He moved to America at a young age and entered film in 1912 aged 42. He starred in a total of 230 films between then and 1928. He is also credited with directing 7 films.
John Steppling (born June 18, 1951, Burbank, California), is an American playwright, screenwriter and teacher. Steppling's plays have been produced in the United States and Europe. He is the recipient of many honors, including fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, a residency at the McDowell Colony and has received PEN-West, LA Weekly and Dramalogue awards for his theatrical work. Steppling's influence is acknowledged by a generation of Los Angeles playwrights starting out in the 1980s, including Jon Robin Baitz, Marlene Mayer, Kelly Stuart, and Michael Sargent.
Early life
Born in Burbank, Steppling was raised in Hollywood and attended Hollywood High. His mother was a former beauty queen turned bookmaker who suffered from alcoholism. His father, Carl Steppling was a part-time actor and wardrobe assistant. His grandfather, John Steppling, was a silent-film actor who appeared in many Essanay films. Steppling has noted that his upbringing moving from neighborhood to neighborhood in L.A with a family at the fringe of the film industry influenced his work, in particular, The Dream Coast. His experiences of the "seamy underside" of Los Angeles influenced the characters in his plays, which often concern the marginalized of American society.
Theatre , Silence, Contingency and the Human - Reflections with John Steppling and Brett Ramsey
Another installment in this series of reflections with John Steppling, and, here, a new interlocutor, Brett Ramsey, we consider what is the theatre in fundamental, even philosophical terms, distinguishing it from mere spectacle. Along the way a number of considerations... what is the actor performing, what is the actor, what is the relation of the theatre to the human, and how is contemporary society hostile, even diametrically opposed to the the practice of theatre...
John's blog can be found here, along with links to his conversations at Aesthetic Resistance:
https://john-steppling.com/contact/
published: 10 Aug 2023
Technology and Class Consciousness - A Chat with John Steppling
Beginning with a Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction as a Touchstone", we consider the ramifications of digital technologies for the production, or perhaps rather the dissolution of art and culture. From there, we amble through various other themes, leading to a reflection on the nature of class consciousness, and how technology redounds upon classes in different ways. Plenty of delightful tangents along the way.
John Steppling's Blog is to be found here:
https://john-steppling.com/
And his peerless podcast, Aesthetic Resistance, is to be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/aestheticresistance
published: 21 Jun 2023
“Pullquote” with John Steppling
John Steppling is an American playwright and screenwriter and is an original founding member of the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival and is artistic director of the theatre collective Gunfighter Nation.
His plays include The Shaper, Dream Coast, Standard of the Breed, The Thrill, Wheel of Fortune, Dogmouth, and Phantom Luck.
Steppling hosts the podcast Aesthetic Resistance and is a frequent guest on Press TV.
published: 23 Jun 2021
#24 John Steppling & Johan Eddebo
I denne episoden har vi med oss John Steppling og Johan Eddebo, som sammen lager podkasten Aesthetic Resistance. Steppling har bakgrunn som dramatiker og manusforfatter. Han bor i Trøndelag, med norsk kone og tre barn. Eddebo har en Ph.D. i religionsfilosofi og jobber for tiden med prosjektet "Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Human Dignity". I samtalen er vi innom teknologi, media, propaganda, den politiske situasjonen i verden og estetikkbegrepet, blant annet.
Denne episoden er på engelsk.
Podkasten Aesthetic Resistance: https://soundcloud.com/aestheticresistance
Johns blogg: https://john-steppling.com/
Johans blogg: https://substack.com/profile/51229859-laughlyn-johan-eddebo
published: 10 Oct 2022
Interview with John Steppling about Corona Crisis and Anti-racist Protests in the United States
The Fact Season 3 / Episode 23
Subject:
The Triangle of the #Corona Crisis, the Economic Crisis and Anti-racist Protests in the United States and its Impact on the Presidential Election
Guest:
🔷 John Steppling
🔷 Writer and Commentator from Norway
Host:
S. Foad Mahdavi
#Racism #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #Icantbreathe
published: 24 Jun 2020
John Steppling on Ukraine and Russia
PressTV News
published: 25 Feb 2022
US military suicides, by John Steppling
published: 29 Sep 2020
Is it
Age of Kali.
According to Hindu mythology we are living in "Kali Yuga", the Age of Kali, an ever repeating cycle and a time of darkness , decadence and deterioration - but for some a chance for illumination... a hypnotic and provocative new film by Rafal Zielinski, written by John Steppling. ▶ Watch Now ⦿ http://FilmArtMovies.com. ☼ Every download helps to fund our next, movie and you can receive an Associate Producer credit! ♡
published: 24 Apr 2013
The Uninvited
John Steppling, of Gunfighter Nation, opening remarks.
published: 22 Jun 2011
Israel desperate to win the propaganda war - John Steppling
Another installment in this series of reflections with John Steppling, and, here, a new interlocutor, Brett Ramsey, we consider what is the theatre in fundament...
