Stephie Theodora is an award-winning writer and director originally from London, Ontario, Canada. Her work spans theater, video games, animation, and monsters.
THEATRE
Raised in the world of theatre, Stephie spent her childhood with the Original Kids Theatre Company alongside Amber Marshall and Rachel McAdams. She later attended the prestigious Beal Musical Theatre Program in high school.
At just 17, Stephie’s debut play, Blow This Popsicle Stand, won multiple awards, including Best Script, People’s Choice, Critics’ Choice, and Best Actor at the London One Act Festival. The play later received the Best Original Script of 2005 award at the Theatre Excellence Awards. Stephie secured funding to remount the show, which went on to perform at the London Fringe Festival, where it caught the attention of the Prague Fringe Theatre director. This success led to an international tour, including performances in Prague.
In 2007, Stephie directed Samuel Beckett's First Love in Vienna, invited by the Vienna Theatre Project. She later studied at Ottawa University under renowned theatre directors Daniel Mroz and Peter Froehlich.
Her original play Silkworm, inspired by her mother's Hungarian heritage, toured in Canada, Prague, and Berlin to critical acclaim. It ranked in the top three at the Prague Fringe Festival in 2008. Following that success, Stephie’s play Artstetten debuted in Ottawa and later enjoyed a three-week run at the Trans Yapid Festival in Istanbul.
In 2009, her play The Death of the Good was invited to the Hong Kong MicroFest at the National Arts Center. After receiving her BA in Theatre, Stephie relocated to Berlin and founded laboratory theatre workshops in the Atelier Uberall art space.
MUSIC
By 2010, Stephie expanded her creative ventures, forming the techno punk band, The Polymonsters. The band won Trashiest Band in Europe in 2010. She also joined Jimmy Trash and the Gunpowder Temple of Heaven and played trumpet for Humboldt University’s Big Band.
In 2011, Stephie began hosting Boogie Hour with Stephie Strumpet on the WTNR Radio Network, featuring rare jazz music and guest interviews. She also worked as a DJ in Berlin's club scene and Switzerland’s jazz clubs.
VIDEO GAMES
Shifting to video games in 2012, Stephie designed, produced, and coded the mobile game Gentrification Monster, gaining the attention of Berlin Games Studio Wooga. After interning, she worked full-time at Wooga, eventually joining the team for Pearl's Peril, a game played by over 120 million people worldwide and translated into 17 languages. In 2014, Stephie developed the app Left4u, nominated for the Der Spiegel Social Design Award in Hamburg. She continued to work on various game projects at Wooga.
TELEVISION
In 2015, Stephie moved into animation, producing and writing the pilot Straight from the Womb with Talking Animals Animation Studio. The project premiered at the I.N.S.A.N.E Animation Festival in Malmo, Sweden, where Stephie also presented a talk.
In 2016, she joined the writing team for Danger Mouse on Netflix and BBC. She then relocated to Hollywood, writing for shows such as Hanazuki, Littlest Pet Shop, and Invention Story.
By 2018, Stephie was writing for the popular series Gummybear and Friends, contributing 13 episodes, including the hit Christmas special, which garnered over 2 million views on YouTube.
In 2019, Stephie joined Fox and Sheep Games as head of series development, turning children's games into TV shows, books, and a Spotify Radio Series. She also wrote Woobees, which won Best Kids and Family Game at the 2019 Webby Awards. That same year, she became story editor of Robot Trains, overseeing a 56-episode season, and joined the Jim Henson Company to write for FriendZSpace.
In 2020, Stephie collaborated with Rick and Morty director Bryan Newton to develop a new show for Cartoon Network, though it was later canceled.
In 2021, she started developing a kids' show for Mainframe Studios based on a popular toy property and wrote for Brazil’s beloved preschool series Lottie Dottie Chicken. After relocating to Athens, Greece, she founded Percepto Filmsand directed her first short film, Oracle Doomsday, which was featured at the Liftoff Film Festival at Pinewood Studios.
In 2022, Stephie wrote episodes for an animated series based on a popular German book series for ZDF Kids and shot the short film The Rise of the Caryatids in Athens, starring Tzef Montana. The film is currently touring international festivals.
In 2023, Stephie continued writing for ZDF Kids while attending the Series Mania Eureka Series Writing Programsponsored by HBO.
As of 2024, Stephie is writing on Piggy Builders, Dino Daze, Rabbit Academy and a new show with Digital Smiles. She is also in development with the Mad Scientist Movement on a Monster TV series as well as developing an animated show with Fredfilms in Los Angeles.
Stephie Theodora is the daughter of the proprietors of The Villa Jazz Club and is a first-generation Canadian with Hungarian and Greek roots.
