Carly L. Bodnar

Carly L. Bodnar is a stage & screen director, storyteller, educator (teaching artist/coach), intimacy director, performer, writer, producer, and editor who works in a variety of different mediums. She has taught/directed children, teenagers and adults with in-school, after-school, and summer programs through the Tony Award winning Wilma Theatre Company, Bucks County Playhouse, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Scarlet Theatre (London UK), Philadelphia Theatre Company, People’s Light and Theatre, Lantern Theater Company, Theatre Horizon, Walnut Street Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, and Pennsylvania Arts in Education Partnership. Educational directing includes Company and Arcadia at La Salle University and Community Chorus Director for Shakespeare in Clark Park’s Coriolanus.

Professional directing highlights include: Chimera (Independent Film), Pinky Promise (Paper Doll Ensemble), The Bed Show (Off-Broadway & UPCOMING L.A.Run), Pericles, Prince of Tyre (Shakespeare in Clark Park), Romeo and Juliet (Lantern Theater Company), Twelve Chairs (Juniper Productions), The Helen Project, Jimmy Gorski is Dead (ReVamp Collective), Blithe Spirit (Hedgerow Theatre Company)

Carly has spoken about founding and running their own Theatre Company (ReVamp Collective) at Middlesex County Vocational and Technical School through the McCarter Theatre Center and at the University of the Arts. At the PA Thespian Conference she led a workshop on“How to plan for a career as an artist” and has led workshops for the ESU National Shakespeare Competition. Most recently, Carly has been working as an Intimacy Coordinator/Director on High School and College productions as well as offering her “Intimacy Direction: Boundaries & Consent” workshop.
Education/Certifications (select): Bartol Foundation (Trauma-Informed Practice for Teaching Artists), Certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid, Theatrical Intimacy Education Workshops (Intimacy Best Practices, Theatrical Studio Techniques, Casting, and Policy, Working With Minors), Women Against Abuse Training, and Cornerstone Theatre workshop. BA in Theatre, Art History minor from Temple University. Carly is an alum of the 2018 Directors Lab West, a proud SDC Associate Member, and proud member of TAMA.

“My teaching is based in trauma/consent informed training that promotes empathy, communication, confidence, awareness of the body, mind, and voice. I center social and emotional learning, taking into account the various learning styles and meeting students where they are at the moment. All of my work is rooted in joy and fun!”