OBAMA IN NAPLES

 

A COMEDY WITH SONGS
BY CLAUDIO ANGELINI
DIRECTED BY STEPHAN MORROW

DIRECTOR

Stephan Morrow is an actor, director, producer and veteran of the Off Off Broadway arena, where he finds the work most compelling. In 2011 he directed two productions by Mario Fratti ( author of "Nine"), "Trio" and "Quartet," at Theater for the New City and "Triangle - The Shirtwaist Triangle Factory Fire" by J. Gilhooley at 59E59 St. Theaters. He also directed staged readings of "Wall St. Fandango" by Murray Schisgal at The Actor’s Studio and Theater for the New City with casts including Peter Riegert and Rosie Perez. Most recently he acted in and directed "Dogmouth" by John Steppling at Theater for the New City. He has performed in two plays by Norman Mailer, “Strawhead: Marilyn, A Memory Play” and “The Deer Park.” He can be seen in Mailer's cult classic film, "Tough Guys Don’t Dance." In 2007 he acted and directed Mr. Mailer’s play "The Deer Park" and was then invited to co-direct a film of the play with Mr. Mailer and act in it. From 2001 to 2005, as Artistic Director of The Great American Play Series, he directed four public presentations of Arthur Miller’s play "Incident at Vichy" with Mr. Miller’s personal backing. Casts included Richard Dreyfus, F. Murray Abraham, Fritz Weaver, Austin Pendleton, Barry Primus and many others. Morrow was mentored into the Playwright Directing Unit of the Actor’s Studio by Elia Kazan.