Stephanie Renee Maysonave

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." - Scott Adams

Stephanie Renee MaysonaveStephanie Renee Maysonave received her Bachelors in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College in NYC and went on to work, teach, and direct in the Dance and Theatre Department of Meredith College in North Carolina. In 2007 she received her Masters in Classical Acting from Central School of Speech and Drama in London before attending a short course at the historical Moscow Art Theatre School.

Her past credits include Sebastian in Twelfth Night, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, M'Lynn in Steel Magnolias, Tina in Tony N' Tina's Wedding and Katherine in Taming of the Shrew.  She has worked with numerous theatre companies in the area, most recently with Boxcar Theatre and California Shakespeare.  

During her three years working with Starting Arts she has been privileged to work on several after school productions including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Beauty and the Beast, Guys and Dolls, Willy Wonka, Robin Hood, High School Musical, and Into the Woods.

Stephanie believes very strongly in arts education and feels very blessed to be working with Starting Arts and sharing her love of theatre with a new generation of actors.