INTIMACY PROFESSIONAL

Training and Qualifications:

Van Huss’s intimacy direction is trauma-informed and rooted in the pursuit of safety, transparency, and creativity. Her policies and practices come from:

• The New Jersey Center for Theatrical Intimacy

• Intimacy Directors & Coordinators

  • SAG-AFTRA Accredited Training Program

• Laban / Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies

Experience:

Stephanie serves as the Intimacy Director in Residence at Luna Stage in West Orange, NJ and takes on additional intimacy projects for the following spaces:

• K-12 arts education

• College/University theater and film making

• Community Theater

• Independent Filmmaking

• Professional Theater / Film /TV

• Commercial shoots

• Modeling / Photography

(Select) Intimacy Direction & Coordination Clients:

• Luna Stage

• Women In Theater Festival NYC - Project Y Theater

• coLAB Arts

• Bucks County Playhouse

• 10PRL Studios

• La MaMa Experimental Theater Club

• Rutgers University - Mason Gross School of the Arts

• The College of New Jersey

• Rider University Westminster School for the Performing Arts

• ReThink Theatrical

• Middlesex County Center for Empowerment

• Livingston Theater Company

• Cabaret Theatre

• Dunellen High School

• Highland Park High School

• The JCC of Bridgewater

Expertise:

• Simulated sex acts

• Nudity, states of undress, hyper-exposed situations

• Acts of power-based personal violence

• Intimate moments with performers under the age of 18 (minors)

• Movement vocabulary that shows connection / disconnection within relationships & family units

• Consent-based protocols throughout all parts of production

• Building a reporting pipeline for actors and staff

• Script Assessment for intimate movement

Professional Development offerings:

• Consent & Boundary setting for Adult & Youth Performers

• The role of the Production Staff & Producers in intimacy work

• Adults working with performers under the age of 18 (minors)

• Intimacy Work that Centers LGBTQ+ & Disabled performers

• Intimacy Work that celebrates all body types

• Embodiment work - developing a character / movement vocabulary