Stephanie LaVardera is an NYC-based actor and teaching artist. Favorite roles include Olivia in Twelfth Night (Hamlet Isn't Dead), Hermia and Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (New York Shakespeare Exchange), multiple incarnations of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (The Folger Shakespeare Theatre/Chesapeake Shakespeare Company), Aouda in Around the World in 80 Days (Lost Nation Theatre), and Lolita in Zorro (Constellation Theatre Company). Stephanie has taught Shakespeare, voice and text work for high school students at Everyman Theatre, on tour with Maryland Shakespeare Company, and with Northern Stage Company's BridgeUp program. She is a Resident Acting Company member of Hamlet Isn’t Dead and New Place Players, and proud AEA member. BFA: NYU/Tisch, MFA: the Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University/Shakespeare Theatre Company.
