Lisa LaGrande
Actor. Intimacy Director. Playwright.
Devised Movement & Fantasy Magic Coordinator
INTIMACY & MOVEMENT DIRECTION
*Indicates a world premier production and/or workshop production of a new play
*UNITED IN LOVE, UNTIL DEATH (Coming October 2024)
Written and Director By: Amanda Thomas
*Verona Falls
Written By: Nadel Henville
Directed by: Bev Kippenhan
Intimacy & Fight Director OCTOBER 2024
TITLE OF SHOW
Directed By: Alex Kopnik
Produced by: Kopcorp
Intimacy Director, SEPTEMBER 2024
*FISH MEAT (In Production)
Written By: Esme Maria Ng.
Directed by: Michelle Chan
Intimacy Director & Fight Director, AUGUST 2024
*Velvet Rage
Writer, Producer & Dirctor: Moshe Hendersen with Between Us Productions
Intimacy Director, JUNE 2024
*Texas Gothic
Written by Randy McHaney
Director: Paul Dedrick
Producer: Moshi Henderson
Intimacy Director, APRIL 2024
*Hard Luck Harry
Producer & Director: Dane Forgione
Intimacy Director & Fantasy Magic Consultant, FEBRUARY 2024
*Los Nutcrackers,
Producer: BAAD Bronx Academy of Art & Dance
Director: Chris Rivera & Byrna Raanan
Intimacy Director, DECEMBER 2023
*Best Punk Band in Conway, Missouri
Producer: UP Theatre Company
Director: Rachel Murray
Intimacy Director, MAY 2023
*Tam Lin
Written by Laurel Andersen
Producer: Barefoot Shakespeare Company with Emily Gallagher & Laurel Andersen
Intimacy & Movement Director and Magic Choreographer OCTOBER 2022
Love's Labour's Lost
Producer: Arachne Theatre Company
Director: Xenia Danylyszyn
Intimacy Director, JUNE 2023
Twelfth Night
Producer: Match:Lit, Kristin Sgarro
Director: Zeynap Malbrough
Intimacy & Movement Director FEBRUARY 2022
Midsummer Night’s Dream (Staged Reading)
Producer: Match: Lit, Kristin Sgarro
Intimacy Director & Magic Choreographer NOVEMBER 2021
King Lear (Staged Reading)
Producer: Match:Lit, Kristin Sgarro
Intimacy Director OCTOBER 2021
Cymbeline (Staged Reading), Producer: Match:Lit, Kristin Sgarro
Intimacy Director JUNE 2022
The Tempest
Producer: Arachne Theatre Company
Director: Xenia Danylyszyn
Intimacy Consultant June 2022
*Under Woodside by Juliann Lavallee
Producer: Stage Jewels, Juliann Lavallee
Intimacy Director AUGUST 2021
*Radio Hour by Laurel Andersen
Producer: Laurel Andersen
Director and Intimacy Director, FEBRUARY 2021
*Modern Day Martyrdom by Chris Rivera
Producer: Chris Rivera
Intimacy & Movement Director 2019
*Our Own Odyssey by Chris Rivera,
Producer: Chris Rivera
Intimacy & Movement Director 2018
INTIMACY COORDINATION
BEASTS (Short Film), Producer: Alex Taylor
Intimacy Coordinator November 2023
Precious (Short Film), Producer: Nathan Krachman
Intimacy Coordinator, Premiered December 2023
Orpheus was an A**HOLE (Webseries), Producer: Turn to Flesh Productions
Intimacy Coordinator AUGUST 2021
Dead Enders (Webseries), Producer: Anna Stacy & Nicole Martinez
Intimacy Coordinator NOVEMBER 2021
TRAINING
Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC)
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Level 4: Certification Near Completion with IDC.
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Successfully Completed Levels 1-3 Advanced Training Program for IDC Certification Pending Candidates 2023
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Creating Spaces: Community Guidelines and Tools for Talking January 2023
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Level I and Level II Foundations in Intimacy 2021-2022
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Understanding Body Shame & Body Healing 2022
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Laban for Intimacy Work: A Choreographer’s Toolbox 2022
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BDSM & Kink Webinar 2022
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Culturally Competent Productions Dec 2022
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Supporting Transgender and Non-binary Artists 2021
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Intro to Trauma Informed Practices for Artists 2021
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Facilitating Group Closure 2021
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Pronouns 101 2021
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Intimacy Direction and Covid 19 2021
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*Member of the Consent Studio since 2022.
Intimacy Workshops outside of IDC
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Intimacy for Performance: Ashley H. White 2020
Mental Health and Medical First Aid Certifications
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Mental Health First Aid Certification Course, Beneath the Brave, January 2023
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Certified in CPR/First Aid/AED training by the American Red Cross January 2023
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NY State Required Sexual Harassment Training for the Workplace
BDSM Specialty Education with The Taillor Group:
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Primal Play & BDSM safety and Ethics 2022
Stage Combat Training
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Saber: Weapons Specialty Training Levels 1 & 2, (12 wks): NYCSS 2022
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Unarmed Stage Combat Workshop (10 weeks): Neutral Chaos, (SAFD Certified Actor Combatant 2022)
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Knife: Specialty Weapons Training (10 Weeks): Neutral Chaos, 2022
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Single Sword: Specialty Weapons Training (10 Weeks): Neutral Chaos 2023 (SAFD Certified Actor Combatant 2023)
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Rapier & Dagger (10 Weeks): Neutral Chaos 2023 (SAFD Certified Actor Combatant 2023)
Movement
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Physical Theatre Training with Blake Habermann
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Improbable Stage Company Monthly Movement Workshops, Stacy Donnavan
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Actors Movement Studio Summer Intensive: Williamson, Laban, Michael Checkov technique, Maskwork, Viewpoints
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Devised Movement Work (advanced and independent study through various productions, workshops, and explorations over the last 10 years)