Stephen Brackett

Stephen Brackett
Education	New York University (BFA)
Occupation	Director

Stephen Brackett is an American stage director best known for directing the Broadway musicals A Strange Loop, Be More Chill, and The Lightning Thief. For his work on A Strange Loop, Brackett received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical at the 75th Tony Awards.

Early life and education

Brackett has a BFA from New York University, where he attended Playwrights Horizons Theater School.

Career

Brackett was assistant director to Annie Dorsen on the Public Theatre and Broadway productions of Passing Strange.

Off-Broadway, Brackett has directed To My Girls (at Second Stage Theatre), The Mad Ones (59E59 Theaters), City Of (Playwrights Horizons), and Buyer & Cellar (Barrow Street).

His Off-Broadway productions of A Strange Loop (originally produced at Playwrights Horizons, Be More Chill (at the Pershing Square Signature Center), and The Lightning Thief (at the Lucille Lortel Theater), all subsequently transferred to Broadway. A Strange Loop won the Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and Tony Award for Best Musical. For his efforts, Brackett was Tony-nominated for Best Direction of a Musical, and received the Best Director Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2020	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Director	A Strange Loop	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Director of a Musical		Won
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Director of a Musical		Won
	Obie Award	Special Citation		Won
2022
	Tony Award	Best Direction of a Musical	A Strange Loop	Nominated

External links

• Stephen Brackett at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Stephen Brackett at the Internet Broadway Database