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Stephanie Van Huss is a Teaching Artist, Intimacy Professional, and Director who uses storytelling to empower people of all ages in the direction of radical empathy and socially-engaged art.

BIOGRAPHY

Stephanie Van Huss

has been a professional theater-maker and educator for over 12 years. She holds degrees from Rutgers University in Theater Arts & English Literature, and a Masters Degree in Education.

In her higher education career, Stephanie has worked for Rutgers University - New Brunswick, Fordham University, The College of New Jersey, Raritan Valley Community College, and Rider University’s Westminster School for the Performing Arts. This work has included formal course instruction, large-scale event coordination, student advising & mentorship, workshop creation & facilitation, and crisis management. She has extensive experience in the areas of social justice education; sexual assault & domestic violence prevention and survivor resources; alcohol addiction & recovery; restorative justice practices; disability services & supports; and leadership development.

As a lead teaching artist and curriculum developer, she has worked with coLAB Arts, Fresh Theatre Arts, countless public & private schools, and many summer programs to bring theater education to K - 12 students and their teachers. Stephanie specializes in teaching theater, stagecraft, socially-engaged art, and consent practices. She currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Theater at Raritan Valley Community College.

Stephanie is a professional Intimacy Director and Coordinator throughout the tri-state area. She currently serves as the Intimacy Director-in-Residence at Luna Stage in West Orange, NJ. Her practices for healthy staged intimacy have been used to choreograph and train participants in K-12, collegiate, community, and professional performing arts settings. She has been the Director of Education for New Jersey Center for Theatrical Intimacy since 2021.

Van Huss has been directing theater for over 10 years. She recently wrote and directed an original verbatim theater piece called TRUEly Heard - developed in partnership with the Middlesex County Center for Empowerment and coLAB Arts. The play explores true stories of survivors of sexual assault & domestic violence and the reasons they were afraid to disclose their experiences - both in their personal lives and to authorities.

In her life as a producer, Van Huss served as the Co-Founder and Executive Director of ReThink Theatrical, a 501-C-3 non-profit theater based in Middlesex county that provided free, professional-quality theater to the public for 8 years. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for coLAB Arts.