About Phebe
From the rehearsal room to the classroom
I’m Phebe Hibshman — a playwright, theatre director, and educator. I trained classically at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, performed professionally, and worked with the Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger before spending more than two decades directing and teaching in independent, public-arts, and faith-based schools.
Across all of it, one thing held true: a director’s real job is to build a room where nervous people feel safe enough to take risks together. That is exactly the work our schools are trying to do now — for students who feel unseen and teachers who are running on empty. I bring that work to stages, faculty rooms, and conference halls.
Directing and teaching credits include St. Thomas Episcopal School, New World School of the Arts, and The Hebrew Academy, alongside years of youth and community work.
