Stephane Duret

Stephane Duret is an empathetic performer, educator and acceptance advocate. He was last seen in the Tony Award Winning Musical KINKY BOOTS on Broadway, and is also the proud Founder and Executive Director of KAISER’S ROOM, a non-profit organization that offers arts programming to individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities in NYC. Stephane started his Musical Theatre training at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Fl where he was raised with his 3 brothers. He then moved to Chicago, Il (his birth city). and now holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Upon graduation he began performing and working with children with disabilities and has not stopped since. In 2011 he moved to New York City in pursuit of more of what he was doing in Chicago but on a greater scale and found it! He worked with a young man named Kaiser who would inspire him to “create the space” for many more developmentally disabled people by way of the performing arts and he’s graced one of the sweetest stages of all time in a show that boasts “Accept yourself and you’ll accept others too!” while playing the star of a Broadway show! Over the years, Stephane has become known as an expert in inclusive practices in performing arts spaces, classrooms and in the workplace. He’s become extremely passionate about sharing his gifts using his theatrical background to help people connect with themselves in order to connect with others and create more considerate and inclusive spaces. There have been many chapters already but this book is far from complete!
Today Stephane lives in Bloomfield, NJ with his husband Max and their dog Cooper, and their sweet baby Esmé Sofia.