Dr. Stephen A. Schrum, who recently retired from his position as Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at Pittsburgh Greensburg in the summer of 2022, is an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the professional union. With a PhD in Dramatic Art from the UC Berkeley, Stephen is interested in digital filmmaking, virtual performance, and playwrighting/screenwriting. He is also a novelist, filmmaker (the award-winning short, Wash Hands, Save Lives? is available on his YouTube channel stephenschrum), playwright, and podcaster, with the podcast Audio Chimera. He’s a founding member of STORYZ, a creative and inventive performance art organization that is focused upon a mission of economic redevelopment and community healing.