Intimacy Direction Workshop - Tucson

​in alignment with the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom's Consent Month.

​Participants will explore core principles of consent-based practices, boundary setting, choreography, and rehearsal protocols that can be adapted for educational, community, and professional theatre settings. Through discussion, demonstrations, and hands-on activities, attendees will gain strategies for facilitating rehearsals that foster trust, artistic freedom, and ethical collaboration.

​Whether you are directing productions, teaching theatre, stage managing, or supporting student performers, this workshop offers actionable techniques that can be immediately implemented in your creative practice.

​Participants will learn how to:

• ​Understand the role and responsibilities of an intimacy director.

• ​Apply consent-based communication and boundary-setting practices.

• ​Stage intimate moments using choreography rather than improvisation.

• ​Navigate power dynamics and foster collaborative rehearsal spaces.

• ​Incorporate trauma-informed approaches into rehearsal processes.

• ​Adapt intimacy practices for educational, community, and professional theatre environments.