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 of 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.

Kristina Heuer is a composer, singer and musician, and PEM Master Instructor. From 2007 on, she was trained directly by Stephan Perdekamp in PEM as well as in Performing Arts, becoming a certified PEM instructor in 2009 and was appointed PEM Master Instructor in 2018. Since 2008, she has been the musical director of PEM productions and theatre plays in Austria and Germany. From 2009 to 2016  she developed PEM Voice together with Stephan.

She is Head of the International PEM Breath and Voice Work, Singing, and Music Department, and trains future PEM musicians, singers and PEM instructors. Kristina is a founding member and on the board of directors of the PEM Center Hamburg. Since 2018, she has been Deputy Methodological and Artistic Director of the PEM Center Hamburg / PEM Theater an den Elbbrücken.

Inka Butz is an actress and PEM instructor based in Hamburg, Germany.
While studying human medicine, she began her training as both an actress and PEM instructor at the at the PEM Center – Kunst und Kulturzentrum für emotionale Bildung e.V. in Hamburg. She has been a member of the PEM Theater an den Elbbrücken ensemble for 10 years.

Her teaching experience includes international theater festivals in Romania, the Rostock University of Music and Theatre, the Central German Association for Speech Science and Speech Training, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, and The Lion King musical in Hamburg.

Stefanie Bentsch is an actor and Certified PEM Instructor based in Hamburg, Germany. Since 2019, she has trained with PEM Founder Stephan Perdekamp, PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria and PEM Master Instructor Kristina Heuer. Stefanie has assisted in teaching PEM workshops at the HAW-Hamburg University of Applied Science and in several centres for refugees in Hamburg.

She has also assisted workshops at the State-run Center for Training and Further Education (ZAF) in Hamburg, the ReBBz-Regional Education and Advisory Center Hamburg for children with special educational needs and the International German-speaking School and Youth Theatre Festival in Temeswar, Romania. In 2021 she co-founded with the PEM Team a Pilotgroup for people with substance use disorders and has been holding in-person workshops in Hamburg ever since. 

Enna Blake is an actor, musician, and Certified PEM Instructor based in Melbourne, Australia. Since 2019, she has trained with PEM Master Instructor Sarah Victoria and PEM Founder Stephan Perdekamp and became certified to teach PEM in September 2022. Enna has assisted in teaching PEM workshops at NIDA and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and has held in-person workshops in various cities.

As an actor, Enna has played supporting and lead roles in independent short and feature films such as ‘Land of Honey’ (2019) and ‘The Library Boys (2022) which won Comedy Vanguard Feature at Austin Film Festival. She has also starred in music videos such as ‘Loose Ends’ by Illy ft G Flip (2020) and released her own EP ‘Under Dusk’ with singer/songwriter Harrison Storm in 2022. Enna is currently a proud member of the Melbourne PEM Production Group and teaches PEM at Melbourne Actors Guild, and to actors internationally online.

Sean Dennehy is an actor, director, producer and educator with over three decades of experience across theatre, film, television, opera, circus and higher education. He is Head of Acting at the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory (APAC), leading conservatory-style training that bridges academic and industry practice.

As Artistic Director of Dennehy Productions, Sean has collaborated with Opera Queensland, Metro Arts, and Wilde Applause, and produced works from Robin Hood the Musical to Rockarena Circus in Australia, Taiwan and the UK. Executive Producer of Short+Sweet Queensland and now developing First Flight Festival, Sean’s career is defined by versatility and impact, equally at home in the rehearsal room, on stage, on screen, or in the classroom. Through his leadership at APAC, his professional practice, and his role as a mentor, he continues to shape the future of performing arts in Australia.

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.

Hackler has directed for nationally and internationally. In Dallas he’s worked at Theatre Three, Trinity Shakespeare, Second Thought Theatre and the Undermain. His recent production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf was hailed as a “theatrical achievement of the highest order” and his production of The Flick won the Dallas Theater Critics’ Best of 2015.

Tina Benko is an Emmy award-winning actress who performs regularly on Broadway and in major screen productions. Ms. Benko recently performed in Branden Jacobs Jenkins 2024 Tony Award winning play Appropriate on Broadway. Other recent credits include the premieres of David Ives’ Pamela Palmer at Williamstown, Emily Mann’s adaptation of The Pianist at George Street Playhouse and Claudia Rankin’s Help at The Shed. Broadway credits include: The Rose Tattoo, The Crucible, Macbeth, The Cherry Orchard, Top Girls, and Not About Nightingales. Off Broadway includes: Sarah Ruhl’s Becky Nurse of Salem at Lincoln Center, SpindleShuttleNeedle at Clubbed Thumb, Scenes From a Marriage and The Little Foxes both directed by Ivo Van Hove for NY Theatre Workshop, Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day,Rajiv Joseph’s Describe The Night, Julie Taymor’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Theatre For A New Audience, Elfriede Jellinek’s Jackie (Lucille Lortel nom) and Daniel Fish’s Who Left This Fork Here at Baryshnikov Arts, as well as the international tour of Toni Morrison’s play Desdemona directed by Peter Sellars.

Cynthia Bassham has been teaching for over thirty-five years and has been a professor of voice, speech, and acting at the University of California, Irvine since 2005.  She is also the Director of Certification for Fitzmaurice Voicework®. Cynthia has taught and coached at several other institutions, including American Conservatory Theater, Stanford University, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She also teaches privately—mainly in the Greater Los Angeles area and online. Cynthia is also a professional actor with extensive credits, including originating the role of “C” in the world premiere of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women directed by the author. Cynthia is a proud member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and VASTA.

MFA American Conservatory Theatre
BA University of Washington
Master Teacher in Fitzmaurice Voicework ® and certified in Seven Pillars Acting ®.

Constance Ejuma is an award-winning actress, producer, and digital media executive. She starred in Ben & Ara, earning an African Movie Academy Award in 2016 as producer, and won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2019 for her stunt work in Black Panther. Her TV credits include FBI: Most Wanted, Seal Team, The Good Doctor, and Scorpion, along with appearances in music videos for Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez.

Constance is promoting her short film Till Death on the international festival circuit and developing the art-house feature Eucharia with artist Zina Saro-Wiwa. She also serves as VP of Content Performance & Analytics at Penske Media Corporation. Constance has been studying PEM since 2024.

Omar Shafiuzzaman is a professional actor living and working in NYC. He trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama’s BA acting program in London where he first was introduced to PEM. Omar is committed to helping actors and artists push the boundaries of their craft while cultivating an environment where confidence, professionalism, clarity, and joy can thrive.

He has worked in TV, Film, and Theatre featuring multiple Off-Broadway credits including ELYRIA (World Premiere) at the Atlantic Theatre Company and PRACTICE (World Premiere) at Playwright’s Horizons. Omar is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. 

Allison Pistorius is a professional actor and current Head of BFA Acting at the University of Houston. As an actor, she has worked with the Dallas Theater Center, the Alley Theater, the Denver Center Theatre Company, TheatreWorks Hartford, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Trinity Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Dallas, Stage West, Theatre Three, Amphibian Stage Productions, and more.  Favorite roles include Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Rosalind in As You Like It, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Hermione in The Winter’s Tale, and Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew, as well as Marianne in Constellations and Marie in Marie Antoinette.

However, the highlight of her theatre career is quite possibly playing Soccer Mom in the Dallas Theater Center production of The Wolves while her infant triplet daughters napped in her dressing room.