Another installment in this series of reflections with John Steppling, and, here, a new interlocutor, Brett Ramsey, we consider what is the theatre in fundamental, even philosophical terms, distinguishing it from mere spectacle. Along the way a number of considerations... what is the actor performing, what is the actor, what is the relation of the theatre to the human, and how is contemporary society hostile, even diametrically opposed to the the practice of theatre...
John's blog can be found here, along with links to his conversations at Aesthetic Resistance:
https://john-steppling.com/contact/
Another installment in this series of reflections with John Steppling, and, here, a new interlocutor, Brett Ramsey, we consider what is the theatre in fundamental, even philosophical terms, distinguishing it from mere spectacle. Along the way a number of considerations... what is the actor performing, what is the actor, what is the relation of the theatre to the human, and how is contemporary society hostile, even diametrically opposed to the the practice of theatre...
John's blog can be found here, along with links to his conversations at Aesthetic Resistance:
https://john-steppling.com/contact/
Beginning with a Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction as a Touchstone", we consider the ramifications of digital technologie...
Beginning with a Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction as a Touchstone", we consider the ramifications of digital technologies for the production, or perhaps rather the dissolution of art and culture. From there, we amble through various other themes, leading to a reflection on the nature of class consciousness, and how technology redounds upon classes in different ways. Plenty of delightful tangents along the way.
John Steppling's Blog is to be found here:
https://john-steppling.com/
And his peerless podcast, Aesthetic Resistance, is to be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/aestheticresistance
Beginning with a Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction as a Touchstone", we consider the ramifications of digital technologies for the production, or perhaps rather the dissolution of art and culture. From there, we amble through various other themes, leading to a reflection on the nature of class consciousness, and how technology redounds upon classes in different ways. Plenty of delightful tangents along the way.
John Steppling's Blog is to be found here:
https://john-steppling.com/
And his peerless podcast, Aesthetic Resistance, is to be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/aestheticresistance
John Steppling is an American playwright and screenwriter and is an original founding member of the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival and is artistic director of...
John Steppling is an American playwright and screenwriter and is an original founding member of the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival and is artistic director of the theatre collective Gunfighter Nation.
His plays include The Shaper, Dream Coast, Standard of the Breed, The Thrill, Wheel of Fortune, Dogmouth, and Phantom Luck.
Steppling hosts the podcast Aesthetic Resistance and is a frequent guest on Press TV.
John Steppling is an American playwright and screenwriter and is an original founding member of the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival and is artistic director of the theatre collective Gunfighter Nation.
His plays include The Shaper, Dream Coast, Standard of the Breed, The Thrill, Wheel of Fortune, Dogmouth, and Phantom Luck.
Steppling hosts the podcast Aesthetic Resistance and is a frequent guest on Press TV.
I denne episoden har vi med oss John Steppling og Johan Eddebo, som sammen lager podkasten Aesthetic Resistance. Steppling har bakgrunn som dramatiker og manusf...
I denne episoden har vi med oss John Steppling og Johan Eddebo, som sammen lager podkasten Aesthetic Resistance. Steppling har bakgrunn som dramatiker og manusforfatter. Han bor i Trøndelag, med norsk kone og tre barn. Eddebo har en Ph.D. i religionsfilosofi og jobber for tiden med prosjektet "Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Human Dignity". I samtalen er vi innom teknologi, media, propaganda, den politiske situasjonen i verden og estetikkbegrepet, blant annet.
Denne episoden er på engelsk.
Podkasten Aesthetic Resistance: https://soundcloud.com/aestheticresistance
Johns blogg: https://john-steppling.com/
Johans blogg: https://substack.com/profile/51229859-laughlyn-johan-eddebo
I denne episoden har vi med oss John Steppling og Johan Eddebo, som sammen lager podkasten Aesthetic Resistance. Steppling har bakgrunn som dramatiker og manusforfatter. Han bor i Trøndelag, med norsk kone og tre barn. Eddebo har en Ph.D. i religionsfilosofi og jobber for tiden med prosjektet "Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Human Dignity". I samtalen er vi innom teknologi, media, propaganda, den politiske situasjonen i verden og estetikkbegrepet, blant annet.
Denne episoden er på engelsk.
Podkasten Aesthetic Resistance: https://soundcloud.com/aestheticresistance
Johns blogg: https://john-steppling.com/
Johans blogg: https://substack.com/profile/51229859-laughlyn-johan-eddebo
The Fact Season 3 / Episode 23
Subject:
The Triangle of the #Corona Crisis, the Economic Crisis and Anti-racist Protests in the United States and its Impact o...
