I am happy to announce that I will be making my HBO debut on an episode of Boardwalk Empire next season! Due to confidentiality agreements I cannot divulge more than that, but I am thrilled to join the cast of this incredible show!

Also, I will be recording another radio play for WNYC! My previous experience with the “T” is for Tom series, readings all of Tom Stoppard’s radio plays, was a play called Where Are They Now?. It is currently available on the WNYC website here.

The next play that I will be reading is called In The Native State, and it will be read before a live audience and then broadcast at a later date. I will be sure to post the link to the program, when it is available.

“The high-caliber cast, led by an absolutely superb David L. Townsend as Shakespeare…” Backstage

“Will, played with maximal impishness by David L. Townsend…” New York Times

“David L. Townsend’s performance as the Bard himself, heroically carrying this lengthy tale with tremendous passion and vigor.“ NYtheatre.com

“David L. Townsend at the center of it all delivering a nimble, witty, and immensely enjoyable performance as the beleaguered Bard.” Anonymous audience member, Theatremania

SEE THE PLAY

Theatre Row: Harold Clurman Theater
9th Avenue and 42nd Street (A,C,E, 1,2,3, N, Q, R)
** Buy tickets here **
Official show website

The remaining dates are:

Tue 7 Jun at 7pm
Thu 9 Jun at 8pm
Sat 11 Jun at 8pm
Sun 12 Jun at 2pm

Wed 15 Jun at 8pm
Fri 17 Jun at 8pm
Sat 18 Jun at 2pm

* Use your Equity card and get in for free- as this is an AEA showcase!

Official Festival Site

Official Festival Blog

Resonance Ensemble commissioned a companion piece to their upcoming innovative production of H4, a modern re-telling of Henry IV parts 1 and 2. Steven rose to the challenge of matching Will, and Shakespeare’s Slave is the fruit of that labor. Slave is a dark comedic look at Elizabethan England and a successful, self-deprecating writer who has lost his muse…and all of his money. How will he overcome this hump, and go on to write his best plays?

I am proud to tread the boards with this wonderful ensemble and hope to see you there as I take on the role of the Great Bard himself, William Shakespeare.

Tickets & Info Here

Tickets & More Info Here

I am proud to announce that I am currently working on an American Premiere of Aidan Matthew’s play EXIT/ENTRANCE, directed by M. Burke Walker. The show is part of the 1st Irish Festival happening all over NYC in September, with 16 different shows. It is being produced by the lovely Origin Theatre Company.

We’ll be performing at 59E59, and the link for schedule & tickets is here.

More about the 1st Irish Festival here.

Performances run:

Sept 10 – October 3rd

Tues- Sun

The film “is loosely based on Griffith’s experiences as a bathroom attendant in a New York City strip club in the mid-’90s…and his interaction with the 60-plus idiosyncratic characters who enter the bathroom on one afternoon.”

Here’s a pic from the end of the day, and an article that just came out in Variety about the film.

The plan at the time of shooting was to submit the film to festivals next year. Personally I think with the script being so strong and the unconventional way in which it was shot, it would be shocking if George didn’t get a whole slew of screenings out of this one… here’s hoping!

Performed by: Godfrey Simmons, David L. Townsend, Maria Oliveras, Monique Vukovic, April Matthis and Jake Manabat with Elizabeth Brown – Shakuhachi (Japanese Bamboo Flute) player

In Restless Souls and Haunted Spirits, a war is fought on a shore, a crazy woman looks for her kidnapped son at a bus station, a father and son have a fall out which results in the son becoming blind and homeless, parents conspire to break up their daughter’s relationship by drowning her lover, a poor old man falls in love with a wealthy young girl and commits suicide; and life goes on, people bumping into one another before and after death and somewhere in between. It is a comic-tragedy based on ancient human attachments, set in the present time somewhere like the USA, narrated by a woman with tragic hair.

SEE MORE PHOTOS

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Left, some of Our Dramaturgy/Research
Center, the Rehearsal Hall, and our interview chairs set up. “The Ring” as I like to call it.
Right, A ridiculous picture of my hair styled for rehearsal one day. The Bouffant is back.