Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD: Theatre & Performance Studies
University of Colorado Boulder, 2021
Dissertation—Unscripted Intimacies: Negotiating Consent in Gamified Performance
Graduate Certificate: Culture, Language, and Social Practice
MA: Theatre Production
Central Washington University, 2014
Thesis— The One Voice Project: A Process Drama
Theatrical Production: Specialization in Directing
BA: Theatre Education
Saint Edward’s University, 2009
Capstone—UIL State-Winning direction of Over the River and Through the Woods
Positions Held
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California State University Fullerton (CA): Assistant Faculty of Theatre Education. 2021–current
Graduate Courses Taught: Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy and Secondary School Teaching • Supervised Fieldwork in Secondary Schools
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Creating in Classrooms and Communities • Teaching Theatre in Secondary Schools • Drama Across the Curriculum • Oral Interpretation of Children’s LiteratureTheatrical Intimacy Education (USA): Guiding Faculty. 2021–current
Courses Taught: Best Practices • Working with Minors • Consent in the Acting Classroom • Trauma Informed Practices • Theatrical Techniques Casting, and Policy • Intimacy ChoreographyFresno State University (CA): Summer Arts Instructor 2022–2023
Graduate Courses Taught: Creating with Consent
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Onstage IntimaciesUniversity of Colorado Boulder (CO): Graduate Part-Time Instructor 2018–2021
Graduate Courses Taught: Introductory Devising • Playback Performance
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Theatre and Society • American Musical Theatre • Acting 1Community College of Denver (CO): Instructor of Theatre 2017–2019
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Acting II • Special Topics—Devising With Community Partners • Acting I • Theater AppreciationDevised Performance Intensive at Toynbee Studios (London UK): Teaching Artist in Residence 2018
Actor’s Academy for the Performing Arts (CO): Senior Instructor 2016–2018
Courses Taught: Devising • Senior Acting • Directing IDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College (CO): Faculty of Theatre 2015–2016
Undergraduate Courses Taught: Dual Enrollment Performance TraditionsNorthridge High School (CO): Faculty of Theatre 2014–2015
Franklin Middle School (CO): AVID Instructor; AVID Site Coordinator 2014–2015
Ellis Elementary (CO): Faculty of Theatre 2013–2014
Friendswood Junior High (TX): Faculty of Theatre 2009–2013
Stephen F. Austin High School (TX): Long-Term Substitute of Theatre 2008–2009
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California State University Fullerton: Fullerton, CA. Head of Theatre Education 2021–current
Fresno State University: Fresno, CA. Summer Arts Course Coordinator 2022–2023
Rocky Mountain Artists Safety Alliance: Colorado. Co-Founder; President 2018–2021
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company: Boulder, CO. Board of Directors; Co-chair of the DEI Committee. 2019–2021
Motus Theater: Boulder, CO. Interim Production Manager. 2019–2020
Motus Theater: Boulder, CO. Devising Director. 2018-2020
Fort Collins Children’s Theatre: Fort Collins, CO. Educational Programming Director. 2017–2018
Fort Collins Children’s Theatre: Fort Collins, CO. Summer Season Production Manager. 2014–2018
Rocky Mountain Theatre for Kids: Denver, CO. Senior Ensemble Directorr. 2016–2017
Denver Public School District: Theatre Content Specialist Teacher Leader 2015–2016
Friendswood Independent School District: Thespian Society District Coordinator 2010–2013
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California State University Fullerton. Honors Program Thesis Mentor. 2023-current
The Journal of Consent-Based Research. Founding Editor; Managing Editor. 2022–current
California State University Fullerton. Pa’lante Graduate Research Mentor. 2021–2024.
University of Colorado Boulder. MA Thesis Committee External Respondent. 2021–2023.
PARtake: The Journal of Performance-as-Research. Editor. 2020–2024.
California State University Fullerton. SUReA Undergraduate Research Mentor. 2022–2023.
University of Colorado Boulder Engaged Arts and Humanities Research Fellow. 2019–2020.
Summer Research Fellow. 2020.PARtake: The Journal of Performance-as-Research. Managing Editor. 2018–2020.
University of Colorado Boulder. Thomas Edwin Devaney Research Fellow. 2017–2019
Artistry
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Fullerton College (CA) 2024: She Kills Monsters
La Mirada Theatre (CA) 2024: Jersey Boys
AgentC by LL (CA) 2024: Vespertine
UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television (CA) 2024: Consciousness
Saddleback College (CA) 2024: She Kills Monsters
Westminster Playhouse (CA) 2024: The Gods of Comedy
Cypress College (CA) 2024: The Asian Cowboy
The Geffen Playhouse (CA) 2024: POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
North Coast Repertory Theatre (CA) 2024: Intimate Apparel
CSUF Opera (CA) 2024: L'incoronazione di Poppea
California State University Fullerton (CA) 2024: Urinetown • Marisol
The Geffen Playhouse (CA) 2023: Every Brilliant Thing
Victory Theatre Center (CA) 2023: Back Porch (world premiere)
Pasadena Playhouse (CA) 2023: A Little Night Music
Santa Monica Playhouse (CA) 2023: Women of Zalongo
California State University Fullerton (CA) 2023: Dogfight • Women of Zalonglo • Fefu and Her Friends • Love and Information
CSUF Opera (CA) 2023: Is This the Real Life, Is This Just Fantasy?
The Geffen Playhouse (CA) 2022: The Inheritance Part 1 • The Inheritance Part 2.
Pasadena Playhouse (CA) 2022: Sanctuary City • Uncle Vanya.
Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences (CA) 2022: The Seagull.
CSUF Opera (CA) 2022: A Case of Mistaken Identity
California State University Fullerton (CA) 2022: Blue Stockings • Merrily We Roll Along • She Kills Monsters • A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Cabaret
2021: How I Learned to Drive • SpongeBob Squarepants, the Musical • The Women of Zalongo (workshop).Third Act Theatre Company (OK) 2021: Medusa Undone.
