Lori Ann Zepp is an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University – New York City and a professional (AEA) Stage Manager specializing in new plays with an extensive career spanning Broadway, off-Broadway, and major regional theatres. Previously an Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at Marymount Manhattan College, she brings her experience directly into the classroom to mentor the next generation of stage managers. She teaches all stage management courses in the BFA in Theatre Design, Technology and Stage Management program as well as Stage Craft: The Backstage Experience and Exploring the Performing Arts. She holds a BA from Bennington College.
Her Broadway credits include the Tony Award-winning comedy Jay Johnson: The Two and Only. Off-Broadway, she has stage managed more than 20 productions at Second Stage including: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Becky Shaw; The Substance of Fire; Next to Normal; Murder For Two; Bachelorette; and Animals Out of Paper. Other Off-Broadway credits include Bees and Honey; Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow; Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties; Transfers and Yen (all at MCC Theatre); I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (Atlantic Stage 2); Daphne’s Dive (Signature Theatre); A Small Fire (Playwrights Horizons); Dog Sees God (Century Center). Regional credits include: Becky Shaw and The Power of Duff (Huntington Theatre); Other Desert Cities (Alley Theatre) and Seder; The Piano Lesson and The Body of an American (Hartford Stage).
Departments
Theatre
Education
- BA, Drama, Bennington College
Courses Taught
- Stage Management: Concepts and Practices
- Stage Management in Performance
- Stage Management: Logistics and Collaboration
- Stage Management Colloquium