"The Power of Vulnerability" - Stephanie Ybarra

Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage Stephanie Ybarra pulls back the curtain on the very real lessons she’s learned in her talk, “The Power of Vulnerability.” She explains that we must make ourselves vulnerable to increase our imagination and creativity for the future of the American theater. Stephanie Ybarra began her tenure as Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage in 2018 after serving seven years as Director of Special Artistic Projects for The Public Theater in New York. Her career spans over two decades and includes roles at Dallas Children's Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Yale Repertory Theater, Two River Theater Company, and Playwrights Realm. Recent awards and honors include the 2018 Nation Builder Award from the National Black Caucus of State Legislators as well as being counted among the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 2019 YBCA 100. She is on faculty at The Juilliard School and serves on the boards of The Make Believe Association and Citizen University. Stephanie holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama.