K. Elizabeth Stevens
4624 Osage Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Cell: 203.887.8394
Email: klizstevens@earthlink.net
Theater and Opera Director
Professor of Acting, Directing, Theater History and Theory
EDUCATION
Yale School of Drama, MFA, Directing, 1999
Reed College, BA, Theater and Literature, 1993
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Swarthmore College
Assistant Professor
January 2006-Present
Supervisor: Professor Allen Kuharski
Courses taught:
Acting I, Acting II, Directing I, Directing II, Theater and Performance, Senior Company,
Performance Theory and Practice
Directed Ivona, Princess of Burgunida by Witold Gombrowicz, Wedekind’s Spring
Awakening in a new translation by Jonathan Franzen and Kroetz’s Through the Leaves.
Advised numerous thesis projects in Playwriting, Dramaturgy, Directing and Acting.
Bryn Mawr College
Lecturer
September 2002-December 2004
Supervisor: Professor Mark Lord
Courses taught: Acting I, Acting II, Solo Performance, Directing I, Three interdisciplinary
writing courses: The Performance of Self, The Play of Light and Classical Mythology
and the Contemporary Imagination
Directed Jean Anouilh’s Antigone, Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Charles Mee’s Big Love
Southern Methodist University
Adjunct
January- May, 2001
Supervisor: Professor Kevin Hofeditz
Taught Juniors in a BA program a "Fundamentals of Directing" class; designed
syllabus, oversaw projects, lectured and coached the students as they directed scenes.
Yale Summer Program
Acting Teacher
July-August, 1999-2000
Supervisor: Frank Torok
Taught two classes in acting to select group of high school and college students for
college credit. Oversaw assignments, created exercises, evaluated performance, and
lectured.
N.Y.U. Playwrights Horizons
Directing Mentor
January-April, 2000
Supervisor: Whitney Pastorak
Mentored directing students as they directed their third-year projects. Attended
rehearsals and meetings, gave feedback and asked questions to stimulate more
thoughtful choices. Evaluated both process and final production.
Dallas Theater Center
Shakespeare Teacher
Summer, 2001
Supervisor: Jennifer King
Taught the techniques of speaking verse and meeting the particular challenges of
Shakespeare to teenagers in Dallas.
Dallas Theater Center
Acting Teacher
Summer, 2001
Supervisor: Jennifer King
Taught two classes in acting technique to high school students.
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Dwight/Edgewood Project
Mentor and Acting Teacher
Summer 1998
Supervisor: Wier Harman
Taught acting games and techniques to high school and middle school students from
the New Haven community, directed and acted in a play with the kids at the end of the
summer.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Dallas Theater Center
Assistant Artistic Director and Literary Manager
September 2000-September 2001
Supervisor: Richard Hamburger
Directed mainstage plays; served as Resident Dramaturg on DTC productions;
managed the literary office; taught classes at the DTC lab; oversaw local casting; wrote
and edited theater publications; worked with artistic director on season selection and
planning; co-administered and moderated "In Perspective" discussions; served as
liaison to the Dallas community; wrote grant proposals.
Target Margin Theater
Artistic Associate
1995-1998
Supervisor: David Herskovits
Was one of five artistic associates of the Obie Award-Winning Target Margin Theater
company. Directed plays, read scripts, taught acting workshops, helped with benefits
and organizational activities, assisted on productions.
Headlong Dance Theater
Director/Creator: Desire
May 2012, Performing Garage, Philadelphia
Spent a year and a half creating a full-length original performance piece for the
renowned Headlong Dance Theater.
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Curtis Opera Theater
Director: Impressions of Pelleas and Melisande and The Medium
February 2009
Directed two operas for the Curtis Opera Theater in Philadelphia.
Producer's Management Group
Script Reader
1999-2001
Supervisor: Benjamin Mordecai
Read and evaluated scripts for Tony Award-winning producer Benjamin Mordecai.
International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven
Assistant Company Manager
Summers, 1998-1999
Supervisor: Cynthia Hedstrom
Organized all aspects of company management for a multi-million dollar international
arts festival featuring Little Richard and Roberta Flack. Designed spreadsheets and
databases, organized and procured housing, hospitality and transportation for over 400
artists and lecturers. Was primary liaison with hotels, restaurants, limousine companies
and private drivers. Oversaw staff of eight.
