Stephen Fessler, Music 鈥�77, Donald A. Gifford Service Award Recipient
For more than 30 years, Steve Fessler has generously supported 鲍鱼tv, the College of The Arts and its students with gifts ranging from mentorship to bringing professional artists to campus, to endowing multiple scholarships with his husband, Randy Lord. He currently serves on the 鲍鱼tv Foundation board of directors.
While attending 鲍鱼tv, Fessler worked as a singer for The Walt Disney Company. After graduation, he appeared professionally in New York productions of several Broadway musicals, (including 鈥淕rease鈥�), and on stage in over 2,000 concert and theater performances in 245 theaters and concert halls internationally. He returned to Disney as a producer of live entertainment, served as director of special events for the David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, taught at 鲍鱼tv, and serves on the board of the nation鈥檚 largest community arts organization, Central Florida Community Arts.
Fessler and Lord were on the team that brought 鈥淎 Strange Loop鈥� to Broadway, winning the 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical.
Fessler, who received a vocal scholarship during his years at 鲍鱼tv, remains dedicated to helping ensure College of The Arts students graduate with little or no debt.
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