J.Stephen Brantley’s plays include Billy Baal, The Emilies, Eightythree Down, Furbelow, The Jamb, Shruti Gupta Can Totally Deal, and The Wedded Bachelors Of Second Garrote. Theatre 167’s production of his play Pirira was named Outstanding Premiere Production at the 2014 New York Innovative Theatre Awards before transferring Off-Broadway, and then opening regionally at Luna Stage. He has also written in collaboration with Theatre 167 on The Jackson Heights Trilogy plays and The Church Of Why Not. Brantley’s acclaimed one-man 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.
Brantley is an eight-time New York Innovative Theatre Award nominee, recipient of the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award, and an O’Neill semifinalist.
You can download many of Brantley's plays from New Play Exchange.
J.Stephen Brantley is the recipient of the 2017 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award from the New York Innovative Theatre Foundation. View his rousing acceptance speech here.
Brantley is an eight-time New York Innovative Theatre Award nominee, recipient of the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award, and an O’Neill semifinalist.
You can download many of Brantley's plays from New Play Exchange.
J.Stephen Brantley is the recipient of the 2017 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award from the New York Innovative Theatre Foundation. View his rousing acceptance speech here.
The works:
BILLY BAAL (2015) READ AN EXCERPT Kid Brooklyn Productions (workshop); TOSOS Chesley/Chambers LGBTQ Series (staged reading), NYC.
BLOOD GRASS (2009) Universal Theatre, Provincetown; Longwood University, Farmville VA; Flathead Valley CC, Kalispell MT; Lebanon Community Theatre, Lebanon PA; Thoroughbred Community Theater, Midway KY; Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha NE; Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, NYC.
BREAK (2007) Universal Theatre, Provincetown; Emerging Artists Theatre, NYC; Eclectic Company Theatre, Los Angeles; Absolut Dublin Gay Theatre Fest, Dublin, Ireland; Over The Rainbow; Portland.Black Box Theatre's 6th Annual One-Act Play Fest, Cranston RI.
DISTORTION TACO: ANALOG HUNGER IN A DIGITAL WORLD (1996) NYU Experimental Theatre Wing, NYC; House Of Candles, NYC; Performance Space 122, NYC.
THE EMILIES (2017) READ AND EXCERPT Kid Brooklyn Productions (workshop), coming to IRT Theater, NYC.
EIGHTYTHREE DOWN (2009) READ AN EXCERPT Winner, Georgia Theatre Conference Award, Columbus GA; Hard Sparks at Under Saint Marks, NYC. Published by Indie Theatre Now as part of their Best Of 2011 Collection. Six NYIT nominations.
FURBELOW (2010) READ AN EXCERPT Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights KY; Readings by The Inkwell at Wooly Mammoth, Washington DC, and Slant Of Light Productions in Bridgeport CT.
GATOS LOCOS AND THE AVE MARIA (1992) Minor Latham Playhouse, Barnard College, NYC.
GOOD GOD ENTERS FLOSSING (2008) Universal Theatre, Provincetown; Madcap Players, Washington DC; Chameleon Theatre Circle, Burnsville MI (staged reading); Three Wise Monkeys, San Francisco (staged reading); Arts Center Live, Carrboro NC
JACKSON HEIGHTS 3AM (2012) in collaboration with Theatre 167 at PS69 and Queens Theatre, Queens NY; Theatre 777, NYC.
THE JAMB (2008) READ AN EXCERPT Hard Sparks & Horse Trade at The Kraine, NYC; Eclectic Company Theatre, Los Angeles; Planet Connections Theatre Fest, NYC (staged reading); Dixon Place HOT! Fest, NYC (staged reading); TOSOS Chesley/Chambers LGBTQ Series (staged reading).
NEVERTHELESS (2010) Blue Box at Bowery Poetry Club's 'Sticky Bar Plays' , NYC; Stagecrafters New Works Play Festival, Royal Oak MI.
PIRIRA (2013) READ AN EXCERPT Luna Theatre, Orange NJ (regional premiere); The West End Theatre, NYC (Off-Broadway); Theatre 167 at The Chain Theatre, NYC (NYIT Award, Outstanding Premiere Production).
