Consent, Respect, Dignity, Safety, Intimacy.

Reed Demangone

Stage & Intimacy Director

McGill University, Semele, 2024, photo by Steff-Sedz photography

Stage Direction

Reed seeks to add value to any production, bringing expert levels of preparation, organization, and professionalism.

Reed’s favorite productions are those who surprise their audience, whether through new interpretations of classic pieces, or the use of unconventional staging or venues.

Reed Demangone is a promising young stage director who uses his diverse theatrical background to play many different roles on a production team.

Reed brings an ability to work frictionlessly with a production team, offering insight and intelligent contributions to any discussion.

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Assistant Director

Dialogues des Carmelites; Opera McGill (2024)

Stage Director

Dido & Aeneas; Opera McGill (2025)

Assistant Director

Cendrillon; Opera McGill (2024)

Assistant Director

Suor Angelica; Out of the Box Opera (2024)

Pictured: A typical late night Carmelites rehearsal with Opera McGill

Intimacy Direction

Why is Intimacy Direction Important?

  • Prioritizes the safety, consent, and dignity of actors in intimate scenes

  • Paves the way for a more ethical and inclusive industry.

  • Ensures a safe and respectful workplace both on-stage and off.

McGill University, Semele, 2024, photo by Steff-Sedz photography

What Does an Intimacy Director Do?

  • Establishes boundaries

  • Enforces those boundaries

  • Helps actors manage their own emotional or physical responses to a scene

  • Educate both actors and production team

McGill University, Cendrillon, 2024, photo by Steff-Sedz photography

Who is Intimacy Direction For?

  • School musicals

  • University projects

  • Professional productions.

  • Productions with heavy subject matter

How Can Intimacy Direction Affect a Production?

  • Allows actors to fully commit to their performances

  • Actors maintain their emotional or physical well-being

  • Actors feel safe and supported

About Reed

Reed Demangone is in the final year of his Masters of Music in Voice and Opera from the Schulich school of Music at McGill University, with his Bachelors of Music from the College-Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati.

Reed began his training in intimacy principles and exercises as part of his undergraduate degree, working under well-known expert in intimacy, grief recovery, and choreography, Susan Reuter Moser.

An actor since childhood, Reed has on-stage experience in innumerable operas, musicals, and plays, allowing him to easily relate to actors in any stage setting and of any age.

Intimacy Guide Portfolio

Part of my role as an intimacy director is to document my planned work with actors, as well as the outcomes of that work. These three guides were prepared to different levels of depth depending on the request from the stage director.

For the first example, I was asked to fully prepare a scene specifically constructed with specific concerns from the actors in mind.

In the second and third examples, I was asked to prepare the actors for blocking that had already been planned, getting them comfortable and ready to explore before working with the director.

Detailed Intimacy Guide for Act 2 Scene 2, #35 of Handel’s Semele

This guide includes a step-by-step breakdown of the scene between Semele and Jupiter as I planned it

Detailed Intimacy Guide for Act 3 Scene 1, #46 of Handel’s Semele

This guide includes a plan for preparing actors to create a bed and blanket made of people

General Intimacy Guide for Massenet’s Cendrillon

This guide includes a plan to prepare the physicality between Cendrillon and Prince Charmant

Lets Work Together!

© Reed Demangone 2024