Steven Levenson

Steven Levenson born May 1984 is a Tony Awardwinning playwright screenwriter and television writer and producer His plays include If I Forget Core Values Seven Minutes In Heaven and The Language of Trees He wrote the book for the musical Dear Evan Hansen which won six Tony Awards including Best Book and Best Musical as well as the Olivier Award for Best New Musical He cocreated and executive produced the FX series FosseVerdon which was nominated for seventeen Emmy Awards including Best Limited Series and Best Writing for a Limited Series as well as for Critics Choice Association and Producers Guild Awards in addition to winning the Writers Guild Award and an AFI Award for Outstanding Series Other honors include the OBIE Award two Outer Critics Circle Awards and the John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award He adapted Jonathan Larsons tick tickboom directed by LinManuel Miranda for Netflix He is a graduate of Brown University