Chief
Stephen Haff is the Chief of Still Waters in a Storm. He has taught English and Drama for twenty years, at high schools, middle schools and colleges in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Vermont and Canada. At Bushwick High School in Brooklyn, he co-founded Real People Theater (RPT) with his students. The company has received great acclaim in the worlds of education and theater, and toured North America and Europe. The VILLAGE VOICE called RPT, “Nothing less than a revolution.” Stephen has spoken at a number of pedagogical conferences and designed curriculum for the CUNY GearUp program. He is on the faculty at the Center for Social and Emotional Education. On behalf of Still Waters in a Storm, he has opened relationships with Essex County Youth Services Commission, in Newark, New Jersey, Scoil Mhuire, an elementary school in Dublin, Ireland, and Mountainside Elementary School, in Fort Carson, an Army base in Colorado. Stephen used to make his living writing for the VILLAGE VOICE, AMERICAN THEATRE, BOMB, and other publications, and earned his Masters at Yale University.