 Don Stephenson was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 10, 1964, to medical technologist Diane Stephenson and TVA chemical engineer Don Ragan Stephenson, Jr. Stephenson graduated from Hixson High School in Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville during 1982 and 1986, respectively.He is married to Emily Loesser, daughter of composer Frank Loesser, with whom he has four children.They met while appearing together in "The Secret Garden", wed in 1991, and have appeared in a number of productions together.