The Wayward Artist (CA) 2021: The Nether.
University of Colorado Boulder (CO) 2021: The Agency • Measure for Measure • Loveville High.
Catamounts (CO) 2020: The Rough.
University of Colorado Boulder (CO) 2020: She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms • As You Like It • Spring Awakening • Shakuntala.
Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (CO) 2020: Bloomsday.
University of Colorado Boulder 2019: Poltergeist.
Buntport Theatre (CO) 2018: That’s What She Said.
University of Colorado Denver 2018: It Happens Here.
Community College of Denver 2017: Anatomy of Gray. • Radium Girls.
Actor’s Academy for the Performing Arts (CO) 2017: The Drowsy Chaperone • Aladdin.
2016: Legally Blonde • Hairspray. -
Sinking Ship Creations 2024: Monstrosity (NYC)
Sinking Ship Creations 2023: Monstrosity (Atlantic City, NJ) • The Job Opportunity (Warwick, RI)
The Geffen Playhouse (CA) 2023: Every Brilliant Thing
California State University Fullerton 2023: Fefu and Her Friends
Sinking Ship Creations (NYC) 2022: Project Ascension (NYC).
Viral Ventures (Denver) 2021: The Wizard’s Den
Otherworld Larp (Chicago) 2021: Valha11a Season 2, episodes 1-5
The Catamounts (Westminster, CO) 2020: The Rough
Moonrise Theater (Chicago) 2020: Valha11a Season 1 episodes 1–5
Entropic Endeavors (Petersburg PA 2020): Velvet Noir • Longest Days, Darkest Nights
University of Colorado Boulder 2019: Virtue of Reality (Boulder) • Playback Ensemble (touring) • Shakespearience (Boulder).
Pinecone Studios 2018: Mother Tongue (London) • Unwind (Battersea).
University of Colorado Denver 2018: It Happens Here
University of Colorado Boulder 2018: Playback Ensemble (touring).
American Immersion Theater 2017–2018: Murder Mystery Company (touring).
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California State University Fullerton 2024: The Speak Easy Speakeasy: A Playback Performance
California State University Fullerton 2023: Fefu and Her Friends.
University of Colorado Boulder 2021: Pre-Existing Cognitions.
University of Colorado Boulder 2020: She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms
Motus Theater 2019: UndocuAmerica—Immigrant Heritage • Restorative Stories • National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Conference Plenary Performance • Shoebox Stories • Ellis Island.
ACLU 100 National Tour 2019: UndocuMonologues.
University of Colorado Denver 2018: That’s What She Said.
Community College of Denver 2018: Cinco Decimas, A Devised Piece • Just Like Us. 2017: Radium Girls • Anatomy of Gray.
Fort Collins Children’s Theatre 2018: Into the Woods! Jr.
Fort Collins Children’s Theatre 2017: The Lion King, Jr.
Actor’s Academy for the Performing Arts 2017: AAPA Dramathon • The Drowsy Chaperone • US.e, A Devised Piece
StageDoor Theatre 2016: Macbeth
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College 2016: Against the Grain, a Devised Piece • The Eyes of the Law, a Devised Piece.
Rocky Mountain Theatre for Kids 2016: Alice in Wonderland, Jr. • Willy Wonka, Jr. • Peter Pan. • Aladdin, Jr. • Hairspray!
Fort Collins Children’s Theatre 2016: Aladdin, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College 2015: Clybourne Park
StageDoor Theatre 2015: Hamlet • Treasure Island.
Fort Collins Children’s Theatre 2015: Beauty and the Beast, Jr.
Northridge High School 2015: All Shook Up! • Radium Girls
Denver Center for Performing Arts 2014: One Voice: A Community Conversation.
Fort Collins Children’s Theatre 2014: Honk! Jr.
Ellis Elementary 2014: S.F. Macbeth • The One Voice Project • S.F. As You Like It 2013: Schoolhouse Rock, Jr.
Central Washington University 2012: Machinal.
Friendswood Jr. High 2009–2013: The Tail that Wagged the Dog •The Diary of Anne Frank • Phantom Tollbooth • Tempest • A Doctor In Spite of Himself • Bernice Bobs Her Hair • The Outsiders • A Highschooler’s Guide to the Galaxy • Honk! • The Seuss Odyssey • Sleepy Hollow • Girl in the Mirror • The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet • Cinderella • The Real Legacy of Andrew Jackson: Interpretations of Poetry Written During the Trail of Tears
Stephen F. Austin High School 2009: Over the River and Through the Woods • Into the Woods • The Diary of Anne Frank
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Sinking Ship Creations (Atlantic City, NJ) 2023: Monstrosity: Chelsea Marie Taylor.
Sinking Ship Creations (Warwick, RI) 2023: The Job Opportunity: Amy.
Sinking Ship Creations (NYC) 2022: Project Ascension: Siena.
University of Colorado Boulder (Tour) 2018–2021: Playback Ensemble Cast Member
Viral Ventures (Tour) 2020–2021: The Wizard’s Den. Potion Master.
Otherworld Theatre (Chicago), 2021: Valha11a Season 2, episodes 1–5: Reisa. • Valha11a Season 2, episode 3: Ghost of Åtta. • Valha11a Season 2, episodes 1–2: Åtta.
2020: Valha11a Season 1, episode 4: Virus. • Valha11a Season 1, episodes 1–5: Åtta.Entropic Endeavors (Petersburg, PA) 2020: Longest Days, Darkest Nights. NPC Ensemble. • Sister Maria Eugenia
Blue Sage Theatre (Paonia, CO) 2020: Playback Theatre Ensemble.
CWORX Police Crisis Intervention Training (Tour), 2016–2020: Touring Ensemble Member.
