STEVEN SAPP-

Founding member of UNIVERSES (poetry/theater ensemble). Playwright: The Denver Project (collaboration w/ Mildred Ruiz) for Curious Theater (Denver, CO).  Premiering May 2008; One shot in Lotus Position (for The War anthology- Curious Theater- Denver, CO- Collaboration with Mildred Ruiz- Directed by Bonnie Metzger). Playwright/Actor: BLUE SUITE (Previously Eyewitness Blues- in collaboration with Mildred Ruiz - Directed by Chay Yew); RHYTHMICITY (in collaboration with Mildred Ruiz, Reg.e.gaines, Rha Goddess, Reggie Cabico, Willie Perdomo and Gamal Chasten);Universes', SLANGUAGE (in collaboration with UNIVERSES at Off-Broadway's New York Theater Workshop; Universes' THE RIDE (in collaboration w/ UNIVERSES at P.S. 122.; Director- Universes' THE RIDE; Directorial Consultant- THE ARCHITECTURE OF LOSS (Assistant Director @ NYTW); SOULAR POWER'D (P.S. 122,New Victory Theater). Director- Will Powers THE SEVEN (@ The Univ. of Iowa); Universes' THE RIDE; Reg.e.gaines' TIERS; Alfred Jarry's UBU:Enchained (Arts Link International Exchange with Teatre Polski, Poland). Writer & Director: ANOTHER I DIES SLOWLY and PURGATORY.

Awards and Affiliations: The 2002 TCG National Directors Award. The 2002-2004 and 1999-2001 TCG National Theater Artist Residency Program Award, The 1998 and 2002 BRIO Awards (Bronx Recognizes its own) from the Bronx Council on the Arts (Performance), has received fellowships with the Arts and Business Council and playwright organization New Dramatists. Co-Founder of UNIVERSES Poetic Theater Ensemble; Co-Founder of The UniverseCity Theater (UCITY); Co-Founder of The Point CDC and the 1999 OBIE Award Grant and BESSIE Award winning theater, Live From The Edge at The Point.  New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect.

Publications: UNIVERSES-THE BIG BANG: Plays, Poetry & Process (To be released in January 2009- TCG Books); SLANGUAGE in The Fire This Time a TCG Anthology. BLACK RAIN, and NOT BLACK AND WHITE anthologies; SLANGUAGE in The Fire This Time a TCG Anthology.

“Lord, if you hear me, Holler back.”

                             - Steve (Back)