Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

SDC

Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
Founded	1959 (1959)
Headquarters	321 West 44th Street, Suite 804 New York, New York 10036
Location	United States
Members	1,978 (full members) 665 ("associate members") (2013)[1]
Key people	Evan Yionoulis, Executive Board President Laura Penn, Executive Director
Website	www.sdcweb.org

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), formerly known as Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SDC), is an independent national labor union established in 1959, representing theatrical directors and choreographers working on Broadway, National Tours, Off-Broadway, and in various resident, regional, and stock theatres throughout the United States.

SDC collectively bargains contracts with producers, creating the national standards for stage direction and choreography. SDC's Executive Board consists of 34 directors and choreographers working across the country. Twenty-nine Board members serve at-large and five Board members serve as Regional Representatives, charged with serving the interests of their region as part of their Executive Board service. Regional Reps are voted on by the entire Membership. SDC's regions include Northeast, Southeast, Central, Western, and Northwest.

Currently, the President of the Executive Board is Evan Yionoulis^[2] and the Union's Executive Director is Laura Penn.^[3] SDC is based in NYC, where it has been based since 2015.