INTIMACY DIRECTION
Taking a consent-based, autonomous approach to rehearsals and live performances

PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS

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Bonnie & Clyde

The Garden Theatre

Services:

Created detailed choreography for musical numbers and book scenes of staged intimacy.
Developed consent-based rehearsal practices for artists and production team with performer check-ins and boundary practices established and repeated throughout.
Coordinated with artistic team, actors, and swings for efficient transition of boundary-based choreography moments between flexible casts.

University of St. Thomas

Services:

Introduced actor-advocacy practices for university students in the context of educational theatre.
Suggested tactics and methods for actors to self-advocate and address power dynamics in professional working environment.
Instituted check-in and check-out procedures for student actors and stage managers as part of rehearsal and performance practices.
Coordinated with technical team simulated intimacy moments and masking for performer safety/wellbeing.

The Occtarine Accord

Services:

Developed and documented rehearsal schedule across 3 full-length productions running in rep.
Created choreography and supplementary choreography to facilitate transition of swing performer/no-contact performances after Covid outbreak.
Cooperated with production team members and artists to re-evaluate and re-define moments of intimacy as scenework evolved.