BIOGRAPHY

Stephen Karam

Librettist Stephen Karam is the author of Sons of the Prophet, currently playing a widely acclaimed and extended run at Roundabout Theatre Company.  He is also the author of Speech & Debate which was produced off-Broadway by Roundabout as the inaugural production of Roundabout Underground.  Following an extended run in New York, Speech & Debate has received over 100 productions across the U.S. and Canada.  Other plays include columbinus (New York Theatre Workshop), Girl on Girl (Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep), and Emma (a re-imagining of Jane Austen’s novel), performed recently by the Professional Performing Arts High School in NYC.  His work is published by Dramatists Play Service and Dramatic Publishing Company and his freelance writing has appeared in The Advocate and McSweeneys.net. Current projects include the film version of Speech & Debate and Dark Sisters.  A MacDowell Colony Fellow, Stephen grew up in Scranton, PA and received his B.A. from Brown University.