In 2004, Stewart received an
LA Weekly Theatre Award for Best Leading Female Performance, for her gender-bending portrayal of Alex in Los Angeles director
Brad Mays' controversial multi-media production of
Anthony Burgess's
A Clockwork Orange at the
ARK Theatre Company in 2003. She also directed the popular
Return to the Forbidden Planet while at ARK. In 2008, she co-wrote
Louis and Keely: Live at the Sahara with actor Jake Broder for Sacred Fools Theatre. The show became an overnight success and was discovered by filmmaker
Taylor Hackford. Hackford later became director of the show and brought Louis and Keely to a successful 8 month run at the
Geffen Playhouse in 2009. While at the Geffen, Stewart met her future husband actor
French Stewart in the green room before his performance in "
Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas". In 2010, she received an LA Weekly Theatre Award, a Garland and an
Ovation Award for
Louis and Keely Live at the Sahara, for her portrayal of legendary jazz vocalist
Keely Smith. In 2012, Stewart wrote
Stoneface for
Sacred Fools Theater Company, about the life of
Buster Keaton, starring her husband
French Stewart. Stoneface won the 2013 LA Weekly award for best production. Stoneface appeared in the 2013–2014 season at
Pasadena Playhouse. In 2015, thanks to theater producer
Hershey Felder,
Louis and Keely: Live at the Sahara moved to a commercial run in Chicago at the Royal George Theater starring Tony Award winner
Anthony Crivello as
Louis Prima. The run officially began April 9 and closed eight weeks later on May 17. An additional run at Laguna Playhouse was announced for February 2016. In 2019, her original musical about serial killer HH Holmes entitled
Deadly premiered at
Sacred Fools Theatre Company. Written by Stewart and composer Ryan Johnson, the musical later moved to
Webster Conservatory for further development and premiered a new revision online in December 2020 due to Coronavirus restrictions on live performances. Stewart has appeared in various film and television productions, including
Chase the Slut, ''Shakespeare's Merchant
, Joan of Arcadia, Rules of Engagement, and The List''. ==Personal life==