Steven Sapp (born and raised in the South Bronx, New York) co-founded The POINT Community Development Corporation (Hunts Point) in 1993 and Universes (poetic theatre ensemble) in 1995, both in collaboration with Mildred Ruiz-Sapp.
Theater credits Purgatory Another I Dies Slowly Live From the Edge Slanguage Blue Suite Ameriville Rhythmicity: Flipping The Script One Shot In Lotus Position The Ride The Denver Project Spring Training Party People UniSon
Playwright/Actor - AMERIVILLE (Director Chay Yew); The Denver Project (Curious Theater-Director Dee Covington); One Shot in Lotus Position (The War Anthology-Curious Theater-Director Bonnie Metzger); BLUE SUITE (Director-Chay Yew, previously Eyewitness Blues-NY Theatre Workshop-Director Talvin Wilks); RHYTHMICITY (Humana Festival); SLANGUAGE (NY Theater Workshop-Director Jo Bonney); Director - The Ride (playwright/Actor/Director); The Architecture of Loss (Assistant Director to Chay Yew); Will Powers’ The Seven (Director-The Univ. of Iowa); Alfred Jarry's UBU: Enchained (Director-Teatre Polski, Poland).
Television credits
HBO's Bored to Death HBO's Def Poetry Jam (Season 4- Episode 9, with UNIVERSES)
Awards/Affiliations 2008 Jazz at Lincoln Center Rhythm Road Tour 2008 TCG - Theatre Communications Group - Peter Zeisler Award 2002 TCG - Theatre Communications Group - National Directors Award 2002-2004 and 1999-2001 TCG - Theatre Communications Group, National Theater Artist Residency Program Award 1999 OBIE Award Grant (The Point CDC & Live From Theater Theater) 1999 Bessie Awards (The Point CDC) 1998 and 2002 BRIO Awards (Bronx Recognizes its own-Performance) from the Bronx Council on the Arts 1998 Union Square Award recipient Van Lier Fellowship w/ New Dramatists Co-Founder of The Point CDC New York Theatre Workshop - Usual Suspect Bard College, BA 1989
Publications: UNIVERSES - THE BIG BANG (2010 release, TCG Books) SLANGUAGE in The Fire This Time (TCG).
References
External links Universes Official site