Stephanie Hutchinson, award-winning playwright, lyricist, composer, Hollywood

About Stephanie

Thanks to everyone who attended the six performances of THE START OF SOMETHING REAL at the Secret Rose Theatre in July. And, thanks to the 12 actors and 3 directors who brought my six short plays and two short musicals to life!

Stephanie Hutchinson is an award-winning Playwright/Composer/Lyricist.

Her first ten-minute play, MODEL HOME, was published by Smith & Kraus in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2007, 3 OR MORE ACTORS. Two other ten-minute plays, SUPER 8 VERSUS BACARA RESORT AND SPA and MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS, were published by Smith & Kraus in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2009. And, most recently, CARWASH; OR IN THIS TOWN, YOU ARE WHAT YOU DRIVE was published by Smith & Kraus in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2010.

Stephanie adapted her play MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS into MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS, The Musical, doing triple duty as the Book Writer/Composer/Lyricist. MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS, The Musical ran for 10 performances in North Hollywood as part of Secret Rose Theatre’s “Mini Musical Fest”. Please see a review by Don Grigware on broadwayworld.com on the "Reviews" page.

SUPER 8 VERSUS BACARA RESORT AND SPA was a winner (by audience vote) out of nearly 200 entries in Camino Real Playhouse’s Showoff! International Playwriting Festival in San Juan Capistrano.

CARWASH; OR IN THIS TOWN, YOU ARE WHAT YOU DRIVE was a Finalist in Fire Rose Productions’ ACToberfest play festival at Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica.

Stephanie received the AOPW (All Original Playwright Workshop) Fellowship, including a staged reading of four of her 10-minute comedies.

She is the Composer/Lyricist of APRIL IN NEW YORK, which enjoyed a 12-performance run at the Secret Rose Theatre as part of “The 10s” (Festival of New American Musicals). APRIL IN NEW YORK was developed at ANMT (the Academy for New Musical Theatre).

Stephanie has also participated in Lisa Soland's AOPW (All Original Playwright Workshop) and Trey Nichols' Workshop.

Before picking up the pen/pencil, Stephanie earned her BM (magna cum laude), MM, and DMA degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California. She served on staff at USC, Pepperdine, Glendale College and Santa Monica College, accompanying and teaching piano and voice. She also toured extensively as a choral accompanist with the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. She directed a handbell choir at a Southern California church for 11 years (which inspired her full-length play, SILENT NIGHT).

Stephanie is a member of the Dramatists Guild, ALAP (Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights), LAFPI (Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative) and ASCAP.

Actors prepare for their roles in MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS, the Musical with a trip to Tiffany's Beverly Hills

A scene from MORE PRECIOUS THAN DIAMONDS, the Musical

Stephanie takes a break with her Director Jonathan Levit (left) and Stage Manager Steve Walby (right)

About StephanieThanks to everyone who attended the six performances of THE START OF SOMETHING REAL at the Secret Rose Theatre in July. And, thanks to the 12 actors and 3 directors who brought my six short plays and two short musicals to life!

About Stephanie

Thanks to everyone who attended the six performances of THE START OF SOMETHING REAL at the Secret Rose Theatre in July. And, thanks to the 12 actors and 3 directors who brought my six short plays and two short musicals to life!