In 1995, Steve Tietsort opened The Imagined Life® Studio with Diana Castle where he has been
directing and producing as well as teaching and coaching.
In addition to running the theatre/studio, he has worked as an adjunct professor at USC Drama School
in the BFA program directing on their main stage from 1997 – 2002.
Steve performed leading roles on stage with Ed Harris in SCAR. Other stage credits include: Fool for
Love, Equus, Crimes of the Heart, A Lesson from Aloes, Streamers and David in the DramaLogue
Award winning production of Strange Snow. Steve has also created leading roles in Refugees of Eden,
Eleven Stories/I-20, Screen Door Melody and Bottle Babies.
Steve opened The Imagined Life® Studio by directing a production of Split Second by
Dennis McIntyre that garnered two DramaLogue Awards for his actors Henry Sanders (Dr. Quinn
Medicine Woman) and Berlinda Tolbert (The Jefferson’s).
In '97 he directed Diana Castle in the west coast premiere of Easter collaborating with writer Will
Scheffer (Big Love). The show garnered Dramalogue Awards for Best Play, Best Director and Best
Actress. Other directing projects include: Sunday on The Rocks by Theresa Rebeck, Maiden's Prayer
by Nicky Silver, Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard and many others.
As a producer, He has worked with top talents Lily Tomlin and Julie Harris who were featured in our
Solo Festival and with two time Tony winning writer William Luce (The Belle of Amherst) as well as
Paula Cizmar (American Family) and Murray Mednick (Padua Hills Playwrights)
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Clients of The Imagined Life include: (partial list)
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Tony Hale (Emmy winner VEEP)
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Mike Epps (upcoming Pryor project)
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Common (Academy Award winner-Selma)
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Danny Pudi (Community)
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David Meunier (Justified, The Equalizer, Aquarius)
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Aml Ameen (The Butler, Maze Runner, Justice)
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Sherri Saum (The Fosters)
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Moon Bloodgood (Falling Skies)
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Annet Mahendru (The Americans)
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JR Lemon (The Night Shift)
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Robert Bailey Jr. (The Night Shift)
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Jason Blair (Whiplash)
Steve Tietsort