American Immersion Theatre (Tour) 2017–2019: Murder Mystery Company Cast Member.
University of Colorado Boulder Department of Experiential Design 2019: Virtue of Reality. Rebel.
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, 2019: Shakesperience Ophelia.
2018: perFORMing: My Part? The FacetsPinecone Studios (London) 2018: Mother Tongue: Davinia.
University of Denver Defense Attorney Clinic 2015–2018: EduLarp Performing Ensemble Cast Member.
Moses Lake Police Department (Moses Lake, WA) 2015: EduLarp Domestic Violence Training Cast Member
Texas Renaissance Festival (Todd Mission TX), 2012–2014: King’s Company Cast Member • 2009–2012: TRF Cast Member.
Publications & Presentations
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose. Forthcoming. “Research and FanFic: Teaching Inquiry, Sourcing, and Citing” in Teaching Writing in Theatre and Performance Studies: an Instructor’s Guide. Under Contract with Routledge
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2023. “Intimacy in Play: Training Actors for Agentic Symmetry in Unscripted Interactions.” In Experiential Theatres: Praxis-Based Approaches to Training 21st Century Theatre Artists, edited by William W. Lewis and Sean Bartley. Routledge. pp 53–63
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose. In Press. “Meet My Gaze: Crafting the Agentic Gaze for Zoom Theatre.” Theatre Notes & Counternotes.
Rikard, Laura, and Amanda Rose Villarreal. 2023. “Focus on Impact, not Intention: Moving from ‘Safe’ Spaces to Spaces of Acceptable Risk.” Journal of Consent-Based Performance 2 (1): 1–16.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2023. “Curatorial Directing and Actor Agency: Consent-Based Practices for Digital Performance.” Journal of Consent-Based Performance 2 (1): 87–103
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “Zooming In: The Intimate Panopticon and Pandemic Performance.” Etudes 7 (2).
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “The Evolution of Consent-Based Performance” Journal of Consent-Based Performance 1 (1): 5–23.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2021. “Meet My Gaze: Actor Agency and Curatorial Directing During COVID-19” Texas Theatre Journal 18: 17–28.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose, Bella Poynton, and Gaby Martineau. 2021. “Valha11a: Agency and Genre in Emergent Virtual Larp.” Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 36 (1): 137–57.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose, Bella Poynton, and Gaby Martineau. 2021. “Valha11a: Agency and Genre in Emergent Virtual Larp.” Global Performance Studies 4 (2): 137–57.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2019. “It Happens Here: Facilitating Campus-wide Conversations Through Performance.” Texas Theatre Journal 16 (1): 1–11.
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose. (In Production). “Review: Tandem Dances,” PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2020. “Review: Off Sites: Contemporary Performance Beyond Site-Specific.” Theatre History Studies 39: 272–275
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2020. “Review: Building Character: The Art and Science of Casting.” Musical Theatre Journal, 13 (3).
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose, Cessalee Smith-Stovall, and Mya Brown. 2023. “The Convergence of Consent and Cultural Competence While Staging Intimacy: Editors’ Notes.” Journal of Consent-Based Performance, 2 (2): iv-viii.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2023. “Questions Worth Asking: Editor’s Comments on Questioning Past Practice.” Journal of Consent-Based Performance, 2 (1): vi-vii.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “Planting Our Feet: Editor’s Comments on Exploring the Many Corners of Our Emerging Field.” Journal of Consent-Based Performance, 1 (2): iii-vi.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “Editor’s Comments.” Journal of Consent-Based Performance, 1 (1): iii-iv.
Pace, Chelsea, Laura Rikard, and Amanda Rose Villarreal. 2022. “Welcome to the JCBP.” Journal of Consent-Based Performance 1 (1): 1–4.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2015. “One Voice: Devising with Youth as Emancipatory Pedagogy.” Texas Educational Theatre Association Notes from the Field 2015. 72-91.
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2023. “Building a Consent-Based Space: All-Conference Professional Development Intensive.” California Educational Theatre Association Fall Conference: Costa Mesa, CA. (Oct 12–15)
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022.“Acknowledging Our Inheritance: From the Colonial Practices of Theatre to the Emancipatory Ethos of Performance Arts” 2022. Grupo de Teatro en Español’s Bilingual Theatre Festival: Fullerton, CA. (October 25)
Osnes, Beth, Amanda Rose Villarreal, Sarah Fahmy, and CU Undergraduate Students. 2020. “SPEAK: Supporting Womxn’s Voices for Civic Participation.” University of Colorado Systemwide Diversity and Inclusion Summit: Boulder, CO (February 25)
Walker, James, Amanda Rose Villarreal, Ondine Geary, and the CU Playback Ensemble. 2019. Playback: Engaging Colorado Creatives. Colorado Creative Industries Annual Summit: Boulder, CO. (Oct 14–15)
Wilson, Kirsten, Amanda Rose Villarreal, and the Motus Theater Performance Ensemble. 2019. Restorative Stories: JustUs- Stories of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals on the Front Lines of the Criminal Justice System. National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Conference: Denver, CO
Nii Armah Sowah and Amanda Rose Villarreal, 2018. Rush Hour: (Race)ing Across CU. University of Colorado Systemwide Diversity and Inclusion Summit: Boulder, CO
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose, 2024. Fears and Tears: Kink, Larp, and What We Can Learn From Each Other. Solmukhota: Tampere, Finland
Villarreal, Amanda Rose, 2024. Improvisational Skills for Therapeutic Role Play. California Career Development Association: Online Synchronous
