SDC Foundation’s Mission Founded in 1965, Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation (SDC Foundation) exists to foster, promote and develop the creativity and craft of stage directors and choreographers. SDC Foundation’s goals are to provide opportunities to practice the crafts of directing and choreography; to gather and disseminate craft and career information; to promote the profession to emerging talent; to provide opportunities for exchange of knowledge among directors and choreographers; to increase the awareness of the value of directors’ and choreographers’ work, and to convene around issues affecting theatre artists.