Production Stage Manager
Contact Information
- gsheppe1@umbc.edu
- PAHB 115; x5.3058
Education
- B.A. Theatre, Kalamazoo College
- M.F.A. Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College
Biography
- Pronouns: She/Her
Grace Shepperd is a stage manager, designer, and theatre maker whose focus over the past nine years has been on new and devised works. She has served as the stage manager and lighting designer for productions at The Chocolate Factory (NYC), Carolina Performing Arts (UNC), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts, Mabou Mines (NYC), Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (FSU), and Prague Fringe Festival. Before moving to Baltimore in 2024, she was a resident acting company member at The Mercury Store (NYC), a space for developing new works. In 2020, Grace and the team at Advanced Beginner Group received an Obie Award for the creation of Distances Smaller Than This are not confirmed at Abrons Art Center (NYC). She currently works at UMBC as the Production Stage Manager for the Department of Theatre. Grace holds an MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College.