John Steppling

John Steppling is an original founding member of the Padua hills Playwrights festival, a two-time NEA recipient, rockefeller fellow in theatre, and PEN-west winner for playwriting. his plays have been produced in lA, NyC, Sf, louisville, and at universities across the US, as well in warsaw, lodz, Paris, London and Krakow. he taught screenwriting and curated the cinematheque for five years at the Polish National film School in Lodz. Plays include The Shaper, dream Coast, Standard of the Breed, The Thrill, wheel of fortune, dogmouth, and Phantom luck. film credits include 52 Pick-up (directed by John frankenheimer, 1985) and Animal factory (directed by Steve Buscemi, 1999).