Previous Presentations

Caring for Actors in Performance: An International Conversation - Online September 9, 2023

A 60-minute panel discussion on the safe, resilient, and mindful practices that support actor wellbeing in the context of portraying a character for the Performing Arts Medicine Association Conference “PAMAthon”, September 9 - 10, 2023. Panelists: Alan Powell, Pat O’Toole, Elisa Lewis, Mariel Pastor, Tom Stroud, Sara Lovett, Kate Glasheen. 

Emotional Fluency Training for Actors - Toronto, ON,  May 20, 2023

A 90 - minute presentation and praxis workshop on the development and practice of Emotional Fluency Training for the Association of Acting Coaches and Educators Conference: "Power: Evolving Dynamics", Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario. May 20-21, 2023. Presenters: Ines Buchli and Tom Stroud.

Challenging the Taboo of Emotion in Theatre Practice - Lethbridge, AB, June 14, 2022

A 90-minute livestream and in-person presentation and praxis workshop on the development and practice of Emotional Fluency Training at the Canadian Association of Theatre Research Conference, Performing Emergence: RePlay, ReCollect, ReExist, the University of Lethbridge, June12-14, 2022. Presenter: Tom Stroud.

 Rethinking Emotion in Contemporary Theatre - Winnipeg, MB, May 19, 2022

A 90-minute live-stream and in-person presentation of the results of the two-year SSHRC funded Insight Development Grant Utilizing BOS Method Effector Patterns as a Mechanism for Emotion Control in Contemporary Acting at the University of Winnipeg, May 19, 2022. Presenters: Tom Stroud and Ines Buchli.

The Emotional Fluency Project - Online, January 21, 2021

A 60-minute live-stream presentation of the results of the two-year SSHRC funded Insight Development Grant Utilizing BOS Method Effector Patterns as a Mechanism for Emotion Control in Contemporary Acting for Emotional Body®. Online, January 21,2021. Presenters: Tom Stroud and Ine Buchli.

The Emotional Fluency Project - Toronto, ON, August 1 and 2, 2019 

Two live presentations at the at Joseph G. Green Theatre at York University, Toronto, Ontario, August 1 and August 2, 2019, of a 3-week rehearsal process utilizing the BOS Emotional Effector Patterns. The presentations were part of a two-year government funded research project titled Utilizing BOS Emotional Effector Patterns as a Mechanism for Emotion Control in Contemporary Acting and featured an opening address to the audience, live performance, and a question-and-answer period with the actors. Presenters: Tom Stroud, Ines Buchli and Gayle Murphy.

 The Emotional Fluency Project - Vancouver, BC, June 27 and 28, 2019

Two live presentations at the Dorothy Somerset Studio Theatre at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver B. C., June 27, and June 28, 2019, of a 3-week rehearsal process utilizing the BOS Emotional Effector Patterns. The presentations were part of a two-year government funded research project titled Utilizing BOS Emotional Effector Patterns as a Mechanism for Emotion Control in Contemporary Acting and featured an opening address to the audience, live performance, and a question-and-answer period with the actors. Presenters: Tom Stroud, Ines Buchli and Gayle Murphy.