Rebecca Johannsen

Rebecca is a Certified Intimacy Coordinator with Intimacy Professionals Association  and created and acts as the lead instructor for the Intimacy Choreography for Live Performance certification course for the organization. With over 4 decades working in theatre as a producer, director, actor, and writer, Rebecca understands the needs of productions from every angle. Her work as an intimacy professional centers the creative process by crafting clear communication between creatives to ensure consent.

As a long-time theatre producer, Rebecca worked to help bring the director's vision to life by supporting them in any way they needed. As the Producing Artistic Director of Stone Soup Theatre Company (San Diego, CA) she specialized in developing relationships with artists to create experimental works on a shoe-string budget. In New York City, Rebecca co-produced Erik Ehn's Soulographie: Our Genocides, a collaboration of 17 productions around the world, culminating in a 2-week festival at La MaMa ETC. She's also devised her own work that premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Rebecca holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from UC Irvine. She taught Theatre Studies at NYU's Tisch Drama program, with emphasis on feminist approaches to theatre history and dramatic literature. She has also taught in the Theatre Departments at Fordham University, CSU Northridge, UC Irvine, MiraCosta College, and Mercy College. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the impact of the performative female body.

Email: rjintimacy@gmail.com

Website: www.rjintimacy.com