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2023. Teaching Youth Through Consent-Based Practices. California State University Northridge Teenage Drama Workshop Faculty Training: Northridge, CA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2023. Consent in Classrooms, Curriculum, and Coaching: Moorpark College School of Arts, Media, and Entertainment: Moorpark, CA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2023. Best Practices for Theatre Educators. California State University Northridge. Northridge, CA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. Consent and Intimacy in Opera Performance. University of Missouri Kansas City: Kansas City, MO.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose and Greg Geffrard. 2022. Best Practices of Theatrical Intimacy Education. Kansas City Repertory Theatre: Kansas City, MO
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. Building a Consent Based Space for Theatre Educators. Educational Theatre Association National Conference: Los Angeles, CA
Rikard, Laura, Kim Shively, Amanda Rose Villarreal, Michael Jablonski, and Greg Geffrard. 2022. Theatrical Intimacy Education’s National Educator Advocate Program. Spartanburg, SC
Shively, Kim, and Amanda Rose Villarreal. 2022. Consent and Working with Minors. Educator Advocate Program National Convening: Spartanburg, SC
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2021. Building a Consent-Based Space: Introduction to Theatrical Intimacy Education (part 1) California Educational Theatre Association Conference: Costa Mesa, CA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2021. Building a Consent-Based Space: Introduction to Theatrical Intimacy Education (part 2) California Educational Theatre Association Conference: Costa Mesa, CA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2020. Make it Less Weird: Taking the Anxiety Out of Staged Intimacy. Denver Public Schools Theatre Educator Advanced Learning Summit: Denver, CO
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2019. Intimacy Choreography for Educators: An Introduction to Theatrical Intimacy Education. Texas Educational Theatre Association Conference: Dallas, TX
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2018. Introduction to RasaBoxes. International Devised Performance Intensive: London, UK
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2018. The Sting/Reward System: Maintaining Boundaries in Unscripted Immersive Encounters. International Devised Performance Intensive: London, UK
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose and Ilan Norwood. 2024. Tears and Fears:
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2023. “Open Space Facilitation as Equitable Devising Pedagogy.” Devising and New Play Nurturing: Encouraging Diverse Voices Through New and Rebuilt Practices. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Austin, TX.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “Stepping In: Living and Witnessing Traumas Not My Own.” American Society for Theatre Research: New Orleans, LA.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “Intimacy in Play: A Case Study in Actor Training for Gamified Performance” Experiential Theatres: Praxis-Based Approaches to Training 21st Century Theatre Artists. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Detroit, MI
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “Invitations: Game Mechanics that Shape Digital Spectatorship and Performance” Rehearsing Audience Research: Critical Strategies for Digital Experiences. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Detroit, MI
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “Devising Delayed: The Art of Invitation and Emergent Narrative” COVID-era Devising: Contributing Toward a New Canon. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Detroit, MI
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2022. “Intimacy in Play: Training Actors for Gamified Performance” The Revolution Will Be Syllabized: Experiential Practice in the Theatre Studies Classroom Roundtable. Mid-America Theatre Conference: Cleveland, OH
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2021. “Immersive Intimacy: Towards a Broader Discourse of the Spectrum of Consent” Enveloping Worlds: Toward a Discourse of Immersivity and Participatory Performance. American Society for Theatre Research: San Diego, CA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2021. “Agency and Intimacy Choreography” Curated Open Panel: Negotiating Agency and Consent in Performer Training. Theatre and Performance Research Association: Liverpool, UK
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2021. “Re: Framing Our Gaze.” RE: Framing Actors in Online Stages. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Austin, TX
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2021. “Online Intimacies and Agency in Digital Theatre Practice.” Framing Just Spaces: Digital Revolution, Intervention, and Reflections. Output in the Interstice: Performance and Product in Times of Hiatus Symposium: Buffalo, NY
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2020. “Theatre With, Not For: TYA as Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy.” Theatre for Young Audiences as Tool of Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Detroit, MI
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2020. “Creating Immersive Agents: Consent Mechanics for Immersive Performance.” HERE Summit and Festival: Pasadena, CA.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2020. “Theatrical Application: Using Performance for Social Justice.” Research and Innovation Office’s Broader Impacts Summit: Boulder, CO.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2020. “When Breaking Character is Building Character: Reinforcing Boundaries in Immersive Performance.” (At) the Boundaries of Character. Mid-America Theatre Conference: Chicago, IL.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2020. “Building Character and Career Construction” co-presented with Enrique Villarreal. Crafting Character. Mid-America Theatre Conference: Chicago, IL
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2019. “Humanizing Educational Environments: Humanities for Retention.” New Scenes: Transdisciplinary Collaboration in Action. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Orlando, FL
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2019. “Training Students, Training Staff: Educational Larp as Utilized on College Campuses” Community Engagement and High Impact Practices in Two-Year Colleges: How Theatre Programs are Serving Our Campus Communities.” Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Orlando, FL
