MFA, Acting, American Conservatory Theater
BA, San Francisco State University, Acting Emphasis
Charter company member of the Bay Area theatre company, Word
for Word. Stephanie has acted in over ten productions with Word for
Word, including the first chapter of Oil! by Upton Sinclair and
Jury of her Peers by Susan Glaspell. With Word for Word, Stephanie
directed Bullet in the Brain and Lady's Dream by Tobias
Wolff, which played at the Magic Theatre and toured France. Other
acting experience includes work at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre,
Campo Santo, Aurora Theatre, and in New York at La Mama, e.t.c. For
two years with Pulp Playhouse, Stephanie performed late-night
comedy improv with O-Lan Jones and Micheal McShane at the original
Eureka Theater. Before becoming a teacher, Stephanie studied acting
with Richard Seyd, Larry Hecht, Jack Fletcher, Amy Freed, and Anna
Deavere Smith, and voice for the actor with Virginia
Ness-Ray.
