We advocate, liaise, and facilitate conversation in the rehearsal room or set. We focus on consent-based practices and boundaries for actors. The main impetus of our work is rooted in accountability in entertainment, and is used to create a culture of care and consent that is culturally competent, safe, and comfortable for performers.

We are educators and primarily work as Intimacy Directors, Consultants, and Workshop Presenters

Our training encompasses the following areas:

• Anti-Harassment and Bystander Intervention

• Anti-Racism / IDEA

• Body Inclusivity

• Closure

• Cultural Competency

• Communication

• Consent and Boundaries

• Gender and Sexuality

• Human Rights and Intersectionality

• Intimacy Direction/ Coordination

• Masking Techniques

• Mental Health First Aid

• Movement and Choreography

• Restorative & Transformative Justice

• Sex Education

• Trauma and Somatic Responses

We have to acknowledge that “common sense” in the Theatre and Film industry are no longer common sense. Life informs our art form, and historically, entertainment can oftentimes take away actors’ personhood, and create harm and trauma from our rehearsal and filming practices. We must be inclusive, safe, and passionately anti-racist while uplifting minoritized voices, stories, and artists. Keeping theatre informed means adapting our practices to fit the needs of today. It is okay to change practices if they’ve been here for so long.

Intimacy Directors and the work that we do are currently leading this act of change within the industry, and we encourage you all to be a part of it.