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2019. “It Happens Here: Invisible Theatre and On-Campus Controversies” Staging Academia: Campus Controversies in American Drama. American Literature Association 30th Annual Conference on American Literature: Boston, MA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2019. “Implementing Consent in Audience Engagement” Immersive Design Summit: San Francisco, CA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2018. “It Happens Here: Enacting Change Through Theatre Education.” Texas Educational Theatre Association Academic Symposium: Dallas, TX
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2018. “Breaking Through: Inciting Change through Performance with Police.” Panel: Unhushed: Artivism as Amplifier of Unheard Voices. Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference: Boston, MA
Shawna Mefferd-Kelty, Emily Rollie, and Amanda Rose Villarreal. 2018. How to Refresh and Ignite Your Introduction to Theatre Class. Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference: Boston, MA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2018. “It Happens Here: Performances to Promote Campus-wide Conversations of Consent” Theatre as a Liberal Art Debut Panel. Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference: Boston, MA
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2016. “Arts Integration in the Common Core Classroom.” Denver Public Schools Beyond Common Core Teaching Symposium: Denver, CO
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2016. “Empathy and Theatre Education.” Denver Public Schools Beyond Common Core Teaching Symposium: Denver, CO
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. 2015–2016 Equity in Action and Instruction Series. Hosted monthly by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College: Denver, CO
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose, Cen Liu, Stephen Cedars, Bart Pitchford, Yong Suk Yoo, Detra Payne, Janet Hayatshahi, Jess Jung, Michael Yawney, and Sarah Fahmy. 2023. Rebuilding a Stronger Foundation: A Salon Discussion on Enhancing Equity Through Theatre Pedagogy. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Austin, TX
Villarreal, Amanda Rose, Greg Geffrard, Lusie Cuskey, Mya Brown, Valerie Clayman Pye, and Laura Rikard. 2023. Sifting Through the Rubble: Identifying the Pieces that Remain Productive and Restructuring Past Practice. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Austin, TX
Rikard, Laura, Mya Brown, Kim Shively, Greg Geffrard, and Amanda Rose Villarreal. 2023. Being the Change They Say They Want to See. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Austin, TX
Villarreal, Amanda Rose, Chelsea Pace, and Laura Rikard. 2022. Reparative Practices and Research. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Detroit, MI
Lewis, William, Amanda Rose Villarreal, and Sarah Johnson. 2022. Open-Source Journals and the Battle to Dismantle Hierarchies of Academic Publication. Association for Theatre in Higher Education: Detroit, MI
Noah Nelson, Amanda Rose Villarreal, and Johanna Koljonen. 2019. The Ethics Salon. Immersive Design Summit: San Francisco, CA
Jenny Weinbloom, Noah Nelson, and Amanda Rose Villarreal. 2018. Agency and Consent for Actors and Audience. Denver Immersive Summit: Denver, CO
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Villarreal, Amanda Rose, Sarah Fahmy, and Stephen Tabor. 2022. The Games We Play Association of Theatre in Higher Education Theatre and Social Change Focus Group: Detroit, MI July 2022
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. “Streaming for Success: Creating Engaging Arts and Performance Pedagogy for Online Delivery” University of Colorado Center for Teaching and Learning COVID-19 Workshop Series: Boulder, CO March 2020
Amanda Rose Villarreal and Sarah Fahmy. Playing with Intention University of Colorado Diversity Summit: Boulder, CO March 2020
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. Creating Safer Playing Practices Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region VII: Fort Collins, CO February 2020
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. Intimacy Choreography for Educators: An Introduction to Theatrical Intimacy Education. Texas Educational Theatre Association Conference: Dallas, TX, September 2019
Amanda Rose Villarreal and Sarah Fahmy. Theatre of the Oppressed and Engineers Without Borders. University of Colorado Engineers Without Borders: Boulder, CO April 2019
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. Facilitating Community Conversations. University of Colorado Boulder Diversity Summit: Boulder, CO April 2019.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. Dialing Up You: Professionalism in Presentation University of Colorado Applied Mathematics Department: Boulder, CO March 2019.
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. Summer Session: “No Fear Shakespeare: The Art of Shakespearean Performance.” Stagedoor Theatre: Evergreen, CO, June—July 2015
Villarreal, Amanda Rose. “Breathing and Embodiment: Enhancing the Performance Process.” Stagedoor Theatre: Evergreen, CO, June—July 2014
Hartley, Amanda Rose. Middle School Madness: “Students and Somatic Performance.” Texas Educational Theatre Association Conference: Dallas, TX, January 2012
Service & Leadership
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Association of Theatre in Higher Education
Directing Focus Group Conference Planner. 2022—Present
Directing Focus Group Communications Coordinator. 2021–Present
Graduate Student Caucus Faculty Mentor. 2021–2023
Theatre and Social Change Focus Group: Panel Coordinator. 2020—2022
Directing Focus Group Graduate/Early Career Liaison. 2019—2021
Theatre as a Liberal Art Focus Group: Member Services Coordinator. 2018—2020Theatrical Intimacy Education Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Summit
Official Summit Scribe. 2020 -
Theatrical Intimacy Education National Educator Advocate Program
Western Region Representative. 2022—PresentRocky Mountain Artists’ Safety Alliance
President. 2018—2022
Co-Founder 2018Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Region VII Respondent. 2017—2019Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company
Board Member. 2019–2021
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee: Chair. 2020—2021
