Maria is an exploration of the present and a loose adaptation of the myths surrounding Mary, for the digital age: Maria plays the young protagonist, just barely beyond childhood herself, with a child at 18 years old. With the father of her child long gone and her own mother dead, her brother returns after vanishing without a word for two years. Maria was commissioned by Germany’s Thalia Hamburg Theatre where it premiered in 2020

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In a private school outside of Manchester, England a group of highly-articulate seventeen-year-olds flirt and posture their way through the day while preparing for their exams. With hormones raging and minimal adult supervision, the students must prepare for their future—and survive the savagery of high school. Inspired by playwright Simon Stephens’ own experiences as a teacher, PUNK ROCK is an honest and unnerving chronicle of contemporary adolescence.

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Song from the new musical Starstruck currently in development by Beth Malone & composer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls and Mary Ann Stratton. Starstruck is a modern-day queer retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac, set in a dark sky reserve in Idaho.

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follows 3 generations of women in Greenwich VIllage and tells the story of Charley’s life from the moment of her birth to the moment of her death. As 50 years pass, one woman's life is revealed in all its complexity, mystery and possibility in this story about mothers and daughters, beginnings and endings in New York City. Written for Edie Falco, it premiered off-Broadway in November 2021 at Manhattan Theatre Club. In this excerpt, Eileen Seeley plays Charley, Wendy Perkins Plays Charley's mother Claudette and Charlie's boyfriend Eddie and Sonya Meyer plays Charlie's daughter Tessa and Dr. McMahon at The Hope Cancer Care Unit in Longmont Colorado.

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A man makes sense of his life, love, family and the possibility of faith whilst facing an emotional abyss.Simon Stephens wrote the script as a stage play specifically for Andrew Scott. The film was directed by Andrew Porter & Simon Stephens and was produced by Veracity Digital. In 2019 the play ran at New York’s Public Theater.

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15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain, but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. At 7 minutes after midnight, Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. During its premiere run at the Royal National Theatre in London in 2013, the play tied the record for winning the most Olivier Awards( 7 ) including Best Play. It won 5 Tony Awards including the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play.

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On the Edges of the New Air I stop and wait for a time: A dance film by Graham Northrup performed by Seia Rassenti and commissioned by AFF with Text by Simon Stephens. This previously un-performed text for dance was originally written in collaboration with British choreographer Imogen Knight and composer Lincoln Barrett aka High Contrast.

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