Movement & devising
Ensemble-building and physical storytelling for adults and community groups, like the Getting Intimate workshop series.
Rooms where people of every age get to play, risk and make something together.
Ren designs and facilitates theater, comedy and movement workshops for young people, undergraduates and intergenerational groups, drawing on a background in experiential education, social-emotional learning and wilderness leadership.
Book a workshopWhat I offer
Theater for youth
Camps, classes and productions for young people, from Taproot Theatre to therapeutic school settings.
Acting & comedy
Advanced acting for undergraduates at UW, and comedy classes shaped by years running an all-femme comedy collective.
Where I've taught
- Drama 252: Advanced Acting2026
Course Instructor, University of Washington - Cazadero NW2026
Teaching Artist, intergenerational theater curriculum - Taproot Theatre2025–26
Teaching Artist, theater and comedy summer camps - Getting Intimate2020–
Co-founder, quarterly public workshop series, Bend, OR - Hysteria Comedy Collective2022–24
Founder, comedy collective for women, trans and non-binary comedians - Academy at Sisters2021–23
Theater Teacher, therapeutic boarding school - Princeton in Asia2018–19
Fellow, experiential education NGO, Bangkok - American School in Japan2016–17
Associate Teacher and Theater Co-Director, Tokyo - Green Street Arts Center2012–16
Volunteer Arts Coordinator, improv for youth, Middletown, CT