Bio
Award winning stage director Stephanie Havey is consistently lauded for her eye-popping stage pictures, brisk dramatic pacing, and convincing theatre that makes the most of every minute.
Ms. Havey has staged productions for Seattle Opera, Opera de Montreal, Michigan Opera Theatre, The Dallas Opera, Arizona Opera, Opera Omaha, Madison Opera, New York City Opera, and Hawai’i Opera Theatre, among others, and has created new productions for Boston Lyric Opera, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, The Atlanta Opera, Lyrique-en-mer International Festival de Belle-Ile, The Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Finger Lakes Opera, and Tulsa Opera, among others. She has also been a member of the staging staff at San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and The Santa Fe Opera.
A frequent collaborator for the development of new opera, Ms. Havey has staged new works with Opera Philadelphia for their Double Exposure event, OPERA America’s New Works Forum, and spent three seasons as the Resident Stage Director for the North American New Opera Workshop. Ms. Havey is currently in development for a new work with composer Jennifer Jolley through the 2023 OPERA America Discovery Grant for Women Composers program.
Ms. Havey is the Director of the Young Artist Program at Finger Lakes Opera in Rochester, New York. This season she joins Houston Grand Opera as a dramatic coach for the Butler Opera Studio and the Young Artists Vocal Academy. She has also been a guest instructor for professional and academic Young Artist training programs including OPERA America’s Career Blueprints, Curtis Institute of Music, Mannes School of Music at The New School, Manhattan School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, UNSCA A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Central City Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Charlottesville Opera.
Ms. Havey has staged productions for Seattle Opera, Opera de Montreal, Michigan Opera Theatre, The Dallas Opera, Arizona Opera, Opera Omaha, Madison Opera, New York City Opera, and Hawai’i Opera Theatre, among others, and has created new productions for Boston Lyric Opera, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, The Atlanta Opera, Lyrique-en-mer International Festival de Belle-Ile, The Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Finger Lakes Opera, and Tulsa Opera, among others. She has also been a member of the staging staff at San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and The Santa Fe Opera.
A frequent collaborator for the development of new opera, Ms. Havey has staged new works with Opera Philadelphia for their Double Exposure event, OPERA America’s New Works Forum, and spent three seasons as the Resident Stage Director for the North American New Opera Workshop. Ms. Havey is currently in development for a new work with composer Jennifer Jolley through the 2023 OPERA America Discovery Grant for Women Composers program.
Ms. Havey is the Director of the Young Artist Program at Finger Lakes Opera in Rochester, New York. This season she joins Houston Grand Opera as a dramatic coach for the Butler Opera Studio and the Young Artists Vocal Academy. She has also been a guest instructor for professional and academic Young Artist training programs including OPERA America’s Career Blueprints, Curtis Institute of Music, Mannes School of Music at The New School, Manhattan School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, UNSCA A. J. Fletcher Opera Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Central City Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Charlottesville Opera.
Directing Awards
2018 American Prize in Opera Performance, 2nd place- Falstaff, Resonance Works Opera
2014 Adelaide Bishop Award
2013 Winner of the Opera America Director-Designer Showcase, Elmer Gantry
2007 National Opera Association Production of the Year Competition, 2nd place Orphee et Euridice
2014 Adelaide Bishop Award
2013 Winner of the Opera America Director-Designer Showcase, Elmer Gantry
2007 National Opera Association Production of the Year Competition, 2nd place Orphee et Euridice
Teaching Experience
- Professional Young Artist Training Programs: Houston Grand Opera Dramatic Coach for the Butler Opera Studio and Young Artists Vocal Academy, Director of Tomita Young Artist Program at Finger Lakes Opera, OPERA America Career Blueprints Program, Tulsa Opera, Central City Opera, Charlottesville Opera
- UNCSA A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute, Guest Artist Stage Director 2023
- Mannes School of Music at The New School, Opera Performance Instructor - graduate and undergraduate 2021
- Manhattan School of Music, Guest Artist Stage Director 2021
- Carnegie Mellon University, Guest Artist Stage Director 2018
- Oberlin Conservatory of Music: Visiting Instructor of Opera Theater 2016, Acting Instructor for Vocal Academy 2018
- NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Graduate Thesis Presentation Panelist 2018
- The Curtis Institute of Music, Guest Artist Stage Director 2014, 2015, 2017
- Tennessee State University, Director of Opera Workshop & Director of Vocal Camp 2007-09
- Middle Tennessee State University, Stage Director of Opera Workshop 2007-2009
- Trevecca Nazarene University, Director of Opera Workshop 2008
- Florida State University, Opera Workshop Graduate Teaching Assistant 2005-2007
- Furman University, Opera Workshop Teaching Assistant 2005
Memberships
- AGMA, American Guild of Musical Artists
- OPERA America
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