Education & Process

I'm an experienced educator of 10+ years, having led workshops with all ages: from 2nd graders adapting their favorite story into a play to adults polishing their skills on copywriting and creative process.

As a facilitator, I believe in creating equitable spaces for all voices and a stronger focus on process over product. While our goal is typically to make something: a devised performance, a personal script, a really good headline; my classrooms are often more geared toward opening individuals up to new ways of thinking or problem-solving. I prefer the question of “what could this be?” over the question of “what should this be?”

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As a corporate workshop leader, I've been working with nonprofits and brands as a manager, a strategist, and a creative leader for the last 15 years. I, too, have been beholden to stakeholders and brand managers who want it right now because they're presenting it in a meeting in 2 hours. I can help build confidence and skills. Brands I've developed creative and strategies for include Nike, Google, Spotify, JPMorgan Chase, and MetLife.

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Here's Some Outside Validation

“Adam is an incredible and generous teaching artist who creates brilliant, one-of-a-kind, striking theatre. A master at “high concept, but make it accessible.” He helps folks transform their work through the simplest, most absurd route forward.” - Natasha Mercado (clown)

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Participants on my Nothing to Something workshop

"This workshop is amazing! In only 3 hours, we generated so many new ideas and new ways to approach writing and devising. I feel like we all left the workshop with tons of creative energy flowing. This is truly the epitome of "teach a guy to fish and he'll never go hungry" -- you're not just coming up with one or two ideas, but coming up with a whole process for idea-generation and developing." – RM Aranda (writer/performer)

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"Adam’s 1-day workshop... unwound some self-made and societal knots in my brain around creativity and collaboration. I truly entered with absolutely nothing- not an idea in my brain. Or so I thought. Adam guided us through some theory/ lecture and practical applications of creative tools. He facilitated a room with professional experience that ran the gamut, but I could tell felt challenging and rewarding at every level. Adam’s a curious and generous instructor, and his absurd and anti-precious approach helped me to not second guess myself or my ability to have fun and make something with other people. I left the workshop with confidence in my process and a couple ideas for new projects!" – Alyssa Klein (performer/lover of humans/mystic)

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"I took this workshop hoping to find a fresh way of approaching my work and that is exactly what I got. It codified creative generation for me in a way that I'm probably going to use every day. I've relied on random inspiration and heartbreak to create for the past ten years, and now I have a system that I can use to make something new any time I please." – Molly Sharpe (writer/performer)