Steve Umberger: New / recent

Directing and *producing

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Riverside Theatre, FL, 2026

Riverside is Florida’s largest professional theatre and continues to expand, an encouraging story in these challenging times for the arts. Nice to be back to direct my first Theresa Rebeck play, having been there for the first time 23 years ago with Shirley Valentine, which we produced under Playworks Group and then toured to many theatres starting with Riverside.

The Voices Project: A City Church (2026)*

An intimate look inside an iconic Greenwich Village church

A project and film about the 310 year old “Church of the Patriots" and its people

Screening: Cinema Village, Greenwich Village, May 16 (Run time 80 mins)

The Acting Our Age Project (2017-2025)*

A series with people whose long lives and rich stories also tell our history

Year-long developed projects in professionally produced stage productions and films

Acting Our Age 2024-2025*

Voices of the Harbors

Developed by Lyndall Hare & Steve Umberger / Directed by Steve Umberger

Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, Sarasota FL

Sponsored by Plymouth Harbor / Jeff Weatherhead, CEO

Produced by The Playworks Group / Steve Umberger, Director

10 people born in the last decade of The Silent Generation (and now ages 79-89) relive the challenges of leaving home to find home in a defining time of innovation in America and abroad. A live stage-and-film event created from the life experiences of the cast, the stories include living, working, and having family connections in Australia, Burma, China, Canada, India, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland and Viet Nam, all illuminating the remarkable quilt of the world's cultures, and America's place in that quilt.

2027 New Play Project*

in development

Celebrating the life and work of Graham Smith

New project in development for 2027*

Graham appeared in over 200 plays and eleven films, and was a long-time company member with Charlotte Repertory Theatre, People's Light in Philadelphia, Florida Rep, and The Works. He was a force, a friend, and a champion of the arts, education, and professional regional theatre. Read more about Graham's work here.

Looking forward to a reschedule of Shea Sizemore’s feature film Bygone Billy after its premiere at RiverRun International Film Festival was postponed. (The cast of the film includes R. Keith Harris, Danielle Deadwyler, Craig Hensley, Tonya Bludsworth, Brian LaFontaine, Rebecca Koon, Maria Howell, Steve Umberger.)