writing
mission statement ::: I grew up in my family's 105-year-old fish market, where I learned young the value of hard work, community, and legacy. As a youngster, I was a book nerd who fell in love with Shakespeare (in between raising my pet clams). Now, as a writer, I aspire to tell stories that reveal the Shakespearean poetry and fish-market humor in everyday lives and to establish collaborations that feel as much like family as life on the docks.
Stephanie made her playwriting debut Off-Broadway with her first play 17 ORCHARD POINT (co-author), starring Tony-winner Michele Pawk. Her other theatrical works have been developed at The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Atlantic Theater Company, Wheelhouse Theater, Playwrights Realm, Warren Miller Performing Arts Center and The Lark. She is a featured contributor in three books: Acting Teachers of America: A Vital Tradition, Performance of the Century: 100 Years of Actors’ Equity Association, and To Repair the World: Zelda Fichandler and the Transformation of American Theater.
She is currently in post-production for “GOING SO WELL,” a short film she wrote and directed, starring Margaret Colin and DB Sweeney. Her latest feature, WELCOME HOME, is in development with REBEL ROCKET ENTERTAINMENT.
acting
Stephanie’s career spans over a decade of work in America’s top theaters, television, and digital content. Some of her theatrical highlights include making her Broadway debut in a new play by John Guare, directed by George C. Wolfe; her lead role opposite Nick Offerman in the world premiere stage adaptation of A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES produced by Stephen Soderbergh; and her role in the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis' JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN (NYT Top 10 Productions of the Year). She was last seen on stage in the world premiere of LIGHTENING: OR THE UNBUTTONING by Pulitzer Prize Winner Beth Henley, directed by Mark Brokaw. You can catch her recurring TV roles on season two of STRANGERS and seasons five and six of YOUNGER. Stephanie holds a BA in Theater from Fordham University and an MFA from NYU's Graduate Acting Program.
“Stephanie DiMaggio’s performance is lust-inspiring, suggesting a hybrid of Amy Winehouse and Sophia Loren, that melds cross-cultural references into a delicious and original comic creation.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES (Ben Brantley, Love's Labors Lost, The Public Theater)
“DiMaggio…tells a whole play’s worth of story with gestures and expressions that shows progression from dubious to shocked to kittenish to moved, all with hardly a word.” - VARIETY (Love's Labors Lost, The Public Theater)
“DiMaggio draws all the comic male characters to her like bees to honey, she gets the biggest laughs with the fewest lines. That’s because DiMaggio underplays Jaquenetta’s sexuality and slowly allows her to delight in her power over the males.” - BACKSTAGE (Love's Labors Lost, The Public Theater)