1. DIRECTING RESUME OF STEPHEN ELDREDGE
PRESENT ADDRESS 20 Nonotuck Street
Florence, MA 01062
phone: (413) 335-7719
EDUCATION 1978-81: M.F.A.
New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY
Major: Acting
1974-78: B.A. cum laude
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Major: Theatre-Drama
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
2014 The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Northampton High School production (co-directed with Toby Vera Bercovici)
2013 Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Northampton High School production.
2013 High Tide by Brad Slaight
Double Take Fringe Festival, Greenfield, MA
2011 The Hairy Man by Elizabeth Wojtusik
NHS children's theatre tour for elementary school audiences.
2011 Ashpet by Elizabeth Wojtusik
NHS children's theatre tour for elementary school audiences.
2010 The Blue Light & Other Stories by Paul Sills
NHS children's theater for elementary school audiences.
2010 As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Northampton High School production.
2009 The Madwoman of Chaillot by Jean Giraudoux
Northampton High School production.
2008 The Laramie Project by Tectonic Theater Company
Northampton High School workshop production
2007 The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson
Northampton High School production.
2006 Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Hampshire Shakespeare Young Company production.
2005 Key Exchange by Kevin Wade
Northampton High School production.

2. 1996 Three Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hampshire Shakespeare Company, Hadley MA
Story theatre production of “The Wives of the Dead”, “The Hollow of the Three
Hills”, and “Young Goodman Brown”.
1992 Winter's Coming - original play
Lawton School, San Francisco, CA
Written and directed in collaboration with SFUSD 5th Grade class.
1989 Action and Savage/Love by Sam Shepard & Joseph Chaiken
The Vineyard Playhouse, Martha's Vineyard, MA
1988 One of These Days by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
The Latin American Workshop, New York, NY
Bilingual story theatre production.
1987 Long Walk to Forever by Kurt Vonnegut
WBAI Radio, New York, NY
Adapted and directed short story as radio drama.
1986 Three Stories by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
Vineyard Playhouse, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Traveling production. Directed two of the three stories: “Handsomest Drowned Man
in the World” and “Eyes of a Blue Dog”.
1985 The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez
The Afterwords Ensemble, New York, NY
Story theatre production.
1985 Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg
American Stage Festival/Milford Library, Milford, NH
Readers theatre production.
1983 - 1984 Afterwords late-night revue of comedy and music
The Vineyard Playhouse, Martha's Vineyard, MA
Co-founded, produced, and directed successful comedy revue.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2007 – Present Production Coordinator, Producer
Northampton High School, Northampton, MA
Coordinate production efforts for all NHS main stage and student productions; act as
lead producer for selected productions, including The Skin of Our Teeth (2014),
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (2013), The Wrestling Season (2013), The
Winter's Tale (2011), Hamlet (2010), As You Like It (2010), and The Rimers of
Eldritch (2007).
2005 – Present Theatre Manager
Northampton High School, Northampton, MA
Coordinate event scheduling for 700-seat auditorium, 100-seat little theatre, 70-seat
theatre studio, and various auxiliary spaces at Northampton High School. Allocate
technical resources, including tech crews, for all events. Create cost estimates &
invoices and manage student techs' timesheets for all events. Maintain and upgrade

3. technical facilities and equipment. Advise student tech organization.
2002 - 2005 Performing Arts Residency Coordinator
Jackson Street Elementary School, Northampton, MA
Coordinated with artists, wrote grants, managed budgets ($3,000-$8,000), and
supervised performing arts residencies for elementary school arts education initiative.
2002-2003: Sandglass Theatre. 2003-2004: Nataraj Performing Arts of India.
2004-2005: Native American Collaborations & Perspectives.
1994 - 1995 Associate Director
The Next Stage Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Taught classes, collaborated in creation of performance pieces, took part in strategic
planning, performed with the company.
1986-88 Secretary, Board of Directors
The Shakespeare Liberation Front, WBAI Radio, New York, NY
Maintained correspondence and records of radio repertory company. Took minutes of
meetings, incorporated company and filed for federal non-profit status.
1985-86 Artistic Director
The Afterwords Ensemble, New York, NY
Founded company, conceived and directed productions, trained actors, supervised
strategic planning, formed board of directors, incorporated company.
1982-83 Box Office Agent
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, New York, NY
Maintained box office for landmark producing organization.
MEMBERSHIPS Actors Equity Association, Hampshire Shakespeare Company Artistic Associate,
Massachusetts Teachers Association
TRAVEL London Theatre Tour, Hamilton College, 1976.
Visited: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Puerto
Rico, U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Dutch West Indies, Nova Scotia and Quebec.