Stephen Dimenna Email & Phone Number

Stephen DiMenna is an Off-Broadway and regional theatre director and educator. He is the Artistic Director of The International Theatre Project which use theatre as a catalyst for education, self-discovery and empowerment for young people in disenfranchised communities worldwide. He currently runs multi-years theatre residencies for young people in South Africa and Rwanda.He was the Co-Artistic Director of The Stargate Theatre Company, a program of The Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City. He directed 23 productions Off-Broadway at MCC Theater, The Mint Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Ratlestick Playwright's Theatre, The Daryl Roth Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Roundabout Theatre and others.In Minneapolis he was the Artistic Director of InitialStage Theatre from 1989-1995 and the Associate Artistic Director of The History Theatre from 1989-1995. He is a company member at The Pillsbury House Theatre in Minneapolis. He has directed at The Guthrie Theater, Pillsbury House Theatre, History Theatre, Eye of the Storm Theater,The Cricket Theatre, Initial Stage, Lyric Theatre and The Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis and The Westport Playhouse in Westport CT.He was the founder and Artistic Director of The MCC Theater Youth Company, an ensemble of NYC youth that creates original productions within a professional Off-Broadway theatre. He was on the faculty at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, Program in Educational Theatre for fourteen years. He is a senior teaching artist for the Theatre Development Fund in NYC and a consultant to the NYC Department of Education. He is a teaching artist at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.

Listed skills include Theatre Director And Educator, Social Justice, Stage Direction, Playwriting, and 1 others.

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  University Of Minnesota

  Theatre/Theater