Stephanie V. McKee-Anderson is an artist, organizer, cultural strategist and the Executive Artistic Director of Junebug Productions Inc, an organization birthed out of the Free Southern Theater (FST), which was formed in 1963 as one of many cultural arms of the Civil Rights Movement. Stephanie has a long history of creating powerful performances that she strategically leverages for social change. Under Stephanie's leadership, Junebug Productions was a recipient of a Surdna Foundation's Artist Engaging in Social Change award for Homecoming Project, and the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) Theater Project grant for Gomela/to Return: Movement of Our Mother Tongue which was her directorial debut. Stephanie serves on the board and executive committee of National Performance Network, is a board member of The Association of Performing Arts Presenters and is a member of Alternate ROOTS. Among her other achievements, she is a 2018 Urban Bush Women Choreographic Fellowship recipient, a 2007 New Voices emerging Leader alumnus, a 2015 Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) Leadership Fellow alum and has served as a Group Leader for the 2017 APAP Leadership Fellow cohort. Stephanie is deeply committed to creating work that supports social justice and aligns with the Free Southern Theater and Junebug legacy.