Stefanie Black has worked as a teacher and coach at JRS for over a decade. She is an actor, writer, and director originally from Allentown, PA. She is most known for her recurring roles on such shows as SCANDAL (ABC), MAKING HISTORY (FOX), HOUSE OF LIES (SHOWTIME) and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS); as well as appeared on THIS IS US (NBC), CASUAL (HULU), AHS:1984 (FX), GREY’S ANATOMY (ABC), MIKE AND MOLLY (CBS), PRIVATE PRACTICE (ABC), RIZZOLI AND ISLES (TNT), and many others. She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and a founding member and current Artistic Director of the Ovation Award Winning, IAMA Theatre Company. As a director, her first feature film, “Adult Interference,” which she co-wrote and co-directed, was distributed by Gravitas Ventures in 2019 and can be viewed on Amazon Prime, Paramount+ and all SVOD. Stefanie is a proud member of Film Fatales. Her short films have played festivals and won awards all over the United States and Canada. She directed the 2017 ABC Discovers Talent Showcase in Los Angeles. As a writer, she was a semi-finalist for the NBC Comedy Playground, Final Draft Big Break, and Sundance Episodic Lab. Her specialty is helping actors break down a script fast using her knowledge of television, film, and theater, to guide towards an understanding of character and function when approaching an audition or scene.
