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Nicole Perry, Founder
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Nicole Perry is an intimacy choreographer and dance choreographer in South Florida. Recent credits include 2 Broward County Artist Investment Grant for a new dance works, intimacy coordination for God Forbid on Hulu and The Truth of a Thousand Nights, an award-winning short film, choreography and intimacy choreography for the US premiere of The Glass Piano at Theatre Lab, and intimacy choreography for the world premiere of GringoLandia at Zoetic Stage.
Nicole is a Certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, Certified Intimacy Coordinator, and holds an MFA from Goddard College.
Nicole is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the Association of Theatre Movement Educators, and the National Dance Education Organization. She apprenticed with Intimacy Directors International. She is a fully Certified Intimacy Director and Intimacy Coordinator with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators.
Pedram nimreezi, board
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Pedram Nimreezi is an expert in computers and martial arts. He has been dedicated to excellence in both for the past 3 decades. Additionally, he volunteers with Code for America, Code for Miami, Operation Code, and Code for Fort Lauderdale, focusing on greener and disaster prepared technology. Pedram strives to strike the balance between form and function, art and technology, while increasing human perception .
john David Peggs, board
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David Peggs trained as a graphic designer in college and ended up a improviser on the Chicago / Toronto improv scene in the early to mid 90s.
Currently he manages and develops historical property in South Florida.
Carolina Seiden, phd, board
Dr. Seiden is a Spanish teacher and Academic technology coach at Saint Andrew’s School. She has been in education for almost 20 years and she always knew that being in the classroom was the key to professional fulfillment. She has lived in three countries (so far) and has experienced the undeniable benefits of living in communities that embrace and value difference. Carolina is committed to learning, the Arts, and compassion through understanding. She earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics and continues to ponder about the big questions in life while dedicating many an afternoon to walking her two beagles.
Our Teachers and Facilitators
Suzanne ankrum-harris- suzuki technique, Viewpoints, and Grotowski’s Cat
Suzanne is an actress and teaching artist, based in South Florida. Suzanne's particular interest lies in movement-based theater - with a focus on how actors can use physical forms to enhance and expand their choices. She earned her MFA from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where she was able to combine strong Stanislavski-based training with various movement modalities including Suzuki, Grotowski, Corporeal Mime, and Alexander Technique. She has performed at various regional theaters throughout New England, Virginia, Tennessee and now Florida. As Core Faculty in the Theatre Department at The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, she trained students in Acting, Suzuki, Physical Theatre, Voice & Diction, Acting the Song, Textual Analysis and more. She has taught courses at The University of Hartford, The University of Tennessee, Housatonic Community College, Hartford Stage, Hartbeat Ensemble, and The Conservatory at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Suzanne previously led professional movement training for Bated Breath Theater Company and continues to collaborate with The Other Voice - a wordless, movement-based theatre company that examines universal questions. For more information visit www.suzanneankrum.com
Sharai Bohannon- PLAYWRITING, podcasting
Sharai Bohannon is a playwright that has been produced in London, England and all over America. Her play IN THE END was highlighted on The Kilroy’s 2020 List and was Equity Library Theatre’s 2019 All Access Reading Series Finalist. Her play WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS? (THE AUDIENCE SERVICES PLAY) was a 2021 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist. She is also the founder/co-producer of Punching LaBute, a festival that strikes back at sexism to raise money for charities that support femmes. Additionally, she is a film and pop culture critic for various online magazines including The Everygirl and Book and Film Globe, and her own Medium page. She created and co-hosts the podcast, A Nightmare on Fierce Street. On the podcast she tackles horror films through a Black feminist lens. She also serves as the Director of Production for Rachel Lynett Theatre Company. She is managed by Empirical Evidence and currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Buy Me a Coffee?
Joseph Cloud- Decolonizing work
Headshot and bio coming soon!
Matt Denney- Artivism
Matt Denney, a mixed-race Filipino-American Intimacy Director, Director, and Educator, is dedicated to fostering consent in K-12 Theatre Education, activism, food justice, and performance. Formerly a High School Drama Teacher in Tucson, AZ, Matt currently serves as the Resident Intimacy Director for Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre & ArtsExpress Theatre. His impactful workshops have reached diverse platforms such as the Center for Creative Photography, Association for Acting Coaches and Educators, Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), East West Players, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and the Ottawa School of Theatre.
In addition to his roles as a Teaching Artist and Curriculum Developer for Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC), Matt is pursuing a Ph.D. in Higher Education with a focus on "Theatre for Social Change" at the University of Arizona. As a co-founder of Consent Creatives of Arizona, he actively contributes to creating safe, consent-driven environments for rehearsal spaces and communities across Arizona. Matt's commitment to social justice extends to his role as a Committee Member for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Theatre and Social Change ATHE Focus Group. Recently, he was honored as one of the 2023 recipients of TheField NYC’s Fiscal Sponsorship for Social Justice Practitioners.
Shira Gitlin- gender Eduction
Shira Helena Gitlin (they/them) is a trans nonbinary director, dramaturg, gender consultant, and musical theatre enthusiast. They have held Trans Training workshops for Dramatists Guild, Directors Lab North, individual theatre makers, and various theatres across the United States. They are also a member of StageSource's Gender Explosion Initiative. They have directed for the National Women's Theatre Festival, Moonbox Productions, Flat Earth Theatre, Sparkhaven Theatre, Playwrights’ Platform, the Boston Theatre Marathon and more. Shira is a graduate of the Arden Professional Apprentice Class 26, was an Artistic Fellow at SpeakEasy Stage Company, and is an alumni of Directors Lab North in Toronto, Canada. They have a BA from Hampshire College in directing with an emphasis on musical theatre studies. They are currently the gender consultant on two new musicals, Psyche and Millennials are Killing Musicals, and will be directing Concord Player’s production of Indecent next season. For more information, please visit shirahelenagitlin.com. Venmo: @shira-gitlin
Luis Roberto Herrera- playwriting
LUIS ROBERTO HERRERA (he/him)is currently a South Florida based Colombian-American playwright with a B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Florida and an M.F.A. in Playwriting from The New School. He was a resident playwright in the GREENHOUSE Residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm and a Fellow at Athena Theatre in 2019.He has had work produced at the FRIGID New York Fringe Festival, the Atlanta Fringe Festival, The Chain Theater, Trinity Theatre Company, and Theatre & Co. . His full-length plays include; Poolside Glow, Born Still, SAA(not that one), AS I EAT THE WORLD, and Welcome We Are Now Closed. He was most recently a part of the LatinX Playwrights Circle 2022 Mentorship Intensive, is a member of the 2022-2023 HOMEGROWN Playwright Residency with City Theatre, and his play Poolside Glow was an official selection for the 2023 Valdez Theatre Conference Playlab.
Tara Moses-Playwriting and storytelling
Tara Moses (she/her) is a citizen of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, director, playwright, Artistic Director of telatúlsa, Co-Artistic Director of Red Eagle Soaring, and a founding member of Groundwater Arts. She is a Cultural Capital Fellow withFirst Peoples Fund (2020); Invited Playwright with HBMG Foundation’s National WinterPlaywrights Retreat (2020); fellow with the Intercultural Leadership Institute (2018/19); theNative Storytellers winner with the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (2019); an observer with the SDC Foundation (18/19); fellow with the Intercultural Leadership Institute (18/19); member of DirectorsLabChicago (2018); member of the Directors Lab at Lincoln Center (2017); Senior Artistic Director Fellow, Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship at Arena Stage (2016/17); recipient of the Thomas C. Fichandler Award (2016); Management Fellow, Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship at Arena Stage (2015/16); associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society; and Dramatists Guild member. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Tulsa and is attending Brown University/Trinity Rep as an M.F.A.Candidate in Directing in the fall of 2021. Twitter/Instagram: @taratomahawkwww.taramoses.com
Emilio rodriguez- cultural competency
Emilio Rodriguez began his theatre career at the age of 2 by performing one-kid adaptations of The Wizard of Oz in his parent's living room using a funnel, a broom and a pair of his mama's high heels. Since then, he has gone on to have his plays produced in Miami, Sacramento, Lancaster, Portland, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, and Puerto Vallarta. Emilio is the recipient of a Kresge Detroit Artist Award, a National Association for Latino Arts and Culture Catalyst for Change Grant and the Victor Bumbalo/Robert Chesley LGBT Playwriting Award. He was the guest playwright for the 2017 Theatre Kalamazoo Festival and the 2019 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Midwest Region. He has taught theatre and playwriting at Michigan Actors Studio, Detroit Institute of Music Education and Kalamazoo College. He currently teaches at the University of Michigan.
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Jose solís- ARts criticism
Jose Solís began his career as a critic at age 16 when he launched a film review website while living in Honduras, where he was born. He began writing about theatre while attending college in Costa Rica, and upon moving to NYC in 2012 focused entirely on the stage. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Toronto Star, The Washington Post, American Theatre, TDF Stages, The National Catholic Reporter, Encore Monthly, Backstage, Rotten Tomatoes, 3Views, and America Magazine. He is also the creator of Token Theatre Friends, a weekly web series/podcast where he talks to some of the most influential theatre artists working today.
In 2020 he was selected as the Floria Lasky Visiting Artist at Hunter College where he hosted the Wed@One series. The same year he started the BIPOC Critics Lab, a workshop he created meant to train the cultural critics of the future. The second installment of the Lab was hosted by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
He currently serves as one of three co-editors at 3Views and as the Critic Cohort Director at Did They Like It, a theatre reviews aggregator where he leads a cohort of five critics.
molly w. Schenck- trauma-informed creative practices
The body of work by Molly W. Schenck (MFA, MEd.) is rooted in a quest to understand humans. She is fascinated with human movement - whether that is a social justice movement, individuals persisting through systems, or how a body moves through space and time. She is also interested in what interrupts the full expression of movement (stress, trauma, burnout, injuries, chronic pain, etc.). This has guided the evolution of her studies and career path. She worked in higher education as an adjunct professor and administrator for ten years. She taught mind body and group fitness classes for twelve years. She specializes in the intersection of creativity and trauma and is the creator of Trauma-Informed Creative Practices. She is the founder of Grey Box Collective (an interdisciplinary, experimental, post-dramatic, trauma-informed arts organization that devises original performances around topics of social and emotional wellbeing i.e. makes weird art about tough stuff). She is the author of ‘Trauma-Informed Teaching Practices for Dance Educators’. She is a certified Trauma Support Specialist, Personal Trainer, a 500-hour experienced yoga teacher (focused on asana, pranayama, and meditation), Certified Teacher of BodyMind Dancing™, a registered somatic dance educator and a Dynamic Embodiment™ Practitioner. For more information visit: mollywschenck.com
Sydney schwindt- commedia dell’arte and Physical Story-telling
Sydney is a theatre educator, actor, director, and fight director in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a resident artist with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, the program developer with the Society of American Fight Directors, and on the advisory board for the Same Boat Theatre Collective. She has taught at the American Conservatory Theatre’s Graduate program and Indiana University, among others. Her passion lies in physical comedy and eco-storytelling. www.sydney-schwindt.com
Past teachers have included: Stephanie Capon, Christion “Ty” Edwards, Rachel Finley, Emily Freeman, Jon E. Rubin, Sara Yanney