She is passionate about jazz, tofurkey, and always writing in the third person.
THEATRE
Raised in the world of theatre, Stephie spent her childhood with the Original Kids Theatre Company alongside Amber Marshall and Rachel McAdams. She later attended the prestigious Beal Musical Theatre Program in high school.
At just 17, Stephie’s debut play, Blow This Popsicle Stand, won multiple awards, including Best Script, People’s Choice, Critics’ Choice, and Best Actor at the London One Act Festival. The play later received the Best Original Script of 2005 award at the Theatre Excellence Awards. Stephie secured funding to remount the show, which went on to perform at the London Fringe Festival, where it caught the attention of the Prague Fringe Theatre director. This success led to an international tour, including performances in Prague.
In 2007, Stephie directed Samuel Beckett's First Love in Vienna, invited by the Vienna Theatre Project. She later studied at Ottawa University under renowned theatre directors Daniel Mroz and Peter Froehlich.
Her original play Silkworm, inspired by her mother's Hungarian heritage, toured in Canada, Prague, and Berlin to critical acclaim. It ranked in the top three at the Prague Fringe Festival in 2008. Following that success, Stephie’s play Artstetten debuted in Ottawa and later enjoyed a three-week run at the Trans Yapid Festival in Istanbul.
In 2009, her play The Death of the Good was invited to the Hong Kong MicroFest at the National Arts Center. After receiving her BA in Theatre, Stephie relocated to Berlin and founded laboratory theatre workshops in the Atelier Uberall art space.
MUSIC
By 2010, Stephie expanded her creative ventures, forming the techno punk band, The Polymonsters. The band won Trashiest Band in Europe in 2010. She also joined Jimmy Trash and the Gunpowder Temple of Heaven and played trumpet for Humboldt University’s Big Band.
In 2011, Stephie began hosting Boogie Hour with Stephie Strumpet on the WTNR Radio Network, featuring rare jazz music and guest interviews. She also worked as a DJ in Berlin's club scene and Switzerland’s jazz clubs.
VIDEO GAMES
Shifting to video games in 2012, Stephie designed, produced, and coded the mobile game Gentrification Monster, gaining the attention of Berlin Games Studio Wooga. After interning, she worked full-time at Wooga, eventually joining the team for Pearl's Peril, a game played by over 120 million people worldwide and translated into 17 languages. In 2014, Stephie developed the app Left4u, nominated for the Der Spiegel Social Design Award in Hamburg. She continued to work on various game projects at Wooga.
TELEVISION
In 2015, Stephie moved into animation, producing and writing the pilot Straight from the Womb with Talking Animals Animation Studio. The project premiered at the I.N.S.A.N.E Animation Festival in Malmo, Sweden, where Stephie also presented a talk.
In 2016, she joined the writing team for Danger Mouse on Netflix and BBC. She then relocated to Hollywood, writing for shows such as Hanazuki, Littlest Pet Shop, and Invention Story.
By 2018, Stephie was writing for the popular series Gummybear and Friends, contributing 13 episodes, including the hit Christmas special, which garnered over 2 million views on YouTube.
In 2019, Stephie joined Fox and Sheep Games as head of series development, turning children's games into TV shows, books, and a Spotify Radio Series. She also wrote Woobees, which won Best Kids and Family Game at the 2019 Webby Awards. That same year, she became story editor of Robot Trains, overseeing a 56-episode season, and joined the Jim Henson Company to write for FriendZSpace.
In 2020, Stephie collaborated with Rick and Morty director Bryan Newton to develop a new show for Cartoon Network, though it was later canceled.
In 2021, she started developing a kids' show for Mainframe Studios based on a popular toy property and wrote for Brazil’s beloved preschool series Lottie Dottie Chicken. After relocating to Athens, Greece, she founded Percepto Filmsand directed her first short film, Oracle Doomsday, which was featured at the Liftoff Film Festival at Pinewood Studios.
In 2022, Stephie wrote episodes for an animated series based on a popular German book series for ZDF Kids and shot the short film The Rise of the Caryatids in Athens, starring Tzef Montana. The film is currently touring international festivals.
In 2023, Stephie continued writing for ZDF Kids while attending the Series Mania Eureka Series Writing Programsponsored by HBO.
As of 2024, Stephie is writing on Piggy Builders, Dino Daze, Rabbit Academy and a new show with Digital Smiles. She is also in development with the Mad Scientist Movement on a Monster TV series as well as developing an animated show with Fredfilms in Los Angeles.
Stephie Theodora is the daughter of the proprietors of The Villa Jazz Club and is a first-generation Canadian with Hungarian and Greek roots.
She is passionate about jazz, tofurkey, and always writing in the third person.