14 Facts About Stephanie Ybarra

Stephanie Ybarra is the former artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage.

Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Ybarra holds an undergraduate degree from Baylor University and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Stephanie Ybarra has worked in theaters of all sizes across the United States.

Stephanie Ybarra grew up in San Antonio Texas, and identifies as multi-ethnic.

Stephanie Ybarra completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in 1999.

Stephanie Ybarra received an MFA in Theatre Management from Yale University.

Stephanie Ybarra then moved to Boston and served as the deputy director of program operations for Citizen Schools, an educational non-profit serving low-income and underserved communities.

Stephanie Ybarra went to work as the interim general manager at Two River Theatre Company in New Jersey before joining The Playwrights Realm, a nonprofit off-Broadway theater dedicated to supporting early-career playwrights.

Stephanie Ybarra was the Director of Special Artistic Projects at the Public, where she began as an Artistic Associate in 2012.

In that position, Stephanie Ybarra led the Mobile Unit and Public Forum Programs.

In 2018, Stephanie Ybarra was appointed as the artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage, in Baltimore, MD.

Stephanie Ybarra is the first Latinx theater artist to be named the artistic director of a LORT Theatre.

Stephanie Ybarra teaches, the class she teaches at Juilliard is called Elements of Producing.

At the Public, Stephanie Ybarra focused her energies on "radical inclusivity".