FREDERICK STROPPEL is a New York-based playwright who has had productions of his work at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, the John Houseman Theater, Synchronicity Space, the Theater Row Theater, the West Bank Cafe, and The 29th Street Repertory Theater. His full-length comedy FORTUNE’S FOOLS was produced Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theater, and has been published by Samuel French, Inc. His one-act play JUDGMENT CALL was a winner of the Jury Prize at the 1997 Aspen Comedy Festival. TALES FROM THE MANHATTAN WOODS, his modern version of “Die Fledermaus”, was staged at the Producer’s Club in 1998. Last summer, two new collections of one-acts, KIDNEY STONES and MORTAL COILS, were performed at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and the Mint Space, both in NYC. And last summer, FORTUNE’S FOOLS joined the repertory of the Madach Kamera in Budapest, Hungary.

In Los Angeles, Mr. Stroppel’s one-act plays DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and PACKAGE DEAL were winners of 1994 Drama-Logue Awards, and his comedy ACTOR! was staged at the Egyptian Arena Theatre in 2000. His published plays, all with Samuel French, include DO OVER, A CHANCE MEETING, A GOOD MAN, ACTOR!, and two collections of one-acts: SINGLE AND PROUD AND OTHER PLAYS and JUDGMENT CALL AND OTHER PLAYS. He is also a founding member of THIRD RAIL COMEDY, a New York City-based sketch group.

Mr. Stroppel co-wrote the screenplay for A BROOKLYN STATE OF MIND, which featured Danny Aiello and Vincent Spano. Previous screenplays include the independent films ALMOST PREGNANT and DARK SIDE OF GENIUS. Television work includes two seasons as a staff writer for the HBO series A LITTLE CURIOUS. He served as story editor for the Nickelodeon series OSWALD and the Playhouse Disney series JOJO’s CIRCUS, and is currently writing for CLIFFORD’S PUPPY DAYS.

Mr. Stroppel has served as a Resident Playwright with Performers At Work Theater Company, and the Courtyard Players. He has belonged to the B.M.I. Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Librettists Workshop for the past ten years. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild of America East, and PEN International.