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She was named Best Director 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2015 in the Creative Loafing Best of the Bay Awards as well as The Artist Most Likely to Have Been Born On the Planet Krypton.

Her professional background includes social media management, marketing, and customer service experience. She began working as the Director of Audience Services in April 2020 and looks forward to many upcoming seasons here at Stageworks.



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Santosh graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology (M&T), with a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School, a B.A.S. in Systems Engineering from the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and minors in Theater Arts, Mathematics, and South Asian Studies. Santosh also has completed a certificate in the Professional Program in Producing from UCLA.



Her focus in the community is addressing a need in the public housing community for programs that will embody the young female population of public housing.



Ms. Scher earned her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Toronto in 2002. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law in 2006. Thereafter, she worked as a litigator in Los Angeles for over 10 years before returning to Tampa to join the family business.
Ms. Scher is currently Co-Owner and Vice-President of SSG Management LLC.

Lauren Lisette Valiente is a proud Cuban American born in Tampa, Florida. She is proud to have appeared in several staged readings at Stageworks over the last few years, She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor from University of Florida’s Levin College of Law.


Her love and passion for live theater began when her parents took her to see Grease on Broadway. Laura is married to love of her life and has four children.

His architectural experience of over forty-five years includes extensive governmental, community/civic, educational, health and recreational facilities.
Henry is involved in his church and for over 15 years annually performed mission/volunteer work during the summer in the Dominican Republic.
Henry is married to Carol and they have two children, Elise and Mark, as well as several wonderful grandchildren.