STEPHANIE FYBEL

PLAYWRIGHT EDUCATOR DIRECTOR

Ashland New Plays Festival Winner 2026:

“Threshold”

starring Anthony Heald

Stephanie is a playwright, director, educator, and acting coach based in Los Angeles.

She is the Theatre Department Chair at Wildwood School, a progressive, private school in west Los Angeles, where she has spent over two decades building theater programming from the ground up, teaching acting, directing countless musicals and plays, and devising unique educational events and workshops.

Stephanie’s debut play, Threshold, is a winner of the 2026 Ashland New Plays Festival, a Semifinalist at the Seven Devils New Play Festival, and a Second Rounder at the 2026 Austin Film Festival Script competition.

Her adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s comic masterpiece, The Government Inspector, is currently available for licensing.

Learn more about Stephanie’s plays HERE at New Play Exchange (NPX).

EDUCATION:

M.F.A. in Acting, American Conservatory Theater

B.F.A. in Theatre, The University of Michigan