Artisitic & Administrative Staff
Stephanie Norman, Producing Artistic Director
stephanie@citytheatre.com
Stephanie Norman has been collaborating with the nation’s finest established and emerging artists as an actor, director and producer for the past 18 years. As a cofounder of City Theatre, she worked with colleagues to conceive the completely unique Summer Shorts Festival, one of the nation’s premier forums for developing new work. She has performed in the ’96 and ’97 Rep Companies, directed twelve Festival Mainstage productions and works year-round with City Theatre’s staff and board to design groundbreaking outreach programs, foster a wealth of institutional support and craft a seamless signature event lauded by artists and audiences alike.
Stephanie began her career with Broadway producers Manny Azenberg and Marvin Krauss, gaining company management experience on the Broadway productions of Broadway Bound, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Dreamgirls and La Cage aux Folles. She worked in film production as production assistant to Mike Nichols on “The Birdcage”. As an actress, Stephanie has over 50 national and regional commercial credits, hosted two television series for CNBC, and performed with Chicago’s Second City, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival and regional theatres in Chicago and South Florida.
A graduate of Duke University, Stephanie has served on the board of the Ft. Lauderdale Children’s Theatre, is past-president of the Duke Alumni Association of South Florida and is a founding board member of Theatre League of South Florida. Stephanie’s proudest productions are her three children – her inspiring collaborators in launching a new children’s book, Perfectly Me!
Susan Westfall, Literary Director
susan@citytheatre.com
Susi is a co-founder of City Theatre and has served on its staff and/or board since its inception. Her plays have been produced extensively in South Florida theatres, including City Theatre, Teatro Avante, New Theatre, Fantasy Theatre Factory, and the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Her work includes: The Boy From Russia, Uprising, The Wedding Party, Passing Through, With the Patience of Angels, 1962, Voices at the Mary Elizabeth Hotel and Magic City, which was specially commissioned for the visit of Queen Elizabeth. She is a past recipient of a Florida Arts Council Playwriting Fellowship and a REMY Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre by the Theatre League of South Florida and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
City Theatre was founded in 1996 by Stephanie Norman, Susi Westfall & Elena Wohl. The company’s first Artistic Director was Gail Garrisan. Since that time, City Theatre has continued to bring the region’s finest arts professionals together in a most creative and collaborative endeavor.
