For Business Professionals

The process of creating a play is a collaborative act. With only four to six weeks of rehearsal time, a company of actors must quickly learn how to work together and create a space of trust and support. In this team-building training, you’ll jump into the role of an ensemble of actors and explore the strategies directors and theatermakers use to unite a cast and creative team.

Focus areas include active listening, presence, verbal and nonverbal communication, creative brainstorming, risk taking and understanding your audience.

Adapting and connecting to an audience. Communicating in a clear, authentic, engaging voice. Strategically expressing an idea. These are essential elements for a great stage performance and a great work presentation. Take a holistic approach to improving your presentation skills by exploring the techniques professional actors use to mentally and physically prepare for a role.

Focus areas include vocal training, storytelling techniques, strategies to connect and engage with an audience, and adapting to the unexpected.

Like all great actors, effective leaders require an engaging, inspiring presence. By following the four stages of the creative process (Imagine, Play, Create, Reflect), you’ll learn the techniques actors use to embody characters onstage and how directors bring their team together to achieve their creative vision. This training is ideal for executive teams and managers.

Focus areas include vocal clarity and variety, staying calm under pressure, galvanizing a team to work toward a common goal and applying theater-based techniques to the workplace.