Narda E. Alcorn is an Associate Professor and Head of Stage Management Training at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In addition to teaching introductory and advanced stage management, Narda teaches managers how they can use collaborative and artistic theories to guide their practice of stage management. Integrating theory into the practice of management is the cornerstone of Narda’s teaching philosophy and management style. Narda has worked on Broadway, in many regional theatres across the country, and internationally in Europe. Highlights of her Broadway career include more than ten years on The Lion King, August Wilson’s Fences, starring Denzel Washington (now a major motion picture), and the 2014 Tony Award winning revival of A Raisin in the Sun, also starring Denzel Washington.