teaching artist, director, stage manager

Stephanie Mandra-Martinez (she/her) is a teaching artist, stage manager, and director from Long Island, New York. She holds a BFA in Stage Management from Hofstra University and an M.S.Ed in Educational Theatre from The City College of New York. Stephanie is the resident director of the Oceanside #9E Drama Club and the Lynbrook West End Elementary Drama Club, as well as a teaching artist for Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Arts for All, Global Arts To Go, Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, and the Hofstra University Continuing Education Program. She also runs theatrical programming for all ages at various libraries across Long Island. She is particularly passionate about providing culturally responsive and trauma-informed theatrical education to New York students and schools, and being a joyful, passionate artist while doing it.