Stanislav Štepka

Stanislav Štepka is a Slovak playwright, director, actor, and the leading figure of the Radošina Naive Theatre. Born in 1944 in Radošina, he graduated from the Faculty of Education in Nitra and later studied journalism in Bratislava. His entire career is tied to the Radošina Naive Theatre, which he founded in 1963 and still exclusively writes for today. Using kind, accessible humor, his plays comment on the lives of ordinary people and typical human traits. He has written over sixty original productions, with his 1970 plays Jááánošííík and Človečina being among the most iconic. On stage, he formed an unforgettable comic duo with actress Katarína Kolníková for many years. He is also known from television and film screens. He starred in the film Konečná stanica (2004), which he also wrote, and appeared in dozens of TV adaptations of his plays, such as Ženské oddelenie and Hostinec Grand.