Steve Wargo

Steve Wargo is a director, playwright, producer, and cofounder/Chief Creative Officer of the Denver Immersive Repertory Theater. Prior to moving to the mountains, Steve moved mountains in NYC for over two decades as the Founding Artistic Director of both Personal Space Theatrics and The Queensborough Theatre Project, as well as the Creative Director of Resounding, an immersive audio entertainment company, which produced multiple live immersive audio plays during the pandemic lockdown, including the very first play to open in New York before a live paying audience after the industry shutdown, the unauthorized parody in verse Clu-eth. Favorite credits include (as director): Brigadoon (Colorado Candlelight); the immersive concert experience Kabarett Weimar; seven NYC productions of his adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol; David Ives’ Don Juan in Chicago (first NYC revival); The Duchess, aka Wallis Simpson and Orchidelirium (both U.S. premieres). As writer: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with Dianne Adams McDowell (NYC: PST, Chain Theatre, The QTP; Regionally: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Anthem Theater Company); Triassic Parq: The Musical; Scooby-Doosical with Keith Varney. As producer: the late, great Arthur Kopit’s revised BecauseHeCan (first NYC revival). A Pittsburgh native, Steve earned his BFA in Musical Theater from Syracuse University, and is a proud Member of the Dramatists Guild. Instagram: @thestevewargo