

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Theatrical Intimacy: Staging & Storytelling
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 01:30 pm – Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 03:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Theatrical Intimacy: Staging and Storytelling
An ACT Educational Workshop
 
***You can attend this workshop without having attended “Intro to Intimacy” last fall***

In this workshop, we will explore storytelling techniques behind moments of intimacy on stage. We will begin by examining spatial relationships in staging—how the physical distance and positioning of actors can communicate a great deal about their relationships. We will then consider how specific details, such as the way characters hold hands, can alter the story being told. Next, we will explore different approaches to embraces and physical closeness, and how minor adjustments in blocking, timing, and intention can significantly shift meaning. Participants will then be divided into small groups to stage a specific moment between two characters using these principles. Intimacy in this context includes closeness between friends and family as well as romantic partners, and may encompass moments of comfort, connection, joy, and support—not only romance. All touch will be consensual and must remain within each participant’s stated boundaries. A willingness to give and receive respectful, non-sexual touch is encouraged but not required in order to participate.

Saturday February 21
1:30PM – 3:30 PM

ACT Rehearsal Hall
1213 12th St
Altoona PA 16601

LIMITED SPACE. Participants must be aged 18+

$15 for ACT Members
$30 for Non-members (option to sign up as a member with your registration to save on future workshops)

SIGN UP NOW: https://altoonacommunitytheatre.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F35954%2Fstorefront%2F185176

About the Facilitator:
Jessica Morgan (she/her) is the Head of Graduate Acting and Associate Professor of Stage Movement for BFA/MFA Acting at West Virginia University. Recent highlights of her production work at WVU include Dracula, a feminist revenge fantasy, really., Phoebe in Winter, 9 to 5: The Musical, Cinderella, Into the Woods, and Indecent. She is in her fifth season as an Intimacy and Fight Director with The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio where her work includes POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, Big Fish, Indecent, Head Over Heels, and Alice By Heart. She has also worked professionally for Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Vintage Theatre Company, Cumberland Theatre Company, Shepherd University, and The Contemporary American Theatre Festival doing intimacy and violence. She teaches workshops on consent and intimacy practices for theatre training programs and companies. Jessica is a Certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators (IDC) and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA).
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/altoona/theatrical-intimacy-staging-and-storytelling/200029698941646
- **Event Categories**: Art, Theatre, Workshops, Festivals, Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Altoona
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1213 12th St, PO Box 908, Altoona, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16601
- **lat**: 40.5167
- **long**: -78.402
- **full address**: 1213 12th St, PO Box 908, Altoona, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16601

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Altoona Community Theatre (https://allevents.in/org/altoona-community-theatre/8354432)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 01:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1213 12th St, PO Box 908, Altoona, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 16601
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Altoona Community Theatre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, Theatre, Workshops, Festivals, Nonprofit
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Theatrical Intimacy: Staging & Storytelling ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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