February 2026​​

• McIntosh was named an Official Selection of the Garden State Film Festival in Asbury Park, NJ. 

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January 2026​​

• "I adore the message in Steven Hayet’s “McIntosh”: there is no role that is too small, and everyone has value." Check out Steven's interview with Ali Vela from The Film Journal! 

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• Steven's one minute play My Mare Lady was included by Fresh Words: An International Literary Magazine in their “HELLO GODOT! An Anthology of One Minute Existential Plays, Vol. 11”​

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December 2025​​

• McIntosh won Best of the Fest for Animation at the Nassau Film Festival in Princeton, NJ!

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• The talented students at Lesley University performed Date with Death as part of their Thank You Ten festival!

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November 2025​​

• McIntosh received a nomination for Best 2D Animated Short at the Tanzanite International Animation Festival in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania!

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• The incredible students of Mynderse Academy in Seneca Falls, NY will be performing four of Steven's plays including Sidequest, Knickknacks and Whatnots, Playing with Fired, and the premiere of Family, Treasure!

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• On November 13th, Rose and Pearl Entertainment will present a staged reading of Steven's new solo play Book Em!, a murder mystery comedy, starring the incredible Jeffrey M. Bender.  

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• McIntosh was named an Official Selection of the Nassau Film Festival in Princeton, NJ and the Tanzanite International Animation Festival in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania!!

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October 2025

• On October 25th, Steven participated in Chester Theatre Group's 24 Hour Play Festival. Directed by Lily Boyle and starring Alicia Harabin, Brenna Knight, and Shawna Lagan, Measure Twice, Love Once made its debut! You can read this time-travel comedy on the New Play Exchange!

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• Steven's one-act play Family, Treasure is currently available to read on the New Play Exchange. 

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September 2025

• McIntosh was named a Semi-Finalist of the Woman, Life, Freedom Film Festival

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August 2025​​​

• This month, the incredible young artists of NJPAC's Summer Camp performed staged reading of Island of the Four P's, a play commissioned by NJPAC adapted from the book by Ed Hajim.

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• McIntosh received three nominations from the Newark Independent Film Festival including one for Best Short Animated Film!