Ethical, Empathetic, and Safer Storytelling

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Services

  • Intimacy Direction

    Elevate your project with expert guidance in intimacy direction, ensuring every moment is crafted with sensitivity and authenticity.

  • Mental Health Coordination

    Empower your creative space with skilled mental health coordination, fostering a supportive environment where well-being thrives alongside artistic excellence.

  • Online Courses

    Continue your education with online courses designed to support your professional development or just to add new tools to your toolbox.

  • THED Talks Podcast

    Join our global audience spanning 98 countries with the THED Talks Podcast offering discussions and insights on theatre education to elevate your classroom and rehearsal practices.

  • Professional Development, Workshops, and Speaking

    Enrich your event or organization with speaking engagements, engaging workshops, and tailored professional development sessions.

Testimonials

  • "Jimmy was a great help in consulting with me while directing a high school production of Chicago. Through his guidance, I understood exactly what an intimacy coordinator does and why I needed one. Because of his help, my students were comfortable identifying their limitations and boundaries, and they appreciated having a person on the creative team whose specific goal was ensuring their safety and comfort throughout the production."

    Brandon Shoemaker, Texarkana, Texas

    Texas High School Theatre Teacher

  • " I only look back on this experience with so much love and confidence. I truly believe that I felt so safe and protected was due to all the support I got not only from the actors, but from Jimmy creating such a safe and welcoming environment. "

    Bella Marotti,”Jill” in Equus

    Illiois State Unversity

  • "Jimmy has been such a great resource and mentor as I continue my journey into education and safe rehearsal practices. I directed Fun Home my senior year at Illinois State University and wanted my actors to feel safe and comfortable as they explored heavy themes and intimacy. Jimmy made sure we were all trained in deroling, safe rehearsal practices, and intimacy, and created a safe space for my actors to explore and create in. I wouldn't have been able to do it without him!"

    Lorelei Wernecke, Nomal, IL

    Senior- Illinois State University

  • "I always felt safe to express if I wanted to change something or if something didn't feel right to me. We would always start with discussing the character's motivations and making sure we're all on the same page, which really helped, too. "

    Dilan Gursoy, Normal, IL

    Senior- Illinois State Univesity

  • "Working with Jimmy provided me with a sense of safety and care I have never felt prior to our production. As a stage manager, the safety and well-being of the company is always one of my main concerns; Jimmy always went above & beyond to provide a safe space for all of us. I knew walking into each rehearsal our physical and mental well being always came first, no matter what we were working on that evening."

    Kylee Hozian, Seattle, WA

    Stage Manager

  • "Working with Jimmy was an absolute pleasure! I did intimacy with him, and I felt so comfortable in the moment. He did everything to ensure that my partner and I felt safe and involved us in the whole process. Every moment was approved by us, and we didn't perform these moments until we were ready. I had never worked with an intimacy coordinator before, and having this opportunity made me feel way more comfortable with these scenes than I had before. I'm very grateful for that experience."

    Megan Hartigan, Nomal, IL

    Freshman - Illinois State University

  • “Bringing Dr. Jimmy Chrismon into my Opera and Stage Performance Workshop course to work with my young student-artists was the best decision I could have made. Our discipline has evolved in a refreshing and vital way to include careful attention to both physical and mental interactions between characters onstage. Dr. Chrismon presented an ‘Intimacy Workshop’ with my opera students that especially underscored issues surrounding consent between actors, agreed-upon touch in scenes, and navigating psychological situations inherent to specific characters and operas. This is invaluable information for young singing artists and richly augments their training and their preparation for stage careers. Moreover, it enhances their understanding of their own mind-body instruments and the physical space they inhabit.”

    Dr. Justin Vickers, Distinguished Professor of Music

    Artist Teacher of Voice

    School of Music, Illinois State University

  • “Working with intimacy can always be a daunting task, but every time I was in the room working with Jimmy Chrismon, the fears and doubts would cease to exist as Jimmy paved the way for a space safe to all actors.”

    Renzo Vincente, Normal, IL

    Senior, Musical Theatre, Illinois State University

  • “Through our work together, Dr. Chrismon empowered me to take charge of my own safety and mental health when working through stage intimacy. His care and dedication to the craft of intimacy direction proved invaluable to my process, and his teaching changed the way I approach my performing and my teaching.“

    Ryan Renc, Naperville, IL

    High School Theatre and English Teacher

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Upcoming Projects

Rock of Ages- Intimacy Direction, Community Players Theatre, Bloomington, IL. February 2025.

Keynote Speaker and Workshop Leader- Illinois District 125, Fine Art Common Institute Day, February 2025.

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike- Intimacy Direction, Heartland Theatre, Normal, IL. March 2025