Outreach Committee: Member. 2019—2021Denver Public School District
Arts Curriculum Development Team: Theatre Curriculum Specialist. 2014—2016University Interscholastic League
One-Act Play Adjudicator. 2011—2013 -
The Journal of Consent-Based Performance
Editorial Board Chair. 2021—PresentPARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research
Editorial Board Member. 2021—PresentUniversity of Colorado Boulder
External M.A. Thesis Examiner: Trans Identity On and Off Stage: A Guide for Supporting Trans Actors Playing Roles Outside Their Gender Identity. Matthias Bolon. 2022—2023
External M.A. Thesisl Examiner: Trauma-Informed Applied Theatre by Stephanie Talder. 2023Central Washington University
Alumni Undergraduate Mentor. 2018—2022PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research
Managing Editor. 2018—2021
Editorial Assistant. 2017—2018 -
California State University, Fullerton
Campuswide Commission on Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice. 023—Present
Campuswide Climate Action Plan Committee Member. 2022—PresentUpGrads Grad Student Mentorship Program Mentor. 2021—PresentPa’lante Graduate Student Support Program Mentor. 2021—Present
GI2025 Social Justice Cluster Cohort Co-Chair. 2021—2023
Campus Climate Committee Member. 2022—2023University of Colorado Boulder
Graduate Student Mentorship Program Graduate Mentor. 2018—2021
CU enacts–Founder, President. 2017—2021Community College of Denver
Adjunct Faculty Council–Member. 2016—2018
The Ghostlight Project–Site Coordinator. 2016—2018Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College
Equity Action Team–District Liaison. 2015—2016
Professional Development Specialist. 2015—2016 -
Department of Theatre & Dance at California State University Fullerton
Head of Theatre Education 2021–Present
Theatre Studies Committee Co-Chair. 2021—Present
Play Selection Committee Member. 2021—Present
Representation, Equity, and Inclusion Member. 2021—Present
Student Handbook Committee Member. 2021—Present
Personnel Committee Member. 2021—2022Department of Theatre and Dance at University of Colorado Boulder
THDN Season Selection Committee PhD Directing Representative. 2020—2021
Theatre Department Admissions Committee MA and PhD Applicant Reviewer. 2019—2021
Not In Our House Standards Committee–Co-Founder, Graduate Liaison. 2018—2021
Program Support Committee Graduate Liaison. 2018—2020
Arts and Cultural Enhancement Committee Graduate Liaison. 2018—2020
Department of Theatre And Performance Studies Faculty-Graduate Liaison. 2018—2019 Departmental Arts Fee Committee Graduate Student Representative. 2017—2019
Teaching
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Fresno State University
Creating with Consent: Onstage IntimaciesCalifornia State University Fullerton
Creating with Classrooms and Communities
Methods in Anti-Oppressive Performance Praxis
Theatre Education Fieldwork
Teacher Preparation SeminarUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Special Topics—Introductory Devising
Special Topics—Playback PerformanceCommunity College of Denver
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California State University Fullerton
EDSC 440S General Pedagogy in Secondary Schools
EDSC 440F Fieldwork in Single-Subject Student Teaching
THTR 402A Drama Across the Curriculum
THTR 402B Teaching Theatre in Secondary Education
THTR 402C Creating with Classrooms and Communities
THTR 311 Oral Interpretation of Children’s LiteratureTheatrical Intimacy Education
Best Practices
Theatrical Techniques, Casting, and Policy
Working with Minors
Consent in the Acting Classroom
Trauma Informed PracticesUniversity of Colorado Boulder
THTR 3011 American Musical Theatre
THTR 1009 Theatre and Society
THTR 1003 Acting 1
THTR 5049 Special Topics—Introductory DevisingCommunity College of Denver
Acting I
Acting II
Theatre Appreciation
Special Topics—Devising with Community PartnersDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College
Acting 1
Acting 2
Concurrent Enrollment Acting
Performance Traditions -
University of California Los Angeles
Theatrical Intimacy Education Weekend Workshop, 2023
Instructional Touch, 2023California State University Northridge Teen Theatre Workshop Faculty Orientation
Consent-Based Practices and Working With Youth, 2023Moorpark College
Theatrical Intimacy Education’s Consent in the Acting Classroom (Faculty Workshop), 2023
Theatrical Intimacy Education’s Best Practices (Department-wide Workshop), 2023California State University Northridge
Theatrical Intimacy Education’s Consent in the Acting Classroom, 2023
Theatrical Intimacy Education’s Best Practices, 2023University of Missouri Kansas City
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The Intersection of Intimacy and Identity, 2022
Consent-based Choreography, 2022
Consent in Interdisciplinary Embodied Performance, 2022University of Montevallo
Performance Pedagogy in Embodied Classrooms, 2022California State University Long Beach
A Crash Course in Performing Onstage Intimacy, 2022The Lee Strasberg Institute: Los Angeles
Best Practices for Actor Educators, 2022
Consent in the Acting Classroom, 2022The Groundlings Theatre & School: Los Angeles
Faculty Training—Best Practices of Theatrical Intimacy Education, 2022
Faculty Training—Consent and Improvisation, 2022
Sunday Company Training—Best Practices of Theatrical Intimacy Education, 2022
Student Company Training—Best Practices of Theatrical Intimacy Education, 2022Court Theatre: Addington, Christchurch, New Zealand
Best Practices of Theatrical Intimacy Education, 2022University of South Carolina Upstate
Educator Advocate Program, 2022
Consent and Working with Minors, 2022University of Colorado Boulder
An Introduction to Consent-Based Classroom Performance, 2022Florida State University
Intro to Theatrical Intimacy Education Best Practices, 2021Chatham University
The Ethics of Immersive Environments, 2021
Intimate Engagement: Consent in Immersive Interactions, 2021Denver Public School District
Consent in Performance and Pedagogy, 2021
Consent-Based Practices for Secondary Settings, 2021
Consent and Working with Youth, 2021California Educational Theatre Association Conference
Introduction to Theatrical Intimacy Education (part 1), 2021
Building a Consent-Based Space: Introduction to Theatrical Intimacy Education (part 2), 2021University of Colorado Denver
