, size.ate (winner, 2005 New York Innovative Theatre Award)
• 2002. Kevin Brofsky, Awaken the Wolves (winner, SpotlightON best production, 2002)
• Mark Finley, Better Now (part of Beyond Christopher Street: A Night of [...] Shorts), Wings Theatre Company
• 1995. Ron Owens, Todd of the Apes

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Stage

• 1980s. Hector - John Byrne, The Slab Boys (Brown University)
• 1980s. Hotbed (Miranda Theatre)
• 1998. The King Stag (Access Theatre)
• 1999. Michael John Garcez, suits (Theatre Three)
• 1999. Hamlet - William Shakespeare, Hamlet (TNE)
• 2000. Camp Holocaust (La Tea Theatre)

Film

• Bamboozled (2000), directed by Spike Lee

Adaptations written

• Jean-Paul Sartre, The Flies (1999)
• William Shakespeare, V: The Life of Henry Plantagenet (2001)