Stephanie Griffin

Stephanie Griffin brings a unique, diverse lifetime of experiences to her literary work. A Master’s degree in Social Work, followed by years of producing and video editing for television at CBS, the Lifetime Network, A & E and finally NBC News, where she worked closely with NPR’s Scott Simon to create video essays on the issues of the day. A teaching career at a suburban high school in New Jersey where she inspired students with her knowledge of the human condition to her work as an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her works have been performed at the Theatre Project, the Hoboken Playwrights Festival, the Riverhead Theater and the Hackensack Cultural Arts Center to name just a few locations in the New York metropolitan area. A scene from Death Club, Ladies Auxiliary was published by Smith & Kraus in THE BEST STAGE SCENES of 1997. Stephanie is a member of the Dramatists Guild.


SELECT WRITING AWARDS & EXPERIENCE

“Making Thanksgiving Back Again” – Judson Church, NY, NY 2017
“This Way to the Egress” – Theatre Project Kaliedescope Kabaret,
Maplewood, NJ 2017
“Landlocked”- Staged Reading, Cranford Center - 2016
“Expect Delays”-Theatre Project Festival, Maplewood, NJ 2014
“Ingredients in a Life” –Apron Project - Riverhead Theater, 2013
“Suburban Life” - Hackensack Cultural Arts Center, 2010 “Real Estate in Heaven” - "Living in an Age of Perpetual War" sponsored by the Puffin Foundation, 2008 “Moral Cleansing”– Puffin Cultural Center, 2003
“Trouble in Paradise”-De Baun Auditorium, 2002
“Death Club, Ladies Auxiliary” - De Baun Auditorium, 2001
“You’re Standing in My Blind Spot”– Hoboken Playwrights, 2000
“Death Club, Ladies Auxiliary” - Gallery Players,2000
“Trouble in Paradise” - Theater at Holy Cross, 1999
“Death Club, Ladies Auxiliary” - Theater at Holy Cross,1998
-Scene published by Smith & Kraus- The Best Stage Scenes of 1997
"You're Standing in My Blind Spot" - Basic Theatre Company, 1997
"Waiting for Dinka" - Basic Theatre Company, 1996
"Moment in Time" - Dixon Place, 1995
Writer in Residence - 78th Street Theatre Lab, 1995
"Rules and Regulations" Playwrights Horizon Summerfest, 1992. N.Y.
"Over here" - Staged screenplay reading - N.Y. Women in Film,
"No Regrets" Staged screenplay reading - N.Y. Women in Film
Finalist – Juilliard Playwriting Fellowship, 2003
Winner Great American Screenplay Contest, 1991
Finalist Writers Guild East Screen Writing Contest 1991
Finalist NBC Script Writing Contest 1991, 1992, 1998 4 feature length screenplays, one has been optioned.