Stephan Perdekamp is a multi-talented artist known for his work as a director, actor, scriptwriter, and producer in Germany and Austria. He has authored 36 stage plays and has a strong focus on exploring physio-psychological and physio-social processes in his work. Perdekamp delves beneath the surface of culture to critique underlying pressures, taboos, and unspoken rules. His keen awareness of energetic processes within human bodies led to the development of his method, the Perdekamp Emotional Method (PEM).

Sarah Victoria is an actress, PEM Master Instructor and CEO f Kalliso and PEM International. She became a certified PEM Instructor and wrote her master’s thesis about PEM in 2004, and has trained directly with Stephan Perdekamp for over 20 years.

As Master Instructor, Sarah has held masterclasses at drama universities globally. She has taught at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, SMU – Southern Methodist University, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory in Brisbane, the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, the National School of Drama in Delhi, the University of Johannesburg, Babes-Bolyai-University in Romania and many more.

Blake Hackler is a two-time Fulbright Scholar and has appeared in productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the country as well as in TV and film. He is currently Chair and Head of Acting at Southern Methodist University and is the director of Yale University’s Summer Conservatory for Actors. He was a 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow and is a proud member of the Brierley Resident Acting Company at the Dallas Theatre Center. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama.