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Scott T. Barsotti is a playwright, screenwriter, director, and performer originally from Pittsburgh, PA, currently living in Chicago. Scott’s plays include The Revenants, McMeekin Finds Out, and Brewed and have played in Chicago, New York, New Orleans, and Pittsburgh; his work has been produced and/or developed by Curious Theatre Branch, WildClaw Theatre, The Route 66 Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, Dramatis Personae, Collision Theatre Company, Roundelay Theatre Company, Four Humours Theatre Company, EP Theater, and Around the Coyote. His plays have been seen at the New York International Fringe Festival and the Rhinoceros Theater Festival, as well as festivals produced by Collaboraction, American Theater Company, Performing Arts Chicago, The Mill Theatre, 13th Street Repertory, and the Players Theatre. Scott has also had writing commissioned by Chicago Children’s Theatre.
Scott is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, a company member of Curious Theatre Branch and WildClaw Theatre, and an artistic associate of Illegal Drama and Collaboraction.
In 2008, Los Angeles-based Tomorrow the World completed and released The Paranormalists, a short film Scott co-wrote with director Matt Bolish. His feature-length comedy All Wrong About People is currently under option.
Scott directed Prevention and Santa’s Helper for Illegal Drama and Hitting the Bricks (the third episode in Beau O’Reilly’s Madelyn Trilogy) for Curious Theatre Branch.
As a performer, Scott has appeared with Curious, Illegal Drama, Collaboraction, WNEP Theater, Pavement Group, and Halfway House to name a few. He loves a good world premiere. He was part of the No Danger of the…Spiritual Thing ensemble that performed at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art and won a 2006 ORGIE award for original theatre.
Scott teaches acting workshops for the National-Louis University Center for Gifted; he has been a mentor for Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Cross-Town Ensemble, and has many times been a guest/visiting artist for institutions around town including the University of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Scott received a BA in English from Denison University, and an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Top photo by Johnny Knight
Lower photo by Kristin Basta
