Married to songwriter/composer Stephen Bray who co-authored The Color Purple on Broadway. Stephen wrote and produced songs for Tina Gordon Chism's Peeples, which Stephanie produced.
Has worked with John Singleton on five feature films - Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan.
French Dirty co-directed by her sons, Wade Allain-Marcus and Jesse Allain-Marcus, premiered at LA Film Fest, American Black Film Festival and Mixed/Remixed Film Festival on the same weekend - June 11-14, 2015.
Stephanie pulled from her dance training under Donald Byrd at CalArts for her adaptation with Lenore Kletter of Life in Motion, Misty Copeland's memoir.