Stephen F. Murray

Training: Interlochen Arts Camp, 500 Clown    ·    Special Skills: Mask Design, Fight Choreography, Lighting Design    ·    College: Northwestern University (BS)    ·    Occupation: Director

Stephen F. Murray is a freelance-director Company. Chicago credits: Laer's Last Prayer (Illinois Arts Council Grant), The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Fall of the House of Usher (City Lit Theater), Spring Awakening, Our Country's Good (Promethean Theatre Ensemble), 2nd Story (Serendipity Theatre Collective), Dramatic Twerp (Links Hall & Oracle ...Read More



Stage Credits:
Horatio/Player King.... Hamlet   (10/2005)
*=leading role

Offstage Credits:
Director.... Daniel Day-Lewis and the Big Potatas   (6/2012)
Director.... Pericles: Act 1   (3/2012)
Director.... Mark Twain: Patriot, Teacher, Philosopher   (2/2012)
Director; Adaptor.... The Legend of Sleepy Hollow   (10/2011)
Director; Playwright.... Laer's Last Prayer   (7/2011)
Director; Adaptor.... The Legend of Sleepy Hollow   (10/2010)
Director.... Spring Awakening   (4/2010)
Director.... The Man in a Case   (3/2010)
Director.... 2nd Story   (2/2010)
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)
Fight Choreographer.... The Illusion   (12/2008)
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.... 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