Chambers Stevens (born June 10, 1964) is an American actor, playwright, author and
acting coach
An acting coach or drama coach is a teacher who trains performers – typically film, television, theatre, and musical theatre actors – and gives them advice and mentoring to enable them to improve their acting and dramatic performances, prepa ...
. Stevens was the co-founder in 1988 of the
Nashville Shakespeare Festival The Nashville Shakespeare Festival is a Shakespeare festival in Nashville, Tennessee.
History
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival (NSF) originated as the political theatre group Theatrevolution. Theatrevolution was started by theatre director ...
.
Actor
Stevens played the title character in
The Steve Spots
''The Steve Spots'' is a thirty-six episode television show that aired on WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 ...
as well as
The Parent Zone
''The Parent Zone'' is a TV special on WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee, based on the characters created by David Van Hooser for his TV series ''The Steve Spots
''The Steve Spots'' is a thirty-six episode television show that aired on WSMV-TV in N ...
.
For PBS he also played the title character in the children’s series ''Funnybones'', as well as the spin-off series ''Geo-Scout'', for which he received an Emmy nomination.,
Playwright
In 1994 Chambers won the
Back Stage Garland Award
The Back Stage Garland Awards — also referred to simply as the Garland Awards, and known as the Back Stage West Garland Awards from 1998 to 2008 — were bestowed by the entertainment-industry newspaper ''Backstage (magazine), Backstage'', honor ...
for his play Desperate for Magic a one-man show in which Stevens also starred. In 2019 Chambers wrote four original plays which all premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Plays
* 1989:
Desperate for Magic
''Desperate for Magic'' is a one-man multi-character play written and performed by American playwright Chambers Stevens. Written with a grant from The Tennessee Commission and the Ingram Industries Theater Fellowship Ingram Content Group
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* 2001:
Travels with Jack Lemmon's Dog
''Travels with Jack Lemmon's Dog'' is a play by Chambers Stevens. The comedy follows the real life account of two men taking actor Jack Lemmon's black poodle from California to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where the owner of the dog, Jack ...
* 2005:
Twain and Shaw Do Lunch
''Twain and Shaw Do Lunch'', formerly known as ''Shaw and Twain Do Lunch'', was written by Chambers Stevens and made its world premiere at Miami's New Theatre in December 2011. It is based on a real meeting between Mark Twain and George Bernard ...
* 2016 & 2019: It's Who You Know
* 2019: Pho Girl
* 2019: Acid Wash Love
* 2019: ExtraOrdinary
* 2019: Naked Man Rising
Author
* Magnificent Monologues for Kids: Kids’ Monologues for Every Occasion
Sandcastle Publishing
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1999
* 24 Carat Commercials for Kids: Everything Kids Need to Know Sensational
Sandcastle Publishing
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1999
* Sensational Scenes for Teens: The Scene Study-guide for Teen Actors
Sandcastle Publishing
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2001
* Magnificent Monologues For Teens: The Teens’ Monologue Source For Every Occasion!
Sandcastle Publishing
Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as sand brushing, sand sculpting, sand painting, or creating sand bottles. A sandcastle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The d ...
2002
* Sensational Scenes for Kids: The Scene Study-Guide for Young Actors
Sandcastle Publishing
Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as sand brushing, sand sculpting, sand painting, or creating sand bottles. A sandcastle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The d ...
2003
* The Ultimate Commercial Book for Kids and Teens: The Young Actors’ Commercial Study-guide
Sandcastle Publishing
Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as sand brushing, sand sculpting, sand painting, or creating sand bottles. A sandcastle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The d ...
2005
* Magnificent Monologues for Kids 2: More Kids’ Monologues for Every Occasion
Sandcastle Publishing
Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as sand brushing, sand sculpting, sand painting, or creating sand bottles. A sandcastle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The d ...
2009
Acting coach
Stevens has been an audition coach for young actors since 1990. His clients have appeared on television, film and the Broadway stage.
References
External links
Official Website
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1964 births
American male actors
Living people