The Lucid Body: A Guide for the Physical Actor

About Fay Simpson

Fay Simpson is the founder of the Lucid Body Institute and artistic director of Impact Theatre NYC. Informed by thirty years of performing and devising work (Veterans Project D-train The Marital Bliss of Francis and Maxine and Scotty) Simpson developed the Lucid Body technique. She and her instructors conduct private workshops and a two-year teacher training program at her Manhattan studio The Lucid Body House. She is an associate arts professor at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Acting Program. A private coach for actors on stage screen and television she teaches abroad extensively wherever her teachers are building communitiesLondon Berlin Toulouse Moscow Madrid Rio de Janeiro Mexico City and beyond. Simpson is a member of the Actors Center and recipient of the Fox Foundation Fellowship and Likhachev Fellowship. She lives in New York City.Eleanor Rose Boynton is an illustrator and tattoo artist born and raised in New York City. Since graduating from Parsons School of Design shes found that the greatest inspiration for her work is exploring how natural things endure to survive in a fully urban environment inspiring her to delve into ever-expanding forms of image making and new materials. Working closely with Fay Simpson to develop the visual stories for The Lucid Body Boyntons illustrations are a melding of new and old techniques reaching back into traditional drafting and drawing styles and collaging with digital imagery to bring each character to life.