Stephen Shelley (Director/Creon)

Stephen Shelley (Director) – Upon graduating college in 1994, Stephen worked as the Assistant Company Manager and Personal Assistant to Merce Cunningham.  For four years, Stephen traveled the world, and experienced and produced performance on a very large scale.  He founded Théatre de la Fête in 1995, and produced/directed a series of works that included “Noah’s Flood” and the original “Tale of the Magic Glove”.

Upon leaving MCDC, Stephen directed a small work for the NY International Fringe Festival, “Ashokh”.  In this work, he choreographed a 2-person dance to be performed around a woman, dressed in Kabuki clothing, playing Medea.  From 2001-2003 Stephen had the pleasure of working with Matt Mitler and Theater Group Dzieci as an actor.  He appeared in multiple improvisations around town, on the streets, in hospitals, at festivals and for a variety of specific populations.  He also helped premiere Dzieci’s “The Devils of Loudun” at Ellen Stewart’s La MaMa ETC Annex Space in January of 2003.  Since then, Stephen has appeared in a variety of Dzieci’s work including 2009′s presentation of the group’s wondrous “Fool’s Mass”.

For the past 2 years, Stephen has been researching Seneca’s “Medea” in preparation of the work period to premiere in August 2011.