The Business: Release & Recovery from Intense Roles

Historically a taboo topic, mental health in the workplace is a subject often absent from actor training. Embodying extreme despair, rage, illness, dysfunctional and violent encounters, or content that triggers a guarded wound can yield emotional aftershocks on one’s well-being and relationships. Join us for an exploration on how actors can temper the darkness. Learn helpful strategies for releasing the physical and psychological heft once productions wrap and curtains close.

Panel includes:
Dr. Thalia Goldstein - Assistant Professor, Applied Developmental Psychology, George Mason University
Carl Hendrick Louis - Actor
Erin B. Mee - Assistant Arts Professor, Undergraduate Drama, Tisch School of The Arts, New York University
Jessica Pimentel - Actor, Tibetan Buddhist practitioner
Elizabeth Reese - AmSAT, M.Ed, LMHC; Alexander Technique; licensed mental health counselor

Moderator - Jonathan Mandell - Journalist, New York Theater.me; American Theatre Magazine