Steven Young was trained as an actor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professional Theatre Training Program and received an MFA in directing from Illinois State University.  In 1996, Young was chosen as an alternate for The New York Drama League's Directing Fellowship.  In 2009, Young completed a Certificate in Novel Writing at City University of London. Young has served as Artistic Director for the People's Theatre, located in Central Illinois; the Boxer Rebellion Ensemble in Chicago and served as the interim Artistic Director for New American Theatre in Rockford, Illinois. 

As a playwright, Young's work has been produced many times and has received a number of awards including The Resurrectionists - nominated for two Joseph Jefferson Citations, The Wal*Mart-ians - nominated for the Jerome Fellowship at the Minneapolis Playwrights Center, and Cheddar Heads - a finalist for the Prop Thtr National Showcase of New Plays in conjunction with the National New Plays Network.  Young has written and performed in multiple one-man shows at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe, garnering rave reviews. Young has also appeared in over thirty-seven Shakespearean Productions in such roles as Falstaff, Caliban, Hamlet, Bottom, Richard III, Toby Belch and Mercutio. 

At the Cambridge Shakespeare Festival, he directed The Taming of The Shrew and The Comedy of Errors.  Other directing credits include Hair, The Illusion and The Metamorphoses all at The Swine Palace in Louisiana; Henry VI, Part 3 at The Chicago Shakespeare Project; Mad Forest at The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and Arms and The Man at American Southwest Theatre. Young runs the Voodoo Comedy Club in Stamford, England and has extensively toured the UK as a performer.  In 2007 he was the runner-up for the Midlands Comedian of the Year.