Jeffryn Gallagher Stephens
Objective:
  • Middle and High School Dramatic Arts Teacher and Director.

Education:
  • St. Mary's College (Notre Dame, Indiana)
    Bachelor's Degree in Dramatic Arts with emphasis on directing and acting. Minor in Music with emphasis on voice.

Experience:
    Young Peoples Performing Company (1982 to present)
    • Co-founder
    • Artistic Director
    • Teacher and Manager.
    Creative Arts in the Public Schools (1983 to present)
    • Workshops in "Greek Adventures", "Share a Fairy/Folk Tale" and "Creating Characters and Costumes from Cultures Near and Far*" - storytelling and creative dramatics with children the Durham Public Schools.
    Durham Arts Council Education Department (1989 to 1994)
    • Creative Dramatics for young people with special needs.

Writing:
  • Two plays for children.
  • Scripts for two full length musicals (with musical scores by husband Ty Stephens).
  • Adaptations of "A Christmas Carol", "Alice: Through the Looking Glass", "A Doctor in Spite of himself", and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet".

*-"Creating Characters" is a shared residency with visual artist Katherine Bernheim.