Philadelphia Live Arts and Fringe Festivals
Director/Performer
June 2006-June 2007
Co-directed Speak, Mascot, an original, collaboratively created performance piece for
Workshop for Potential Movement, a physical theater company. Performed in
Headlong Dance Theater’s CELL, a performance journey for one audience member at a
time guided by cell phone. Toured with Headlong’s CELL to the New Haven Festival of
Arts and Ideas in the summer of 2007.
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K. ELIZABETH STEVENS
Opera and Theater Director
4624 Osage Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19143
klizstevens@gmail.com
203-887-8394
Member: SDSC
DIRECTING:
DESIRE
IVONA
YOUNG LOVE
IMPRESSIONS OF PELLEAS
THE MEDIUM
SPRING AWAKENING
SPEAK, MASCOT
THROUGH THE LEAVES
THREE SISTERS
BIG LOVE
ANTIGONE
GILGAMESH
BABY WITH THE BATHWATER
BEE-LUTER-HATCHEE
W;T
LOOT
BAGGING GROCERIES
DOCTOR OF LAST RESORT
DICK IN LONDON
TURN OF THE SCREW
LIFE IS A DREAM
TONE CLUSTERS
7 BLOWJOBS
TITUS ANDRONICUS
BRINGING DOWN DA VINCI
IN ARCADIA
CLOUD NINE
PROMETHEUS BOUND
WHIRLIGIG
IDENTICAL RIVER
ROGER & SHEILA
Original
Gombrowicz
Maynard
Debussy
Menotti
Wedekind
Original
Kroetz
Chekhov
Mee
Anouilh
Dickman
Durang
Gibbon
Edson
Orton
Novom
Shienken
O’Doherty
Hatcher
Calderon
Oates
Wellman
Shakespeare
Krouse
O’Doherty
Churchill
Lowell
Original
Moore
Fetzer
Headlong Dance Theater
Swarthmore College
Kelly Writer’s House
Curtis Opera Theater
Curtis Opera Theater
Swarthmore College
Workshop for Potential Movement
Swarthmore College
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr College
La Mama, NYC
Triad Stage, Greensboro
Actor’s Express, Atlanta
Dallas Theater Center
Actor’s Express, Atlanta
New Dramatists (reading)
Clubbed Thumb, NYC
Target Margin Theater
Yale Summer Cabaret
Yale School of Drama (thesis)
Yale Cabaret
Yale Cabaret
Yale School of Drama
Yale Rep (reading)
Yale School of Drama
Yale School of Drama
Ontological Hysteric, NYC
Target Margin Theater
Nada, NYC
Dreadnought Theater, Portland
Bizet
Heaney
Gogol
Foreman
Ron Daniels, Michigan Opera Theater
Liz Diamond, Yale Rep
David Chambers, Alexandrinsky
1997
David Herskovits, La Mama, NYC 1995
2011/2012
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ASSISTANT DIRECTING:
CARMEN
THE CURE AT TROY
REVIZOR
Y. GOODMAN BROWN
2001
1998
EDUCATION
MFA, Yale School of Drama, 1999
BA, Reed College, 1993
LANGUAGES
French (fluency), German and Russian (reading)
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K. ELIZABETH STEVENS
REFERENCES
Richard Hamburger
Theater Director
214-629-5895
rh@richardhamburger.com
Mark Lord
Professor of Theater, Bryn Mawr College
101 N. Merion Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
610-526-5211
mlord@brynmawr.edu
David Herskovits
Founder/Artist Director, Target Margin Theater
138 S. Oxford St., room 5A
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-398-3095
david@targetmargin.com
Liz Diamond
Chair, Directing Department and Resident Director
Yale School of Drama/Yale Rep
149 York St.
New Haven, CT 06511
203-432-8323
elizabeth.diamond@yale.edu
Louisa Thompson
Associate Professor of Theater, Hunter College
695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065
212-650-3517
lthomp@hunter.cuny.edu
Matthew Saunders
Asst. Professor of Theater, Swarthmore College
500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610-690-8247
msaunde1@swarthmore.edu
Wier Harman
Executive Director, Town Hall Seattle
1119 Eighth Avenue (at Seneca Street)
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone (206) 652-4255
wier@townhallseattle.org
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