EDUCATION:
M.F.A. in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater
B.F.A. in Theatre from the University of Michigan
ABOUT
Stephanie is a playwright, director, theater educator, and acting coach based in Los Angeles.
Stephanie has served as the Department Chair, theater teacher, and director at a progressive, independent K-12 school in 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 currently a semi-finalist at the Seven Devils New Play Foundry and another prestigious new plays festival TBA.
Her adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s comic masterpiece, The Government Inspector, will be premiering in June at the Ruskin Group Theatre, produced by Wildwood Summer Theater.
Stephanie also creates unique programming and workshops that bring students in direct contact with artists, survivors, and stories.
Reading of Richard III starring Al Pacino, Lily Rabe, and Hamish Linklater, with Shakespeare Center LA.
Special guest Holocaust survivor Paula Lebovics, from the USC Shoah Foundation, in conjunction with Stephanie’s direction of The Sound of Music