Steve Nordmark
he/him
Chicago, IL
Chicago Dramatists Network Playwright and aFounding Playwright of Telling Humans Playwright Studio
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Biography

Steve Nordmark is a member of Invictus Theatre Company, a founding member of the Telling Humans Playwright Studio, and a network playwright with Chicago Dramatists. Recent work includes the two-act comedy “Course Society” and one-act plays "Ye Olde American Egg" and "The Pompous Playwright". His most recent short comedy "Are You Sure?" was produced by Yellow Rose Theatre in 2023. Other plays have been developed in Chicago with Invictus Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, and Powertap Productions.

Plays

Course Society
by Steve Nordmark

A Comedy in Two Acts.

The Redwood Course Society of Golf has become so selective that it now holds no members at all. Henry Redhawk is sent on a mission to find a new member and save the club from extinction. This gets him involved in a screwball scheme that involves fake deaths, love triangles, and a seemingly evil tennis empire.

Cast:
6 Characters. 2 Female, 4 Male. (1 External Male Voice) VOICE OF THE OLD MAN - (May be recorded) BUSTER, Senior Male, is the general manager of the Redwood Course Society of Golf, a club dying of exclusivity. HENRY REDHAWK, Adult Male, is Buster's local pro who has fallen in love with Becky LaPradera. RICHARD WENTWORTH, Adult Male, is the golf agnostic son of Edgar and Carol Wentworth whom Becky LaPredara has chosen. BECKY LaPREDARA, Adult Female, is a talented golfer about to begin her pro career. CAROL WENTWORTH, Senior Female, is a sober member of a gated golf community navigating an inebriated world. EDGAR WENTWORTH, Senior Male, is the husband of Carol Wentworth, convinced he must escape his life to improve his game.
Triumph of the Egg
by Steve Nordmark

One Act Adaptation

An adaptation of the Sherwood Anderson story, "The Egg". The narrator recounts his childhood in the 1920's growing up in failing businesses of restaurants and chicken farming. The play gives him a chance to confront his father and attempt to change the family's destiny.

Cast:
ASA MARQUARDT: Male, 50, (With scenes of younger days). Formerly a happy farmhand who went to bed quite happy in his position in life. He had, until recently, no notion of trying to rise in the world. NARRATOR, Male, 35. A grown up Natan, now a clear eyed newspaper man."If, in my turn, I am a gloomy man inclined to see the darker side of life, I attribute it to the fact that what should have been for me the happy joyous days of childhood were instead spent on a chicken farm." JOE KANE/YOUNG MAN, Male, 20. JOE KANE is the well-dressed son of a local banker. YOUNG MAN is the country son of a local farmer HANNAH MARQUARDT, ASA's Wife. Female 50, (With scenes of younger days). "A country school teacher, she read of Garfield, Lincoln, and other Americans who rose from poverty to fame and greatness. For herself she wanted nothing. For father and myself she was incurably ambitious." NATAN, Male, 14 (With scenes of younger days). Son of ASA and HANNAH Marquardt. Old enough to start having notions of his own
The Pompous Playwright

An adaptation of "Miles Gloriosus" this farcical comedy leaves no theatre trope unturned and is equally savage to all theatre roles.

Cast:
6 Characters: Miles F. Blankenpage (Middle Age Male) / Kiss (Young to Middle Age - Any Gender) / Elvis (Young to Middle Age Male) / Norman Clature (Older Male) / Thesis (Young to Middle Age Female) / Bambi O'Zell (Young Female)

Successes

Steve's short comedy "Are You Sure?" was produced by Yellow Rose Theatre in 2023.