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Stasi Schaeffer

Director at National Theatre of Scotland - Scenes for Survival
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Stasi Schaeffer is a highly accomplished theatre director with extensive experience in classical and contemporary texts, holding an MA from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and a BFA from Boston University.
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Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, GB
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Stasi Schaeffer, a seasoned theatre director, has crafted a diverse repertoire of productions across various genres, including opera, musical theatre, and spoken word. Notable roles include director of 'Dreaming of Edinburgh' by Peter Arnott for National Theatre of Scotland, 'Wired' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and 'Jan Tait and the Bear' by Emily Doolittle for Ensemble Thing. Her expertise spans event management, acting, and stage direction, with a strong educational foundation in directing-classical and contemporary text from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Experience

  • National Theatre of Scotland - Scenes for Survival
    • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
      • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

      Director of 'Dreaming of Edinburgh' by Peter Arnott for NTS Scenes for Survival

  • Wired-Army @ The Fringe-Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
    • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

      Stage Director of 5-Star Production of 'Wired' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festive-Army @ the Fringe

  • Jan Tait and the Bear-Ensemble Thing-Summerhall-Edinburgh Fringe Festival
    • Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      • Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom

      Director of Opera 'Jan Tait and the Bear' By Emily Doolittle for Ensemble Thing

  • Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda
    • University of Delaware, Lotos Club, NYC
    • Director
      • Jan 2018 - Mar 2018
      • University of Delaware, Lotos Club, NYC

      Stage Director and Curator of Drama and Music performance of 'Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda'

  • Scottish Ensemble
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Stage Director and Text Curator of ‘The Power of Five,’ Scottish Ensemble’s Spoken Word Tour

  • Traverse Theatre
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
      • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

      Director of ‘A Brief Archaeology of Love’ by Thrawn Craws as part of the Luminate Festival

  • Oran Mor
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of the Full Length production of ‘Butterfly Kiss’ by Dave Anderson

  • COMAR PERFORMANCE INC.
    • Tobermory
    • Director
      • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
      • Tobermory

      Director of Highlands and Islands Tour of ‘Face-Isobel’ and ‘Face-Morag’ by Peter Arnott

  • Tramway Theatre Arts Group
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of ‘Lesbos’ by Effie Samara

  • A Play, A Pie and A Pint
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • May 2017 - May 2017
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of ‘I Love You in Danish’ by Dave Anderson

  • Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director and Curator of ‘Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda’

  • Traverse Theatre
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
      • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

      Director of ‘Lifelines’ by Thrawn Craws for the Luminate Festival

  • Ensemble Thing
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Sep 2016 - Oct 2016
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of ‘Jan Tait and the Bear’ by Emily Doolittle

  • A Play, A Pie and A Pint
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of ‘Face-Morag’ and ‘Face-Isobel’ by Peter Arnott

  • Tete a Tete Opera Festival
    • London, England, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
      • London, England, United Kingdom

      Director of 'One Day This Will Be Long Ago' by Jenny Knotts and Alex Horowitz

  • Royal Opera House
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Assistant Director
      • May 2015 - Jun 2015
      • London, United Kingdom

      Assistant Director on 'La traviata'

  • Fairpley Theatre Company
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Mar 2015 - May 2015
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of the revival tour of 'Butterfly Kiss' by Dave Anderson

  • A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jan 2015 - Feb 2015
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of 'Butterfly' by Anne Hogg

  • RCK Productions
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Sep 2014 - Oct 2014
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of 'Whigeing Women' at The Kings Theatre, Glasgow and the revival director of '51 Shades of Maggie,' throughout Scotland

  • A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director of 'It's Only Words' by Sylvia Dow

  • Beacon Youth Dance
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Producer
      • Apr 2014 - Jul 2014
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Producer of the Dance Film-'Old News' for Beacon Youth Dance, presented at the Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival

  • Butterfly Kiss
    • Scotland
    • Director
      • Apr 2014 - Jun 2014
      • Scotland

      Director of the revival tour of 'Butterfly Kiss' by Dave Anderson

  • Dialogues des Carnelites-Royal Opera House
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Staff Director
      • Apr 2014 - Jun 2014
      • London, United Kingdom

  • A Play, A Pie and A Pint-The Lemon Tree-Aberdeen and Oran Mor-Glasgow
    • Glasgow Area, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Feb 2014 - Mar 2014
      • Glasgow Area, United Kingdom

      Directed premiere of 'The Friends of Miss Dorian Gray' by Marcella Evaristi

  • Scottish Opera
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Assistant Director
      • Sep 2013 - Nov 2013
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Assistant Director on 'Don Giovanni'

  • Opera Breve
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Sep 2013 - Sep 2013
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director-One Day This Will Be Long Ago-Arches Live Festival

  • Finborough Theatre-Vibrant Festival
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Sep 2013 - Sep 2013
      • London, United Kingdom

      Director-Rehearsed Reading-Home Free

  • Pit and Balcony Theatre Company
    • Saginaw, Michigan Area
    • Director
      • Jun 2013 - Jun 2013
      • Saginaw, Michigan Area

      Director-DNA

  • A Play, A Pie and A Pint-Oran Mor
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Apr 2013 - May 2013
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director-Butterfly Kiss

  • Scottish Opera
    • Glasgow/Tour
    • Staff Director
      • Aug 2012 - Mar 2013
      • Glasgow/Tour

      Assistant/Staff Director-La traviata

  • Birds Of Paradise Theatre Company
    • Glasgow/Tour
    • Assistant Director
      • Jan 2013 - Feb 2013
      • Glasgow/Tour

      Assistant Director-In An Alien Landscape

  • A Play, A Pie and A Pint-Oran Mor
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Oct 2012 - Nov 2012
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director-Loyalty/Operation Phantom Fury

  • Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom/Edinburgh/London
    • Co-Director
      • Aug 2012 - Sep 2012
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom/Edinburgh/London

      Co-Director of The Fragmented Life of Dorothy Lawrence

  • Scottish Opera
    • Assistant Director
      • Mar 2012 - May 2012

      Assistant Director-Tosca

    • Assistant Director
      • Jan 2012 - Feb 2012

      Assistant Director-Opera Highlights Tour

  • A Play, A Pie and A Pint-Oran Mor
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Mar 2012 - Mar 2012
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director-Serov's People

  • Tron Theatre Company
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Assistant to the Director
      • Oct 2011 - Nov 2011
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Assistant Director-Edwin Morgan-Dreams and other Nightmares

  • Edinburgh Fringe Festival
    • Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
      • Edinburgh, United Kingdom

      Director-Lessons With Chopin

  • Arches
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Apr 2011 - Jun 2011
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director-Dead Man's Cell Phone

  • Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom/London/Edinburgh
    • Director
      • Jul 2010 - Sep 2010
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom/London/Edinburgh

      Director-God of Soho

  • Arches/RCS
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director-A Midsummer Night's Dream-Sensory Theatre

  • RCS/Arches
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom
    • Director
      • Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
      • Glasgow, United Kingdom

      Director-Marriage a la Mode

  • Turtle Shell Theatre Company
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Director
      • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009
      • Greater New York City Area

      Director-Odysseus Swims for It, Meeting Without End, Stardust, Together Alone

  • Meat and Bone Theatre Company
    • Greater New York City Area
    • Director
      • Jan 2009 - Feb 2009
      • Greater New York City Area

      Director-The Echo Boomers on Black Bear Pond

  • Temple Theatre
    • Manager
      • Sep 2003 - Sep 2007

Education

  • 2009 - 2010
    Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
    MA, Directing-Classical and Contemporary Text
  • Boston University
    Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Theatre Studies

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