Hey, thanks for checking out my website. Here's the latest:
I am somewhat gobsmacked to announce that I am now a member of the Indie Theatre Hall Of Fame! Considering the cool company I keep in that virtual corridor, it's quite a nice honor.
And I'm excited to report that I am now working with manager Kathy Olson at Encompass Arts.
Coming up: Theatre 167's The Church Of Why Not and Hard Sparks' R & J & Z.
Best,
J.Stephen
I am somewhat gobsmacked to announce that I am now a member of the Indie Theatre Hall Of Fame! Considering the cool company I keep in that virtual corridor, it's quite a nice honor.
And I'm excited to report that I am now working with manager Kathy Olson at Encompass Arts.
Coming up: Theatre 167's The Church Of Why Not and Hard Sparks' R & J & Z.
Best,
J.Stephen
February 20 - March 15 , 2015
Theatre 167's The Church Of Why Not
by Carlos Almonacid, Jenny Lyn Bader, and J.Stephen Brantley
Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
The West End Theater at The Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew -
263 W. 86th St. 2nd floor New York NY 10024
I co-wrote and appear as a broken-down country singer in this new play premiering in the very place that inspired it. The Church of Why Not tells the stories of believers and skeptics, the well-heeled and the homeless, activists and addicts. Some need food, some crave connection, and others need help with taxes, tutoring, a Bar Mitzvah. At once funny and heartbreaking, The Church of Why Not celebrates our spiritual diversity and our common humanity. Click HERE for tickets.
by Carlos Almonacid, Jenny Lyn Bader, and J.Stephen Brantley
Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
The West End Theater at The Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew -
263 W. 86th St. 2nd floor New York NY 10024
I co-wrote and appear as a broken-down country singer in this new play premiering in the very place that inspired it. The Church of Why Not tells the stories of believers and skeptics, the well-heeled and the homeless, activists and addicts. Some need food, some crave connection, and others need help with taxes, tutoring, a Bar Mitzvah. At once funny and heartbreaking, The Church of Why Not celebrates our spiritual diversity and our common humanity. Click HERE for tickets.
April 1 - 19, 2015
Hard Sparks presents R & J & Z
by Melody Bates, directed by Joan Jubett
The New Ohio Theater - 154 Christopher Street, New York City 10014
R & J & Z begins with Act V of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet...and keeps going, Set against the historical backdrop of Verona's plague, this new verse play throws old and new characters together over the course of an apocalyptic and action-packed 24 hours. Equally inspired by Shakespeare and modern zombie films, R & J & Z pushes the boundaries of theatrical humor and horror. Yes, the Z stands for Zombies. I play both Paris and Mercutio. Yes, Mercutio!
Click HERE for tickets.
by Melody Bates, directed by Joan Jubett
The New Ohio Theater - 154 Christopher Street, New York City 10014
R & J & Z begins with Act V of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet...and keeps going, Set against the historical backdrop of Verona's plague, this new verse play throws old and new characters together over the course of an apocalyptic and action-packed 24 hours. Equally inspired by Shakespeare and modern zombie films, R & J & Z pushes the boundaries of theatrical humor and horror. Yes, the Z stands for Zombies. I play both Paris and Mercutio. Yes, Mercutio!
Click HERE for tickets.
"Playwright J.Stephen Brantley plays Jack, the experienced NGO-worker who spends a lot of his time futilely relaying the same pipes for water. As an actor, Brantley is an expert at playing roles that call for a butch yet sensitive masculinity; his Jack is perhaps the strongest performance in the show." -Dan Dinero, Theatre Is Easy
In PIRIRA at The Chain, October 2013. More info at www.theatre167.org
In PIRIRA at The Chain, October 2013. More info at www.theatre167.org
"...Some of the best transformations come from Brantley, who is supremely entertaining as a diva actor/drag queen, the not-too-bright half of a pair who likes to search for sex with other men together, and a lover scorned." - Cape Cod Times
With the cast of Slap & Tickle at The Provincetown Theatre, July 2010. For more info visit www.slapandtickleonline.com
With the cast of Slap & Tickle at The Provincetown Theatre, July 2010. For more info visit www.slapandtickleonline.com
