Steven A. Butler, Jr.
Birth Place: LaPlata, Maryland
VEILS THE MUSICAL is Coming to the Nate Holden Performing Art Center This Month (Sep 12, 2022)
Restoration Stage Has Announced Casting For Steven A. Butler, Jr.'s VEILS, THE MUSICAL (Mar 9, 2020)
Casting Announced For Restoration Stage's VEILS (Jan 12, 2020)
BIO
STEVEN A. BUTLER, JR. is a playwright, actor and the co-founder of Restoration Stage, Inc., which he launched with partner Courtney Baker-Oliver in 2005. Recently named the first African American male playwriting fellow at the prestigious Arena Stage Theater, Steven's plays include Chocolate Covered Ants, The Truth (About the Down Low), All That Glitters, Drag On!, The Katrina Project , The First Lady and highly anticipated The Very Last Days of The First Colored Circus debuting in the spring of 2016 . His plays have been produced at Restoration Stage, Gusman Center for the Performing Arts (Miami), Bowie Center for the Performing Arts (Maryland) and Greensboro Coliseum (North Carolina). He has had readings and workshops at Howard University and Prince George’s Community College. His work has been commissioned by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). He is a graduate of Howard University and a veteran of the United States Air Force.
News
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 12, 2022
The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center has teamed with Restoration Stag to bring the popular musical 'Veils' to the Los Angeles area for a short run Thursday, September 15, and Friday, September 16 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, September 17 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, September 18 at 8 p.m. at the Nate Holden Performing Art Center.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 9, 2020
Restoration Stage has announced the Los Angeles cast of Steven A. Butler, Jr.'s 'Veils, The Musical.' 'Veils, The Musical' will be presented at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center after its' critically-acclaimed run in Washington, DC.
by Julie Musbach - Mar 18, 2019
The Downtown Urban Arts Festival today announced its 2019 artist line-up for the 17th annual multi-disciplinary arts festival showcasing music, poetry, live theater and film. The five-week Downtown Urban Arts Festival performs April 11-May 18 at Joe's Pub, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, The Wild Project and Tribeca Film Center, respectively.
by Stephi Wild - Nov 30, 2018
In Spring 2019, the Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF) will return for its much-anticipated 17th annual season. Reg E. Gaines, Tony-nominated for Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk, is back as the Artistic Director of the festival. After his evaluation of scripts that were received from across the U.S., the following writers and their plays were selected as the finalists for the 2019 season.
by Andrew White - Oct 30, 2017
Steven A. Butler, Jr., a Maryland native, has a truly compelling story about his La Plata great-great grandparents, whose love blossomed when the Jim Crow, Blackface era was at its height. With talent and drive, they struggled against the odds and against an exploitative white manager to operate a touring circus featuring only performers of color.
by BWW News Desk - Jan 12, 2017
On Tuesday, January 10, the National YoungArts Foundation introduced 20 up-and-coming young actors and 6 jazz musicians to audiences at New World Center in Miami.
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2016
Six D.C.-area playmakers have been selected to participate in the third installment of Playwrights' Arena, a year-long program that invites a small group of local theater makers to investigate their artistic process and develop their dramaturgical practice. The program is co-facilitated by Arena Stage Deputy Artistic Director Seema Sueko and Dramaturg Jocelyn Clarke, and participants convene once per month at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
by BWW News Desk - Aug 17, 2016
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces an open call for submissions for the 2017 Playwrights' Arena, a year-long program which invites a small group of up to five local theater makers to convene once per month with Arena Stage artistic staff to investigate their artistic process to develop their dramaturgical practice while creating new work.
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