Acting Lab 1: Performing for Virtual Realms, 2020
Directors at Work: Introduction to Consent-Based Practices, 2020Texas Educational Theatre Association Conference
Intimacy Choreography for Educators: An Introduction to Theatrical Intimacy Education, 2019International Devised Performance Intensive: London, UK
The Sting/Reward System: Maintaining Boundaries in Unscripted Immersive Encounters, 2018
Breath, Body, and Immediacy in Immersive Performance. 2018
Crafting the Audience Encounter. 2018
Offers, Invitations, and Immersive Performance. 2018
Introduction to RasaBoxes. 2018 -
Moorpark College Department of Theatre and Dance: Moorpark, CA
Best Practices of Staged Intimacy, 2023University of Colorado Boulder Theatre and Performance Studies Graduate Program: Boulder, CO
Research Strategies: Writing, Revising, and the Publishing Process, 2023
Research Strategies: Performance-As-Research Methodology in Research and Writing, 2022
Research Strategies: Publishing Processes Workshop, 2022California State University Northridge Department of Theatre and Dance: Los Angeles, CA
Consent in the Acting Classroom, 2023
Best Practices of Theatrical Intimacy Education 2023Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Fullerton, CA
Evolutions in Theatre Theory and Practice, 2023University of Montevallo Department of Theatre: Montevallo, AL
Performance Pedagogy in Embodied Classrooms, 2022California State University Long Beach
A Crash Course in Performing Onstage Intimacy, 2022University of Missouri Kansas City
Consent and Intimacy in Opera Performance. 2022
Best Practices of Theatrical Intimacy Education. 2022Theatrical Intimacy Education’s National Educator Advocate Program. Consent and Working With Minors. 2022
University of South Carolina Upstate
Consent in the Acting Classroom. 2022Denver Public Schools Theatre Educator Advanced Learning Summit:
Make it Less Weird: Taking the Anxiety Out of Staged Intimacy. 2018University of Northern Colorado: Student Teaching Seminar: Engaging Students in Drama-Based Pedagogy. 2018
Student Teaching Seminar: Creative Inquiry: Performance as Research and Embodied Exploration. 2017
Student Teaching Seminar: Evaluating Creative Work. 2017
Student Teaching Seminar: Equitable Performance Assessments for Secondary Pedagogy. 2016 -
California State University Fullerton:
Intimacy Onstage for Operatic Performance, 2023
Grupo de Teatro: Borders, Resistance, Freedom: Latino Performance Artists. 2022
Grupo de Teatro: Finding your Embodied Voice: Developing Performance. 2022
Grupo de Teatro: Today’s Colonial Theatre vs. Empowering Performance. 2022
Department of Music: Establishing Boundaries for Emboldened Opera Performance, 2021University of Colorado Boulder:
Fiske Planetarium: Embodied Inquiry. 2020
The Center for Teaching and Learning: Evaluating Creative Research and Writing. 2020
Department of Environmental Science: Creative Climate Communication: Playback for Planet, 2019
Engineers Without Borders: Playback and Performance as Facilitating Techniques. 2019
Engineers Without Borders: Listening and Learning in the Communities we Serve. 2019
The Center for Teaching and Learning: Performance-as-Research as Methodology. 2019
Graduate Teacher Program: Evaluating Creative Work. 2018
Engineers Without Borders: Theatre of the Oppressed and Other Performance Tools. 2018
Engineers Without Borders: Connecting through Questions and Conversation. 2018
Engineers Without Borders: Learning from Local Experiential Expertise. 2018 -
California State University at Fullerton Department of Theatre and Dance:
Theatre and Dance Fall Staged Intimacy Intensive, 2023
Dance: Auditioning and Consent-Based Artistic Processes
Dance Orientation: Consent-based Choreography and Questioning Inherited Practices, 2022
Graduate Research Seminar: Embodied Inquiry and Performance as Research, 2021
Beginning Scene Study: Introduction to Theatrical Intimacy, 2021University of Colorado Boulder, Graduate Studies, Department of Theatre and Dance:
Research Strategies: Publishing Processes Workshop, 2020
Research Strategies: Performance-as-Research Methodology, 2020
Research Strategies: Publishing Processes: Crafting a Proposal, 2020
Research Strategies: Artistic Practice as Research, 2020
Research Strategies: Publishing Processes Workshop, 2019
Research Strategies: Engaged Scholarship and Practice as Research, 2019
Research Strategies: Publishing Processes: Finding Appropriate CFPs, 2019University of Colorado Boulder, Undergraduate Department of Theatre and Dance:
Script Lab: Immersive and Audience Experience, 2020
Contact Improvisation: Consent Negotiations for Improvised Movement 2020
Stage Management: Managing Intimacy & Documentation, 2020
Contact Improvisation: Playback: Applications, 2020
Acting 1: Safety, Consent, and Self-Directed Scenework, 2020
Acting 1: Offers, Invitations, and Immersive Performance 2020
Improvisation 1: Playback and Interactive Performance, 2019
Theatre and Society: Immersive and Audience Experience, 2019
Professional Orientation: Theatrical Intimacy, 2019
Contact Improvisation: Intimacy in Movement, 2019
American Musical Theatre: Before Hamilton: Passing Strange, 2018
Acting 1: Introduction to RasaBoxes, 2018
Acting 1: Consent and Intimacy in Scenework, 2018Community College of Denver Department of Theatre:
Acting I: Boundary Establishment in Scenework, 2018
Theatre Appreciation: The Art of the Concept, 2017
Theatre Appreciation: Introduction to Intimacy Choreography, 2017 -
Actor’s Academy of the Performing Arts (2016—2018):
Junior Theatre.
Senior Theatre.
Devising.Martin Luther King Jr. Early College (2015—2016):
Sixth Grade Theatre.
Seventh Grade Theatre.
Eighth Grade Theatre.
Secondary Theatre 1.
Secondary Theatre 2.
Concurrent Enrollment Coursework in Theatre.Northridge High School (2014—2015):
Acting 1.
Acting 2.
Honors Theatre.Franklin Middle School (2014—2015):
Sixth Grade AVID.
Seventh Grade AVID.
Eighth Grade AVID.Ellis Elementary (2013—2014):
English Language Learner Early Childhood Drama.
Preschool Drama.
Kindergarten Drama.
First Grade Drama.
Second Grade Drama.
Third Grade Drama.
Fourth Grade Drama.
Fifth Grade Drama.Friendswood Junior High (2009-2013):
Technical Theatre 1.
Technical Theatre 2.
Acting 1.
Acting 2.
Film Direction and Editing.Stephen F. Austin High School (2008-2009):
Theatre 1.
Theatre 2.
Theatre 3.
Technical Theatre.
Honors Theatre.
