Shannon M. Stoddard
Theatre Teaching Artist

I have recently made the decision that at the end of my contract in June that I will be moving on from CSA. Last week I had to tell my...

I believe that a strong ensemble is one of the most important aspects of a production! Before we hit the ground running with music,...

Growing up I was always very shy and lacking a lot of self-confidence. I was never the coolest, most athletic nor smartest person in...

We have come to the end of another fabulous year, and I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the fun that I've had (mostly as a...

A few weeks ago in one of my Preschool classes I had a student who proudly was showing me the big heart sticker on his shirt. I asked him...

As our 2019 - 2020 year gets started, I am so happy to announce that I am officially the Director of Theatre with the Community School of...

It's finally snowing in Fort Smith and my rehearsal as been cancelled due to slick roads... So I thought, what better time to catch up on...

What a whirlwind of a year it has been! Last year at this time I was packing up my Brooklyn apartment and making final arrangements for...

One of the newest challenges I've taken on this semester is teaching a class of high school students a Drama class at The Future School...

Last year at this time I was sitting in my Brooklyn apartment gearing up for my final semester of Grad School. Knowing that my plan was...

Last Fall I took a class called "Theory of Creative Drama" at NYU... I wasn't really sure what it was going to entail... but I never...

Recently as I've been packing up old school notebooks and such I came across a notebook from my undergrad Business of Showbiz class I...

Every morning before getting out of bed I always play on my phone and check out my Facebook memories. I like seeing what the past held...

I've been watching a lot of This is Us lately which perhaps is what got me thinking about my past leading up to my future. As I'm...