Stephen is a Melbourne based theatre director. He is Artistic Director or Brink Productions, Adelaide. He was Co-Artistic Director of Western Edge in 2022 and and was a member of the Associate Artist Advisory Panel at Melbourne Theatre Company 2022-2024. He was the founder and Artistic Director of Little Ones Theatre, an independent company focused on innovative queer theatre-making (2009-2023). Stephen studied at The University of Melbourne (2008) and NIDA (Directing, 2010).

He is a two time Green Room Award winner for Best Direction (The Happy Prince and Shrapnel) and has been nominated a further four times (Psycho Beach Party, Dracula, The Moors and Loaded). His works have won 14 Green Room Awards and been nominated for a total of 50 since 2012. Stephen was also the recipient of the Besen Family Artist Program award with Malthouse Theatre and a PlayKing funding award to work in Singapore with Wild Rice Theatre Company & playwright Alfian Sa’at. He was a member of the 2019 Lincoln Center Theatre Director’s Lab, New York City.

He has directed for Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir, Griffin Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, La Boite Theatre Company, Red Stitch Actor’s Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Canberra Theatre Centre, Arts House, Performance Space, Yirramboi Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane Festival, Darwin Festival, Perth Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Midsumma Festival Kia Mau Festival (NZ), HOTA and AsiaTOPA . His works have been critically acclaimed and toured to sold out houses across the country.

Credits: Looking for Alibrandi (State Theatre Company of South Australia, Malthouse Theatre, Belvoir, National Tour), Loaded (Malthouse Theatre), Considerable Sexual License (Joel Bray Dance), Merciless Gods (Arts Centre Melbourne, Griffin Theatre Company), and Abigail’s Party (Melbourne Theatre Company). Stephen has also directed Ash Flanders’ End Of. (Griffin Theatre Company), Judith Lucy and Denise Scott’s Still Here (Token), The Happy Prince (Griffin Theatre Company, La Mama), The Moors (Red Stitch Actors Theatre), Daddy (Joel Bray Dance, Arts House, Arts Centre Melbourne, Brisbane Festival, Perth Festival, Darwin Festival, Liveworks) and Meme Girls (Malthouse Theatre). His work works for Little Ones Theatre include: Nightingale and the Rose (Theatre Works), Dracula (Theatre Works), Dangerous Liaisons (MTC Neon, Brisbane Powerhouse, Darwin Festival), Salome (Malthouse Theatre Helium), Psycho Beach Party (Theatre Works, Brisbane Festival) and sex.violence.blood.gore (MKA).