Stephie Theodora is an award-winning screenwriter and director originally from London, Ontario, Canada.
Theatre
From the age of 6 to 18, Stephie was a part of the Original Kids Theatre Company, performing in several shows each year. When she was 15 years old, she was one of the youngest students accepted into the Beal Musical Theatre program, from which she graduated in 2005. At the age of 17, her first written play, Blow This Popsicle Stand, won a sweep of awards at the London One Act Festival and went on to tour Prague at the Prague Fringe Festival, where it finished in the top three of the 2007 festival.
During this time, she founded the Black Hand Theatre Collective, writing the play Silkworm, which toured Canada, Prague, and Berlin winning numerous awards and accolades. In 2008, she penned Artstetten, which was again shown in Canada and was featured at the Trans Yapıd Festival in Istanbul, Turkey. Finally, in 2009, she wrote a play called The Death of the Good, which was performed at the National Arts Centre in Hong Kong at MicroFest.
Later, she went on to direct Beckett's First Love in Vienna and study under Daniel Mroz and Peter Froehlich at the University of Ottawa, where she obtained an undergraduate degree in Theatre.
During this time, she founded the Black Hand Theatre Collective, writing the play Silkworm, which toured Canada, Prague, and Berlin winning numerous awards and accolades. In 2008, she penned Artstetten, which was again shown in Canada and was featured at the Trans Yapıd Festival in Istanbul, Turkey. Finally, in 2009, she wrote a play called The Death of the Good, which was performed at the National Arts Centre in Hong Kong at MicroFest.
Later, she went on to direct Beckett's First Love in Vienna and study under Daniel Mroz and Peter Froehlich at the University of Ottawa, where she obtained an undergraduate degree in Theatre.
MUSIC & RADIO
After moving to Berlin, Stephie founded and fronted the punk band The Polymonsters ("Trashiest Band in Europe" 2010), played trumpet for Humboldt University Big Band, and hosted the vintage jazz show Boogie Hour with Stephie Strumpet on WTNR Radio. She DJed in clubs across Berlin and Switzerland and was a wedding DJ for three years.
VIDEO GAMES
Worn down by Berlin's relentless night life, Stephie turned her focus to designing and programming video games, something she was passionate about since a child. Her satirical game Gentrification Monster launched her into the start up games industry in Berlin. She worked at Wooga starting as an intern then moving into Content Designer for 4 years on Pearl's Peril (120M+ players) and Bubble Island 2. She also developed Left4u a charity giving app nominated for a Der Spiegel Social Design Award. Since then she's contributed to multiple narrative game projects include Lunar Strike with Cognition Europe.
TELEVISION in LOs Angeles
After moving to Los Angeles, Stephie transitioned into animation with Straight From the Womb, which premiered at an animation festival in Sweden. She has since written for numerous animated television series, including Danger Mouse(Netflix/BBC), Hanazuki (Hasbro), Littlest Pet Shop (Hasbro), Invention Story (Mondo), Gummybear & Friends, FriendZSpace (The Jim Henson Company), Unikitty! (Warner Bros.), and Star Trek Scouts (Nickelodeon). She served as Story Editor and Head Writer on 56 episodes of Robot Trains and later became Head of Series Development at Fox & Sheep, where she adapted children's apps into television series, books, and a Spotify series. She also wrote the award-winning game Shine, which received the 2019 Webby Award for Best Kids & Family Game.
Relocation to Greece
Stephie founded Percepto Films in Athens, Greece, and has written more than 150 episodes of television for leading international broadcasters, studios, and streaming platforms. Her recent credits include productions for ZDF, Piggy Builders, Dino Daze, Rabbit Academy, Drone Cats, and Josephine & Toertle. She has also directed the short films Oracle Doomsday and The Rise of the Caryatids, starring Tzef Montana, which is currently touring the festival circuit. In addition, she was selected to participate in the prestigious Series Mania Eureka Series programme, sponsored by HBO.
Currently (July2026)
- Developing adult animated horror-comedy with FredFilms based on a popular 1950s film
- Created sitcom with Turning Point and Shaftesbury Films
- Created sitcom with Peacock Alley Entertainment
- Developing Yanni and Kosta's Monster Tours, a genre-bending fantasy-comedy project with Bob Munroe
- Developing and writing an animated Christmas movie with a loveable monster