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STEVEN STOLI
- Executive Producer/CEO -
He wrote, produced, directed, and starred in his very first play in 1960 at the age of 7. It was performed in his backyard here in San Antonio. A native San Antonian, he graduated from Winston Churchill
High School and The University of Texas-Austin. The first nine years of his career was
in banking. The last position he held was as the Bank Marketing Director of a Houston Bank Holding
Company - Western Bancorp.
However, while attending a retreat conducted by his Uncle, Joseph R. Caldwell, S.J., in California, Steven read the book,
The Road Less Traveled. He then realized God was telling him it was time to follow the path he started on when he was seven. He
left the bank and his beloved marketing staff to entertain the audiences.
Steven
is celebrating his 25th year in the entertainment business.
His career led him to New York City, Hollywood, Ca., Dallas,
Atlanta, etc, etc. till he came back to his hometown... San Antonio
to start his own production company. In 1990, he formed The Steven Stoli Entertainment Group,
Inc. and produced touring stage plays, videos and promotional events.
Steven performed in national tours for the national characters of Capt. Henry
Morgan- click for photo, Jack Daniels, Dr. Rupert
RumpleMinze, and Dr. Comfort
Chemistry.
In 1994, the Entertainment Group moved into The Steven Stoli Playhouse and BackYard Theatre for
Kids. In Sept.,
2008, he reached a milestone when Steven produced the 300th show at The Playhouse.

He has over 650 credits as an actor, writer, director, and producer in TV, theatre, videos, print, radio and movies.
The western comedy he wrote in 1993, “Hang ‘em High in the Selma Sky!”
originally schedule for a 12 week run, ended up running for 63
weeks, with 50 of those being consecutive sell-outs. It is still today the longest running comedy
murder mystery in S. A. history!
Click here to see short video
Click here for
review
Steven also wrote “1943-The Homefront” and “It Happened One Night on the S.S. Applewhite!” both nominated for Best Original Script by the
GLOBE Awards. He also wrote and produced "The Three
Bears Go to Fiesta, The Three Bears Thanksgiving and The Three Bears
Go to The Beach."
Steven received
six GLOBE Awards for Best Drama and Comedy for his productions of
Trip to Bountiful, Driving Miss Daisy, Steel Magnolias,
Waiting for MacArthur and Shirley Valentine. He also
has four Globe Awards for Best Director plus three more
GLOBE awards for Best Lighting
awards. Steven produced the Live Radio Theatre broadcast of War of the Worlds on October 31, 1998
(the fiftieth anniversary) on KTSA radio.
In December, 1999, Steven was named one of the top
20 most influential people in the entertainment field here in San Antonio, by the Express-News. The Friends of the San Antonio Public Library honored him with the
2000-2001 Arts & Letters Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts and
Today’s Catholic Newspaper named him a St. Vincent de Paul Guardian
Angel.
Steven dedicated The Playhouse to his father Bob, who was his business partner and mentor until his passing in August of 1994.
After 15 years as the owner and Executive Producer of The Steven
Stoli Playhouse, The BackYard Theatre for Kids and The Acting Studio
at The Playhouse, Steven sold the theatre to his Director of The
Acting Studio, Jessie Rose. It is now call, The Rose Theatre.
Steven continues the operation of his new Steven Stoli
Edu-Tainment Group which consists of The BackYard Theatre for Kids,
BackYard Theatre - On The Road, Drama - Staff Development for
Teachers, Story-Telling and teaching Basic Acting for Non-Actors and
Camp Hollywood.
He would like to thank his late friend Wanda for her coffee and peanut butter toast. To his daughters, Larissa and Elise for their love and understanding and to his mother, Mary Kay, for her continuing support and love. And to
Caitlyn, River, Cheyann, Mighty Joe Louis, Cadyn and little "Raynedrop"
(Sophia Rayne - his newest granddaughter) for keeping him young! And to Paula Jo who from the beginning, has always been there for me, Sandy who keeps me on the straight and narrow,
Larissa for their youth and passion, Elise for her spiritual talks and his Uncle Joe - the Jesuit - who has given him spiritual
guidance through the years that helped Steven achieve the direction that God set up for him.
TUNE IN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING from 8 am to 9pm to
hear STEVEN as he partners up with WAYNE HARRELL of THE GARDEN CENTER
on 106.7 FM TALK to bring you...
DIG IN -
A very informative but very funny and
entertaining Garden and Landscaping Show.
or
listen to us on the web and call in with your questions or comments
Me and the grandkids..... thanksgiving 2008
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