greg geffrard (HE/him)

Sexual assault prevention education primarily with young adults, consent-based ensemble building utilizing the tenants of transformative justice, abolitionist and emergent strategy tools, empathy-building using spoken word poetry and anti-racist frameworks.

Chicago, Milwaukee, DC, Boston, Atlanta, Denver, and New York

Greg Geffrard is an educator, Intimacy & Movement Director, Fight Choreographer, culture worker, actor, poet, consultant and facilitator whose work centers consent-forward artistic practice, ensemble building, and empathy-driven storytelling.

Since 2022, he has worked on over 90+ productions as an Intimacy Director. His work has been currently featured in Chicago, DC, Atlanta, North Carolina, Boston, and Milwaukee. He is the former Resident Intimacy Consultant with Steppenwolf Theatre and has just worked on four of the last seven productions at The Goodman Theatre, which include The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Revolution(s), a new rock musical featuring music by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.

Greg is currently in DC, serving as the Associate Director for Round House's production of "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom". He is also the Violence and Intimacy Director on the project. He returns to DC after being the Assistant Director for the world premiere of Fremont Avenue by Reggie D. White at Arena Stage, produced in partnership with South Coast Repertory. He was the Movement Director for 2026 Reiser Lab, a year-long new works devising initiative with Alliance Theatre.

As a Guiding Faculty member with Theatrical Intimacy Education, he has facilitated workshops at the collegiate and professional levels with a specific focus on cultural competency and sustainable Best Practices. With a background in sexual assault prevention education and spoken word poetry, his pedagogy focuses on cultivating collaborative and sustainable creative spaces for students and professionals across theatre and performance disciplines. Since 2012, he has worked extensively with actors, directors, professors, and stage managers to support processes rooted in communication, care, and artistic rigor. He is deeply committed to inspiring the next generation of artists and self-generators of radical joy.

Greg holds an MFA in Theatre Performance from University of Iowa and a BA in Theatre from University of South Florida. Starting in the Fall, he will be teaching at Roosevelt University in Chicago.