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Steve Harper is a TV writer, playwright, and actor focused on exploring how culture and metaphysics influence daily life. Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island by a Catholic father and a mother passionate about Stephen King and horror novels, Steve’s writing delves into how we navigate the world when unseen forces come into play. His work explores themes of spirituality, sexuality, race, and class, often featuring spirit creatures, mythical beings, and powers beyond human comprehension. A graduate of Yale, The A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard, and Juilliard’s playwriting program, Steve’s plays have been staged nationwide, including at Juilliard, The American Airlines Theater, Chicago’s American Theatre Company, Vivid Stage, The Theater Project, Northwestern, and Georgia Southern University. His plays have also been workshopped or read at L.A.’s Celebration Theatre, New York Stage and Film, New York Theatre Workshop, and The Tribeca Theater Festival. His collection, A Few Short Plays to Save the World, was published by Laughing Panda Press and won a 2023 Independent Press Award for Performing Arts.
As an actor, Steve has appeared on TV, film, and stage at The Guthrie, The Kennedy Center, Williamstown, The Contemporary American Theater Festival, and various regional theaters nationwide.
His accolades include the Artistic Achievement Award from Yale’s Afro-American Cultural Center, the Millennium Telly Award, the Le Compte du Nouy prize at Juilliard (twice), a MacDowell Colony National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and two Yaddo fellowships, including the Skidmore Residency for Artists of Color.