Awards
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National Endowment of the Arts
Women of Zalongo (with Maria Cominis and Kari Hayter): $10,000. 2022Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Conference Travel Grant: $500, 2019Texas Educational Theatre Association Academic Symposium
Research Presentation Award: $500. 2018Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Dramatic Learning Partnership Grant for The One Voice Process Drama Project: $8,000. 2013—2014 -
California State University Fullerton Office of Research and Sponsored Projects
Summer Undergraduate Research Academy: Consent-Based Practice in Performance and Pedagogy $9,000. 2023University of Colorado Boulder Center for Arts and Humanities
Beverly Sears Grant. $2,000. 2020
Engaged Arts and Humanities Research Award. $5,000. 2020University of Colorado Department of Theatre and Dance
Reverend and Mrs. Francis Wolle Research Grant: $2,000. 2019
Arts and Culture Enhancement Grant: $1,780. 2018.
Reverend and Mrs. Francis Wolle Research Fund. $691. 2018 -
CSU Systemwide Summer Arts Intensive: Fresno, CA
Summer Arts Teaching Residency 2023University of South Carolina Upstate: Spartanburg, SC
Educator Advocacy Program Teaching Artist Residency 2022University of Colorado Boulder Office of Outreach and Engagement: Boulder, CO
Engaged Arts and Humanities Fellow 2019—2021University of Colorado Boulder Graduate School: Boulder, CO
Summer Research Fellowship, 2020Immersive Design Summit: San Francisco, CA
No Proscenium Immersive Artist Residency, 2019Devised Performance Intensive: London, United Kingdom
Teaching Artist Residency at Toynbee Studios, 2018
Pinecone Labs Developing Performance Fellowship, 2018University of Colorado Boulder
Center for Arts and Humanities Thomas Edwin Devaney Research Fellowship: 2017—2019 -
California State University Fullerton
College of the Arts Faculty Recognition in Service. 2023Regional Theatre Tony Award: Pasadena Playhouse 2023
Season ContributorKennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Awards Committee
Distinguished Achievement in Collaboration. 2021
Distinguished Achievement in Ensemble Performance. 2021Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Theatre as a Liberal Art Focus Group: 1st Place Scholar’s Competition Award. 2018Texas Educational Theatre Association Academic Symposium
Academic Research Competition: First Place. 2018Denver Public School District
Accessible Arts Curriculum Award. 2016
Spirit of Shakespeare Award in Directing. 2016.
Spirit of Shakespeare Award in Directing. 2014.
Equity in Arts Award: Southeast Region. 2013.
Community Engaged Arts Projects
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Binary Trappings: An Immersive Experience and Community Conversation (2023), produced in partnership with George G. Golleher Alumni House, Women and Gender Studies, and CSUF Alumni Association
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UndocuAmerica (2019) produced in partnership with the ACLU's National 100 Tour, Colorado Immigration Rights Coalition, and Motus Theater
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Playback: A Critical Conversations Project (2018–20), produced in partnership with the North Folk Valley Creative Coalition
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Campus Assault: It Happens Here (2017–18), produced in partnership with The Blue Bench, The Phoenix Center at Auraria, the University of Colorado Denver, and the Community College of Denver
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Our History Shapes Our Future (2018), produced in partnership with playwright Karen Zacarias and Su Teatro
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Cinco Decimas (2018), produced in partnership with the Community College of Denver Foundation and Su Teatro
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The One Voice Project (2013–14), created in partnership with Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the Newman Center for Performing Arts
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Consent Education: Onstage and in Sex Ed (2019–20), produced in partnership with Denver Public School District's CityWide Program and University of Colorado Boulder's Office of Engagement
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Rush Hour: RACEing Across Campus (2019), produced in partnership with University of Colorado's Diversity and inclusion Summit
Related Training
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Mental Health First Aid Certified
Gender Equity and Title IX Certified
Training with Laura Rikard and Chelsea Pace of Theatrical Intimacy Education (USA):
Best Practices
Theatrical Studio Techniques, Casting, and Policy
Staging Sex: Outercourse
Staging Sex: Intercourse
Staging Sex: Non-Consensual Intimacy
Staging Sex: Power Play
Intimacy Coordination
Intimacy Choreography
Creating a Culture of Consent: Community Agreements
Working with Minors
Working with Trans and Non-Binary Artists
Modesty Garments, Barriers, and Masking
Stage Managers and Intimacy
Staging Intimacy Beyond the Binary
Actors and Intimacy
Consent in the Acting Classroom
Weekend Workshop: Intimacy Choreography40 hours: Educator Advocate Program training with Theatrical Intimacy Education (USA)
24 hours: Intimacy Coordination with Siobhan Richardson of Intimacy Directors International (Canada & US)
16 Hours: Intimacy for Stage and Screen (UK) with Yarit Dor
16 Hours: Intimacy Coordination with Intimacy Professionals Association (USA)
Kink and Consent
DeroleingLevel 1 Trained with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (USA)
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140 hours of Playback with James Walker of Playback West
60 hours of Rasa Boxes with Paula Murray Cole at Central Washington University
40 hours of Viewpoints with Wendell Beavers at Naropa University
30 hours of Suzuki Movement Training with David Long at St. Edward’s University
18 hours of Psychological Gestures Michael Chekhov Technique with Michelle Romeo
8 hours of Body, Space, and Creating Immersive Performance with Punchdrunk Enrichment (London)
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40 hours: Open Space Devising Method with Laura Lundy at Toynbee Studios (London)
40 hours: Devised Theatre Intensive with Amy Clare Tasker at Pinecone Studios (London, UK)
20 hours: Moment Work with Bree Luck of Tectonic Theatre Project
16 hours of Devising with Neurodivergent Movers with Tashi Baiguerra of Frantic Assembly
8 hours of Immersive Creation for Youth with Punchdrunk Enrichment (London)
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California State University Fullerton
Equity Pedagogy Training (3 hours). Completed 2022University of Colorado Boulder
Graduate Certificate in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (15 credit hours). Completed 2021.Denver Public School District
Accessible Education Certificate (12 hours). Completed 2016.
Inclusive Pedagogy Certificate (12 hours). Completed 2015.