Stephen Schellhardt

Stephen Schellhardt (He/Him)
Choreography, Witch

Stephen Schellhardt (he/him) is thrilled to be working with American Players Theatre, Keira Fromm, and this incredible cast on this wonderful production. A Joseph Jefferson Award-winning actor, director, and educator, Stephen has spent more than twenty-five years working professionally in Chicago and across the country.

Recent directing credits include White Christmas and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Paramount Theatre); West Side Story (Fulton Theatre); The Play That Goes Wrong (Florida Rep); Little Women, the Musical (Peninsula Players Theatre); Fun Home and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Porchlight Music Theatre); The Wizard of Oz and Footloose (Barter Theatre); and Queer Eye: The Musical Parody (Second City Chicago). At BoHo Theatre, where he served as both a company member and Artistic Director, his directing credits included Big Fish, Urinetown, Dogfight, and Bright Star.

Stephen is a proud graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. Of all the roles he has played, his favorites remain husband to actor Devin DeSantis and dad to his daughter, Abigail.