Theatrical Intimacy Foundations
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 14 +
Taught by Bess Kaye
This class will look at how theatrical intimacy is handled in the live entertainment industry. Walking through process, practices, and how consent based, and trauma informed practices go into choreographing, rehearsing, and ultimately performing scenes of intimacy.THIS IS A TWO PART CLASS
9:00am - 10:30am (14 and up)
This portion will make consent and boundaries the focus and lays out the basics of theatrical intimacy from the ground up
10:30am - 12noon (18+ only)
We will continue the conversation into practice and include topics such as nudity, modesty garments, barriers etc.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 @ 9am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Bess Kaye (she/they) is a theater maker in DC and Baltimore. She has crafted the stories of love and violence for The Shakespeare Theater, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Monumental Theater Company, and Nu Sass Productions, among others. She teaches stage combat with the Noble Blades, Fairfax County's Institute for the Arts, and STC's Academy. thebesskayescenario.com
BUNDLE DISCOUNTS
Sign up for 3 classes and use code PICK3
Sign up for all 5 and use code FOUNDATIONS+
You must have 3 or 5 classes in your cart at once for these discounts to work. Register for one class then click the Noble Blades logo at the top of the checkout page before finishing checkout to add other classes.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 14 +
Taught by Bess Kaye
This class will look at how theatrical intimacy is handled in the live entertainment industry. Walking through process, practices, and how consent based, and trauma informed practices go into choreographing, rehearsing, and ultimately performing scenes of intimacy.THIS IS A TWO PART CLASS
9:00am - 10:30am (14 and up)
This portion will make consent and boundaries the focus and lays out the basics of theatrical intimacy from the ground up
10:30am - 12noon (18+ only)
We will continue the conversation into practice and include topics such as nudity, modesty garments, barriers etc.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 @ 9am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Bess Kaye (she/they) is a theater maker in DC and Baltimore. She has crafted the stories of love and violence for The Shakespeare Theater, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Monumental Theater Company, and Nu Sass Productions, among others. She teaches stage combat with the Noble Blades, Fairfax County's Institute for the Arts, and STC's Academy. thebesskayescenario.com
BUNDLE DISCOUNTS
Sign up for 3 classes and use code PICK3
Sign up for all 5 and use code FOUNDATIONS+
You must have 3 or 5 classes in your cart at once for these discounts to work. Register for one class then click the Noble Blades logo at the top of the checkout page before finishing checkout to add other classes.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.
$35 Registration
Discounts Available - Please contact us to request
This class is 14 +
Taught by Bess Kaye
This class will look at how theatrical intimacy is handled in the live entertainment industry. Walking through process, practices, and how consent based, and trauma informed practices go into choreographing, rehearsing, and ultimately performing scenes of intimacy.THIS IS A TWO PART CLASS
9:00am - 10:30am (14 and up)
This portion will make consent and boundaries the focus and lays out the basics of theatrical intimacy from the ground up
10:30am - 12noon (18+ only)
We will continue the conversation into practice and include topics such as nudity, modesty garments, barriers etc.
Class Level: Beginner
Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 @ 9am to 12noon
at the Reston Players’ Lindsay C. Petersen Rehearsal Hall
264 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon, Va 20170
Bess Kaye (she/they) is a theater maker in DC and Baltimore. She has crafted the stories of love and violence for The Shakespeare Theater, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Monumental Theater Company, and Nu Sass Productions, among others. She teaches stage combat with the Noble Blades, Fairfax County's Institute for the Arts, and STC's Academy. thebesskayescenario.com
BUNDLE DISCOUNTS
Sign up for 3 classes and use code PICK3
Sign up for all 5 and use code FOUNDATIONS+
You must have 3 or 5 classes in your cart at once for these discounts to work. Register for one class then click the Noble Blades logo at the top of the checkout page before finishing checkout to add other classes.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the class, payment, safety, or any other topic, please email Noble@NobleBlades.org or contact us here.