Directing and Intimacy Choreography
Select Credits
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THEATRE
Waiting for Cain (Hope Jahren)^ Stage Director
Surface Tension (N. Weinberg) Stage Director Hub Theatre Co. of Boston/Boston Playwright's Theatre
Burn This Intimacy Director Hub Theatre Co. of Boston
Metamorphoses (Zimmerman) Stage Director Arlington Children's Theater (MA)
The Book of Will AD/Intimacy Director Hub Theatre Co. of Boston (dir. Bryn Boice)
u/s: various
A Midsummer Night's Dream Assistant Director Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. (dir. Victoria Townsend)
Metamorphoses (Zimmerman) Asst. Production Choreographer Suffolk University (dir. A. Nora Long)
Queens (new work, Kai Clifton) Intimacy Choreographer Moonbox Productions (dir. Kai Clifton)
Broadway World Boston award: Best New Play
The 39 Steps Intimacy Choreographer Greater Boston Stage Co. (dir. Ilyse Robbins)​
OPERA/MUSICAL THEATRE
Eurydice (Ruhl/Aucoin) Intimacy Director Boston Lyric Opera (dir. Doug Fitch)
Knoxville, 1915 (staged concert) Stage Director Opera del West
Bon Appétit (Hoiby) Stage Director Opera del West
Don Giovanni AD/Intimacy Choreographer Long Island Lyric Opera (dir. Adrienne Boris)
Late (new work, Kathleen Cahill) Intimacy Choreographer Moonbox Productions (dir. Bridget O’Leary)
NIGHTTOWN Intimacy Choreographer Lowell House Opera (dir. Adrienne Boris)
La Traviata AD/Intimacy Choreographer MassOpera (dir. Katy Early)
FILM
Service Provider Intimacy Coordinator Helios Opera (dir. Adrienne Boris)
* upcoming
^ staged reading
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Commonwealth Shakespeare: Apprentice Repertory Company Director: Victoria Townsend Photo: Nile Scott Studios
Commonwealth Shakespeare: Apprentice Repertory Company Director: Victoria Townsend Fight Director: Jess Meyer Photo: Nile Scott Studios
Helios Opera Director: Adrienne Boris
Commonwealth Shakespeare: Apprentice Repertory Company Director: Victoria Townsend Photo: Nile Scott Studios
Photo: Nile Scott Studios | MassOpera's La Traviata at the historic Eustis Estate
Intimacy Choreography & Coordination
Intimacy professionals support a director's storytelling vision by translating the staging of theatrical intimate scenes and moments into specific, documentable, and repeatable movements. This can include:
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Sexual or romantic intimacy, comic or dramatic
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Childbirth, medical scenes, and burial/funeral preparation of bodies
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Anything with close contact and/or emotionally heightened content
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As a choreographer, Lauren uses consent based practices to ensure the safety and well being of all participants in the rehearsal room with a particular focus on advocating for the most vulnerable. She believes strongly in maintaining a collaborative environment with actors, designers, and production staff, and uses boundary check-ins and open communication to produce meaningful and evocative scenes. Her work encompasses opera, spoken theatre, film, and work with minors on set. For more information about the process of working with an intimacy choreographer, consultation, and whether or not your production should have an intimacy professional, please use the contact page!