Sally Beck Wippman

I am an international director and movement designer. My vision is to build solidarity and compassion, to make compelling, provocative, weird, love-inspiring work. I'm particularly interested in using physical theatre in contexts such as new plays, dark musicals, reinventions of Shakespeare, and beyond.

Credits

www.sallyspeaks.com/cv

Training

East 15 Acting School, MFA with Distinction in Theatre Directing
-Contemporary Irish Theatre w/Eugene O'Hare
-Contemporary British Theatre w/Sarah Esdaile, Matthew Lloyd
-Shakespeare, w/Kelly Hunter
-Artistic Directing w/Matthew Lloyd

Institut Seni Indonesia - Bali - Balinese theatre and ritual studies
GITIS - Moscow, Russia - Biomechanics and Stanislavski Directing
Atelier Teatro Fisico - Turin, Italy - Year-long Lecoq Physical Theatre Programme w/Philip Radice
Shakespeare - Chicago, USA - Year-long Shakespearean acting and textual study w/Jeffery Carlson & Susan Hart
Meisner - Chicago, USA - Year-long Course w/Green Shirt Studio
Washington University - St. Louis, USA - BA Summa Cum Laude in Drama, Minor Modern Dance
Trinity College Dublin - BA Semester of Drama Studies
Modern Dance and Choreography Intensive - Paris & Melisey, France - 5 weeks w/Liz Claire & David Dorfman
Accademia dell’Arte - Arezzo, Italy - Week long CrisisART Festival

SPECIALIZATIONS
Directing: Musical theatre, Shakespeare, physical theatre, comedy, Meisner, working with international groups
Dance: Irish, modern/contemporary, jazz/musical theatre; basic-level Michio Ito, ballet, aerial silks
Physical Theatre: mime, basic acrobatics, acroyoga, Commedia dell’Arte
Movement: Alexander, Feldenkrais, Biomechanics
Voice: Singing, Modai voice technique, basic voice/speech coaching, basic dialect coaching
Languages: Italian (proficient), Spanish (proficient)