Narda E. Alcorn

Narda E. Alcorn (she/her/hers) is a Professor and Stage Manager who has worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally. In 2019, Narda was appointed Chair of the Stage Management Program at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. She has been Head of Stage Management for New York University, DePaul University, and State University of New York at Purchase. She received DePaul’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2015 and The Robert Christen Award for Excellence in Technical Collaboration in 2017. With co-author Lisa Porter, Narda has written Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice: Cultivating a Creative Approach, and the HowlRound article, "We Commit to Anti-Racist Stage Management Education." Narda has had Broadway collaborations with the Tony-winning directors Kenny Leon, Bartlett Sher, and George C. Wolfe. She premiered four of Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright August Wilson’s Century Cycle plays, and stage-managed two Broadway revivals of his work. Her New York and Regional credits include productions with Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Billy Crystal, Kevin Kline, Annette Bening, Phylicia Rashad, and David Schwimmer. Narda was a long-time stage manager on the Broadway production of The Lion King. She has collaborated with the celebrated MacArthur Fellows, composer George E. Lewis and playwrights Richard Foreman, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and Sarah Ruhl.