Cessalee Stovall
Intimacy Director · Cultural & Casting Consultant · Equity & Inclusion · Organizational Change
Cessalee works at the intersection of people, culture and storytelling — helping productions build consent-centred, culturally safe rehearsal rooms, and helping organisations navigate change that lasts.
What I do on a production.
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Intimacy Director
Consent-forward intimacy choreography, closed-set protocols and boundary work for stage and screen.
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Cultural Consultant
Works alongside directors, dramaturgs and artists to strengthen authenticity and artist agency.
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Casting Consultant
Support before, during and after auditions — representation in the room and advocacy for artists.
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Equity & Inclusion Specialist
Helps organisations embed equity and inclusion into practices, policies and procedures.
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Change has been the throughline.
For more than two decades Cessalee has worked in spaces where people, creativity, culture and systems collide — on stage, in classrooms, in boardrooms and inside organisations. Today her work focuses on one question: how do we help people and organizations move from knowing change is needed to actually making it happen?
Agent of Change- Transform
- Helping organizations navigate significant change — from strategy through implementation.
- Align
- Working with leaders and teams to surface tensions, build shared understanding and move toward action.
- Develop
- Building the leadership capabilities, practices and systems people need to make change sustainable.
- Experience
- Connecting organizational culture and employee experience to the experience an organization creates for its audiences and communities.
What people say.
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“Our work with Cessalee has enabled Malthouse Theatre to develop an action based, practical and exciting Equity Action Plan, that has been embraced by the whole company.”
Sarah Neal
CEO, Malthouse Theatre
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“Cessalee’s practice is a vital service to the theatre ecology and has the very real potential of generating lasting change.”
Amylia Harris
Artistic Director, Darlinghurst Theatre Company
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“Since her arrival in Australia, Cessalee has proven herself to be a force for change in our sector.”
Sonya Suares
Actress / Director / Dramaturg
Trusted by
20+ years, two continents.
A professional actor, director and choreographer turned organizational practitioner. BA in Theatre from Florida State University, over 100 hours of intimacy training, and a Global Arts MBA from the Global Leaders Institute.
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