The Fact Season 3 / Episode 23
Subject:
The Triangle of the #Corona Crisis, the Economic Crisis and Anti-racist Protests in the United States and its Impact on the Presidential Election
Guest:
🔷 John Steppling
🔷 Writer and Commentator from Norway
Host:
S. Foad Mahdavi
#Racism #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #Icantbreathe
The Fact Season 3 / Episode 23
Subject:
The Triangle of the #Corona Crisis, the Economic Crisis and Anti-racist Protests in the United States and its Impact on the Presidential Election
Guest:
🔷 John Steppling
🔷 Writer and Commentator from Norway
Host:
S. Foad Mahdavi
#Racism #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #Icantbreathe
Age of Kali.
According to Hindu mythology we are living in "Kali Yuga", the Age of Kali, an ever repeating cycle and a time of darkness , decadence and deterior...
Age of Kali.
According to Hindu mythology we are living in "Kali Yuga", the Age of Kali, an ever repeating cycle and a time of darkness , decadence and deterioration - but for some a chance for illumination... a hypnotic and provocative new film by Rafal Zielinski, written by John Steppling. ▶ Watch Now ⦿ http://FilmArtMovies.com. ☼ Every download helps to fund our next, movie and you can receive an Associate Producer credit! ♡
Age of Kali.
According to Hindu mythology we are living in "Kali Yuga", the Age of Kali, an ever repeating cycle and a time of darkness , decadence and deterioration - but for some a chance for illumination... a hypnotic and provocative new film by Rafal Zielinski, written by John Steppling. ▶ Watch Now ⦿ http://FilmArtMovies.com. ☼ Every download helps to fund our next, movie and you can receive an Associate Producer credit! ♡
Another installment in this series of reflections with John Steppling, and, here, a new interlocutor, Brett Ramsey, we consider what is the theatre in fundamental, even philosophical terms, distinguishing it from mere spectacle. Along the way a number of considerations... what is the actor performing, what is the actor, what is the relation of the theatre to the human, and how is contemporary society hostile, even diametrically opposed to the the practice of theatre...
John's blog can be found here, along with links to his conversations at Aesthetic Resistance:
https://john-steppling.com/contact/
Beginning with a Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction as a Touchstone", we consider the ramifications of digital technologies for the production, or perhaps rather the dissolution of art and culture. From there, we amble through various other themes, leading to a reflection on the nature of class consciousness, and how technology redounds upon classes in different ways. Plenty of delightful tangents along the way.
John Steppling's Blog is to be found here:
https://john-steppling.com/
And his peerless podcast, Aesthetic Resistance, is to be found here:
https://soundcloud.com/aestheticresistance
John Steppling is an American playwright and screenwriter and is an original founding member of the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival and is artistic director of the theatre collective Gunfighter Nation.
His plays include The Shaper, Dream Coast, Standard of the Breed, The Thrill, Wheel of Fortune, Dogmouth, and Phantom Luck.
Steppling hosts the podcast Aesthetic Resistance and is a frequent guest on Press TV.
I denne episoden har vi med oss John Steppling og Johan Eddebo, som sammen lager podkasten Aesthetic Resistance. Steppling har bakgrunn som dramatiker og manusforfatter. Han bor i Trøndelag, med norsk kone og tre barn. Eddebo har en Ph.D. i religionsfilosofi og jobber for tiden med prosjektet "Artificial Intelligence, Democracy and Human Dignity". I samtalen er vi innom teknologi, media, propaganda, den politiske situasjonen i verden og estetikkbegrepet, blant annet.
Denne episoden er på engelsk.
Podkasten Aesthetic Resistance: https://soundcloud.com/aestheticresistance
Johns blogg: https://john-steppling.com/
Johans blogg: https://substack.com/profile/51229859-laughlyn-johan-eddebo
The Fact Season 3 / Episode 23
Subject:
The Triangle of the #Corona Crisis, the Economic Crisis and Anti-racist Protests in the United States and its Impact on the Presidential Election
Guest:
🔷 John Steppling
🔷 Writer and Commentator from Norway
Host:
S. Foad Mahdavi
#Racism #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd #Icantbreathe
Age of Kali.
According to Hindu mythology we are living in "Kali Yuga", the Age of Kali, an ever repeating cycle and a time of darkness , decadence and deterioration - but for some a chance for illumination... a hypnotic and provocative new film by Rafal Zielinski, written by John Steppling. ▶ Watch Now ⦿ http://FilmArtMovies.com. ☼ Every download helps to fund our next, movie and you can receive an Associate Producer credit! ♡
He moved to America at a young age and entered film in 1912 aged 42. He starred in a total of 230 films between then and 1928. He is also credited with directing 7 films.
It is delusion.” — A SolutionWithout a Solution, September 18, 2021, John Steppling. Yes, John, these are monsters, and they are elite, and they are the chosen few, and yes, they come from a select ...
— John Steppling ...Writer John Wight has described the new Cold War as being “in response to Russia’s recovery from the demise of the Soviet Union and the failed attempt to turn the country into a ...