Stephen Peirick

Upcoming Performances (Directing):

 

Stephen will direct Stephen Sondheim's musical, Merrily We Roll Along, with Take Two Productions from Sept. 27 - Oct. 5, 2025. Click here for tickets and more information.
 

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Click here to see Stephen's "About the Artists"

Profile.
 

Now published! Stephen's one-act play, A Tangled Mess, is now available for through Original Works Publishing, who will be handling rights/licensing requests as well. Order your copy from Amazon today!

Reviews:

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Review of The Inheritance, with the Tesseract Theatre Company, in April/May 2024:

"Visionary Director Stephen Peirick Delivers A Compelling Drama" - James Lindhorst, BroadwayWorld St. Louis

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Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with Stray Dog "Theatre in February 2023, playing the role of George:

Establishing a tempestuous dynamic, Peirick and Bollini dig deep for their revelatory gut-wrenching performances, and both are at their career best." - Lynn Venhaus, PopLifeSTL.com

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"This restraint allows Stephen Peirick and Mara Bollini to shine as George and Martha. Peirick, in particular, is sensational, giving George a textured cruelty that masks his personal damage." - Rob Levy, BroadwayWorld St. Louis

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Review of The Normal Heart at Stray Dog Theatre in June 2022, playing the role of Ned Weeks:
"Stephen Peirick, as Weeks, turns in his best work to date, adding perspective and insight into an often brusque, demanding and at times unrelenting character. Peirick resists any inclination to make the character likeable and instead creates a man we care about deeply despite and because of his direct, action first persona." - Tina Farmer, KDHX.org

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"In this production, Stephen Peirick gives an unforgettable, fireball performance as Ned Weeks/Larry Kramer, interspersed with regular moments of heartbreaking intimacy, as he and his friends start up the Gay Men's Health Crisis (now simply "GMHC"). And the same energy that helped Kramer start it all becomes his own poetic undoing at the end. It should have been so different, but that's what lifts it into art." - Richard Green, Talkin' Broadway

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Review of Good People, with Stray Dog Theatre, in February 2022, playing the role of Mike Dillon:
"Peirick embodies Mike’s sense of entitlement and reluctance to give an inch when cornered. The character is not so much malevolent as he is indifferent to the struggles of folks like Margie. His own burden is that although he has escaped from Southie, he will never quite escape from himself." - Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 

Review of Fun Home, directed/choreographed by Stephen Peirick, with Take Two Productions in October 2021:
"The production is a triumph for Stephen Peirick, who is credited in the program with the direction, choreography, costumes, lighting, and props. Peirick shares the scenic design credit with master carpenter Josh Smith. The set’s hand-drawn look is an inspired choice for a show about a cartoonist." - Gerry Kowarsky, Two on the Aisle