SHINY PAIR OF COMPLICATIONS (2009) Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha NE; Freehold Theatre, Seattle WA; Village Playwrights, NYC; Theatre Out, Anaheim CA; 2011 Fresh Fruit Festival (First place winner, ten minute plays) NYC; Universal Theatre, Provincetown MA; That Uppity Theatre Company, St. Louis MO.
SHRUTI GUPTA CAN TOTALLY DEAL (2018) READ AN EXCERPT Theatre 167 at The West End Theater, NYC (workshop).
STRUCK (2007) Turtle Shell Theatre, NYC; Arts Center Live, Carrboro NC; Stagecrafter's New Works Play Festival, Royal Oak MI; 11:11 Theatre Company, Boston; Flathead Valley CC, Kalispell MT; Circus Theatricals, Los Angeles; Piper Theatre @ BAX, Brooklyn
BLOOD GRASS (2009) Universal Theatre, Provincetown; Longwood University, Farmville VA; Flathead Valley CC, Kalispell MT; Lebanon Community Theatre, Lebanon PA; Thoroughbred Community Theater, Midway KY; Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha NE; Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, NYC.
BREAK (2007) Universal Theatre, Provincetown; Emerging Artists Theatre, NYC; Eclectic Company Theatre, Los Angeles; Absolut Dublin Gay Theatre Fest, Dublin, Ireland; Over The Rainbow; Portland.Black Box Theatre's 6th Annual One-Act Play Fest, Cranston RI.
DISTORTION TACO: ANALOG HUNGER IN A DIGITAL WORLD (1996) NYU Experimental Theatre Wing, NYC; House Of Candles, NYC; Performance Space 122, NYC.
THE EMILIES (2017) READ AND EXCERPT Kid Brooklyn Productions (workshop), coming to IRT Theater, NYC.
EIGHTYTHREE DOWN (2009) READ AN EXCERPT Winner, Georgia Theatre Conference Award, Columbus GA; Hard Sparks at Under Saint Marks, NYC. Published by Indie Theatre Now as part of their Best Of 2011 Collection. Six NYIT nominations.
FURBELOW (2010) READ AN EXCERPT Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights KY; Readings by The Inkwell at Wooly Mammoth, Washington DC, and Slant Of Light Productions in Bridgeport CT.
GATOS LOCOS AND THE AVE MARIA (1992) Minor Latham Playhouse, Barnard College, NYC.
GOOD GOD ENTERS FLOSSING (2008) Universal Theatre, Provincetown; Madcap Players, Washington DC; Chameleon Theatre Circle, Burnsville MI (staged reading); Three Wise Monkeys, San Francisco (staged reading); Arts Center Live, Carrboro NC
JACKSON HEIGHTS 3AM (2012) in collaboration with Theatre 167 at PS69 and Queens Theatre, Queens NY; Theatre 777, NYC.
THE JAMB (2008) READ AN EXCERPT Hard Sparks & Horse Trade at The Kraine, NYC; Eclectic Company Theatre, Los Angeles; Planet Connections Theatre Fest, NYC (staged reading); Dixon Place HOT! Fest, NYC (staged reading); TOSOS Chesley/Chambers LGBTQ Series (staged reading).
NEVERTHELESS (2010) Blue Box at Bowery Poetry Club's 'Sticky Bar Plays' , NYC; Stagecrafters New Works Play Festival, Royal Oak MI.
PIRIRA (2013) READ AN EXCERPT Luna Theatre, Orange NJ (regional premiere); The West End Theatre, NYC (Off-Broadway); Theatre 167 at The Chain Theatre, NYC (NYIT Award, Outstanding Premiere Production).
SHINY PAIR OF COMPLICATIONS (2009) Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha NE; Freehold Theatre, Seattle WA; Village Playwrights, NYC; Theatre Out, Anaheim CA; 2011 Fresh Fruit Festival (First place winner, ten minute plays) NYC; Universal Theatre, Provincetown MA; That Uppity Theatre Company, St. Louis MO.
SHRUTI GUPTA CAN TOTALLY DEAL (2018) READ AN EXCERPT Theatre 167 at The West End Theater, NYC (workshop).
STRUCK (2007) Turtle Shell Theatre, NYC; Arts Center Live, Carrboro NC; Stagecrafter's New Works Play Festival, Royal Oak MI; 11:11 Theatre Company, Boston; Flathead Valley CC, Kalispell MT; Circus Theatricals, Los Angeles; Piper Theatre @ BAX, Brooklyn
