I am on a mission to unleash performance artists and educators to interrogate current practices, and arm them with the tools that they need in order to enact change.

I utilize consent-based approaches to fuel freedom of exploration in creative processes; to activate agency in storytelling; and to advocate for ethical and efficient practices in our changing industries. I craft physical storytelling for stages, screens, and interactive experiences alike. And I create community-centered performance projects to facilitate dialogue related to the world in which we live and create.

A scene from UNCLE VANYA at Pasadena Playhouse: PC Jeff Lorch

Intimacy Coordinator and Choreographer

I support artistic processes in theatre, dance, opera, improv, and film with ethical and effective artistic techniques for crafting performances of heightened intimacy. I create consent-based practices that fuel physical storytelling.

An image of an audience member interacting with an actor from "Virtue of Reality" at University of Colorado Boulder

Immersive Artist

I craft and perform in immersive theatre, themed entertainment, audience-engaged performance, historical re-enactment, and larp. I develop diegetic consent mechanics for gamified performance in consultation with immersive artists and larp creators.

  • A Little Night Music (2023): Intimacy Choreographer.

    directed by David Lee at Pasadena Playhouse

  • Women of Zalongo (2023): Intimacy Choreographer.

    an NEA grant-funded project directed by Kari Hayter at Santa Monica Playhouse

  • The Inheritance (2022): Intimacy Choreographer.

    directed by Mike Donahue at Geffen Playhouse

  • Fefu and Her Friends (2023): Director and Intimacy Choreographer.

    an immersive production at the Golleher Alumni House

  • Project Ascension (2022): Consent Consultant and Performer.

    a pervasive game produced by Sinking Ship Creations in NYC.

  • a scene of group intimacy from the 2024 La Mirada Theatre production of Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

    Jersey Boys (2024): Intimacy Choreographer

    at La Mirada Theatre, directed by TJ Dawson

Notes from the Field: An IC’s Perspective

Community Engaged Performance Projects

I live and work with a focus on questioning our inherited practices and forging new paths forward.

Amanda Rose Villarreal, PhD.