Stephen Sachs

Stephen Sachs is an award-winning stage director and playwright. He is currently the Co-Artistic Director of The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, which he co-founded in 1990. Sachs directed the world premiere of "Exits and Entrances" by internationally acclaimed playwright Athol Fugard in 2004, as well as its New York Off-Broadway premiere in 2007. Sachs also directed the Los Angeles premieres of Fugard's "The Road to Mecca" (2000), and an award-winning revival of Arthur Miller's "After the Fall" (2001). Sachs directed the world premiere of noted poet Anne Carson's new translation of "Hippolytos" at the J. Paul Getty Museum, launching the inaugural production of the new outdoor classical theater at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California.

His play about deafness and cochlear implants, "Sweet Nothing in My Ear", was recently made into a television movie starring Jeff Daniels and Marlee Matlin, and presented on the Hallmark Hall of Fame on April 20, 2008. The teleplay and adaptation are by Mr. Sachs himself, and the film was directed by Joseph Sargent.

Director

* "Exits and Entrances" (2007) Off-Broadway, NYC
* "Freedom Summer" (2007) world premiere, Los Angeles
* "Gilgamesh" (2007) world premiere adaptation
* "Hippolytos"(2006) Getty Villa, Malibu, world premiere translation
* "String of Pearls" (2006) Los Angeles premiere
* "Exits and Entrances" (2004) world premiere, Los Angeles
* "After the Fall" (2002) Los Angeles
* "Sweet Nothing in my Ear" Victory Gardens, Chicago
* "The Road to Mecca" (2000) Los Angeles premiere
* "Lonely Planet" Los Angeles premiere
* "The Seagull"
* "The Boys in the Band" 20th Anniversary production

Playwright

* "Freedom Summer" (2007) new version of Strindberg's "Miss Julie"
* "Gilgamesh" (2007) adaptation
* "Open Window" (2005) Pasadena Playhouse
* "Central Avenue" (2001)
* "Mother's Day" (1999)
* "Sweet Nothing in my Ear" (1998)
* "The Golden Gate" (1991)
* "The Baron in the Trees" (1987) adaptation

Awards

as Director

* Best Director, 2005 (Exits and Entrances) – Carbonell Award nomination, Florida
* Best Director, 2004 (Exits and Entrances) - Ovation Award, Los Angeles
* Best Director, 2004 (Exits and Entrances) - Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
* Best Director, 2004 (Exits and Entrances) - L.A. Weekly Award nomination
* Best Director, 2004 (Exits and Entrances) - Maddy Award, Los Angeles
* Best Director, 2003 (Sweet Nothing in my Ear) - Minneapolis
* Best Director, 2002 (After the Fall) - Maddy Award
* Best Director, 2002 (After the Fall) - Ovation Award
* Best Director, 2000 (The Road to Mecca) - Maddy Award
* Best Director, 2000 (The Road to Mecca) - Robby Award nominee
* Best Director, 1996 (Lonely Planet) - Robby Award nominee
* Best Director, 1994 (‘Night Mother) Drama-Logue Award
* Best Director, 1994 (Ashes) Drama-Logue Award
* Best Director, 1993 (The Seagull) Drama-Logue Award
* Best Director, 1992 (Cuckoo’s Nest) Drama-Logue Award
* Best Director, 1991 (Fanon’s People) Drama-Logue Award
* Best Director, 1990 (Golden Gate) Drama-Logue Award

as Playwright
* Media Access Award for Theatre Excellence (Open Window)
* Finalist, 2001 (Central Avenue) PEN West Literary Award for Drama
* Finalist, 1998 (Sweet Nothing in my Ear) PEN West Literary Award for Drama
* Best Play, 2001 (Central Avenue) Back Stage Garland Award
* Best Play, 2001 (Central Avenue) Beverly Press Maddy Award
* Best Play, 1999 (Mother's Day) Garland Award Honorable Mention
* Best Playwright, 1990 (Golden Gate) Drama-Logue Award
* California Governor’s Media Access Award for Theatre, 1997 (Sweet Nothing in my Ear)
* Citation of Appreciation, 1996, Los Angeles City Council for "enhancing the cultural life of the City of Los Angeles"