Stefan has a multi-disciplined theater background as a Helen Hayes Award nominated director, choreographer, fight, movement and intimacy coordinator, author and educator.  His creative work has been seen in 130+ productions, including work Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, internationally in Canada, Brazil and Uruguay, in the DC area at The Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, MetroStage (where he is an Artistic Associate), The Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington Savoyards, NextStop Theatre Company, Creative Cauldron, Open Circle Theatre, 1st Stage, Adventure Theatre, Workhouse Arts Center, The American Century Theater, Actor's Theatre of Washington, Theatre Lab, ARTfactory and for various regional, college/university, and community theaters.  

He has trained with the SAFD for over 30 years in Rapier & Dagger, Two-Handed Sword (formerly Broadsword), Single Sword, Staff (formerly Quarterstaff), Sword & Shield, Knife and Unarmed Combat. He has assisted and TA'd for Fight Master David Leong, and studied contemporary violence under his tutelage. He also studied under Fight Directors Colleen Kelly, Michael J. Johnson, and Casey Kaleba. He has taught stage combat and fight directed for mainstage productions at George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University and Messiah College and has taught related combat workshops/master classes as a guest artist at George Washington University, Georgetown University and various other colleges/universities and professional theatres. 

Stefan is a Helen Hayes Award nominee and a two-time WATCH Award winner, and six-time nominee, for Outstanding Fight Direction and a proud member of ATHE, ATME, the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and the Latinx Theatre Commons. He holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BA from The University of Virginia.  

Half-Uruguayan and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Stefan is a native Spanish and Portuguese speaker and fluent in French. His love of theatre and movement in all its forms, combined with his experiences growing up in Latin America, have often guided his artistic work. As a proud and out LGBTQI+ artist, he also enjoys producing all-inclusive work that represents the full breadth of the human experience.  www.stefansittig.com