Other Experiences
In addition to performance and opera, Stephanie has experience as a stage manager, producer, director and assistant director.
Summer of 2004, Stephanie was the stage manager/ assistant director for "The Pathway to Freedom" and "The Sword of Peace" at the Historical Outdoor Drama Society in Snow Camp, North Carolina. "The Pathway to Freedom" tells the story of how anti-slavery North Carolinians and freed African-Americans helped hundreds of escaped slaves flee to the North. It gives an account of the struggles and heroism of the 1840's and 1850's along the "Underground Railroad" from North Carolina to Indiana. Both individuals and some the organized religions fought slavery in the legislature and on the farms, while some, like Levi and Katie Coffin of Guilford County led volunteers and free slaves in clandestine efforts to help escaping slaves to freedom.
Sword of Peace is a dramatic tribute to the Cane Creek Society of Friends who, during the Revolutionary War, were forced to defend their basic tenet of nonviolence. Widely acclaimed William Hardy's The Sword of Peace is a dramatic portrayal of the American Revolution. It enlightens the audience about the struggles the peaceful Quakers must face in a time of war. General Nathanael Greene, second in command under General George Washington, is about to meet Lord Cornwallis, Commander of the British Forces in America, at the battle of Guilford Courthouse.
Spring of 2001, Stephanie produced and directed "Chains" an original Bible-based musical at Northwestern University, written by Mark Fox, founder of Sonshine Productions in Columbus, Ohio.
Above: Rehearsal for The Sword of Peace
The Sword of Peace had a cast of 35, professional and community actors, with live horses and farm animals and a large use of pyrotechnics. The show ran from July 4- end of August 2004.
Three actors from "The Pathway to Freedom"
The House of Snow Camp's Ampitheater, 2004
