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EDUCATION:

  • Alma Manus: MA in Screen writing

  • Yale School of Drama: MFA in Acting

  • Simon Fraser University: BFA in Theater and Art

Stephanie Hayes is a Swedish/British actor/writer/theater artist living in Malmö, Sweden and Brooklyn, New York. 

A CHRONOLOGY

80's: Sweden. Was born. Wrote long stories about cave men. Faked a concussion.

90's: First kiss. Tried to join a band. United World College of the Atlantic, Wales. Glaciers in Norway. Overcame fear of old folks. Short stories. International relations. 

00's: Canada. Simon Fraser University. BFA in Performance. Theater and film. Tigermilk Collective. Moved back to Stockholm. Trans-Siberian Railway. Rockstar dreams. Taught theater in Irkutsk. Bar-tended in a Cuban nightclub. Yale School of Drama

10's: New York City. February House at the Public. Playwriting. Richard Foreman at the Public. Russian Girls at Yale Rep. Illusions. Baryshnikov Art Center. Mabou Mines. Birthed a human. Elevator Repair Service. Drew with my hands. Slow Machine: a feature film. Worked on a book for people in hospital and a road movie for women.

Sweden. Started teaching theater at Östra Grevie. Began collaboration with Bombina Bombast. Voice of incontinence: a job that paid a bunch of bills. Wrote and performed Vaska in Amsterdam. Birthed another human. HORSE: worked on a play about waiting for someone to die. Mother (verb) at Inkonst with Emma. Grief. Death. Writing. A love letter epic to @azkelsey.

20’s: Back to US to do Testmatch at Yale Rep. Covid-19. Back to Sweden. Stay at home. Slow machine premiers at Rotterdam & the NYFF. Studying screen writing at Alma Manusutbildning. Mother (2.0) with Bombina Bombast. Developing feature with Art & Bob. Pre-production of short film Gloria. TV: Played a Romanian peasant that gets mailed by vampires, a police officer who threatens teenagers, and an American heiress who wreaks havoc in Denmark.