About

STEPHEN BUESCHER is a director, choreographer, educator, and performer whose work has been presented nationally and internationally across theater, physical theater, dance theater, and devised performance.

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As a choreographer, Stephen has created work for numerous world premieres, including Babbitt at La Jolla Playhouse; Covenant at Roundabout Theatre Company (NY Times critic pick); Copper Children at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Atomu at the Sundance Film Festival; and A Thousand Splendid Suns, Monstress, and Stuck Elevator at American Conservatory Theater. His work has also been presented by Shakespeare Theatre Company, Center Theatre Group, The Old Globe, Arena Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company, Long Wharf Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Theatre Calgary, and Royal Manitoba Theatre.

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As a director, Stephen works across physical comedy, classical theater, contemporary plays, new works, and devised performance. His directing credits include A Flea in Her Rear, Crazy for the Country, Hotel Paradiso, Can’t Pay Won’t Pay, The Bacchae, Black Orpheus, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Galileo, The House of Bernarda Alba, Blood Wedding, The Island, Black Maria (adapted), Man in Love, 809 Almond, Kawuna You’re It, and Their Eyes Were Watching God (adapted). His devised work includes Sawbones, With Claws and Beak, Wild Porcelain, Bucko: Whaleman, Crawdaddy, and Le Bal (Jeff Award nominee).

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Stephen’s performance career encompasses clown and mask, Shakespeare, contemporary and devised theater, and dance theater. He was a member of Dell’Arte International’s physical theater company for more than a decade and has performed with Clowns Without Borders, the National Theatre of Greece, Oktana Dance Theatre, Heidelberg Tanz Theatre, and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. His performance work has taken him to Sweden, Finland, Colombia, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, and Germany.

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As an educator, Stephen specializes in physical theater, movement, ensemble practice, and performance creation. He has taught at Brown/Trinity Rep, American Conservatory Theater, the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater, Yale School of Drama, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Missouri Kansas City. He currently serves as Head of Graduate Acting at the University of California San Diego.

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Stephen is a graduate of CalArts and the Dell’Arte International
School of Physical Theater and has pursued additional training in
Brazil and France.