Stephen has been working in improvisational theatre for 25+ years. While living in New York City he studied improv at various schools, studios and theatre companies such as: The PIT, UCB, AND Theatre Company, IN Studios, Gotham City Improv, and The Treehouse Theater.  Independently, he has had the privilege to study with some of the most prominent improv teachers from New York and L.A. including: David Razowsky, Jeff Michalski, Michael J. Gellman, Gary Austin, Scotty Watson, Jeff Wirth, Hal Peller and Mik Kuhlman. A graduate of the Acting program at the New York Film Academy in 2006.

 

As a teacher he has taught and coached various forms of improvisation at improv and theatre institutions. In Lisbon, ACT: Escola de Actores, Teatro Contra Senso, The Irreverent Improv Festival, and Fluxus Stage. The Barcelona Improv Group (BIG) in Barcelona. In New York, The Armory, AND Theatre Company and the Treehouse Theater. 

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As an improviser he has performed in the United States, Portugal and Spain, in theaters like: The PIT, UCB, The Magnet, The Tank, and The Annoyance in New York City, Fluxus Stage, Espaço Evoé, The Irreverent Improv Festival, and ODD Trindade in Lisbon, and the BIG IF 6 in Barcelona.

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He has also been in various sketch shows as an actor and writer for Gotham City Improv in NYC. As an actor he worked in New York stage and film productions and since he moved to Portugal, he has been working in commercials, soap operas and series such as Netflix’s “Rabo de Peixe.

 

He is the co-founder of Fluxus Stage, where he continues to research and develop his unique style and technique of approaching improvisation. He is the co-founder of Jelly Jam, Lisbon's oldest English Improv Jam and is a co-founder, director and a performer in the long-form improv group BAD J. JR!.