Stefanie Merie started her professional career as a ballet dancer, studying with the Boston Ballet Company. Wanting to add to the mediums in which she could express herself, she decided to study acting with Playhouse West School and Repertory Theatre as well as training in Suzuki/Viewpoints. Stefanie also has studied under Kelley Rhoads brother to Randy Rhoads at Munsonia School of Music. She wanted to approach acting and music with the same discipline and respect that helped her master the art of Ballet while constantly tearing away the layers of skin that protect an artist from revealing the rawness within. Rawness that holds truths that are embedded in everyone’s souls