CHRIS VON BAEYER | DIRECTOR, CLIENT RELATIONS

Christopher von Baeyer is an actor, educator, and consultant who specializes in the integration of theatre and human development. He has designed and delivered theatre-based programming in leadership and professional communication for a wide spectrum of clients across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. His corporate clients have included Merrill Lynch, Société Générale, Rogers Communications, Deloitte & Touche, Sandia National Laboratories, the Canadian government, and the Hearst Corporation. Over the course of his 21-year career he has coached thousands of men and women in the art of leadership presence, emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication, Shakespeare, and voice.

Chris has taught at the Harvard Business School, Emerson College, Boston College, Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago and Columbia University Senior Executive Program in New York. He currently sits on the faculty as well as the Advisory Board for Leadership Development at the Banff Centre in Alberta, and was instrumental in designing their flagship training program, The Art of the Executive Leader.

Chris is deeply committed to employing the arts as a creative tool for promoting dialogue on issues of social and civic concern. He currently serves as the Artistic Director for Toronto Playback Theatre, which he founded with the mission of providing professional improvisational and audience-interactive theatre for diverse communities the Toronto area. A member of Actors’ Equity, Christopher has trained, performed, and directed with theatres, including the Roy Hart Theatre in France, Geese Theatre for Prisons in New Hampshire, Boston Playback Theatre, and Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, where he has served on the faculty since 1993. As a designated Linklater Voice teacher, he ran the Linklater Voice Studio in Boston for five years. He holds a BA in English and American literature from Harvard University and an MA in Theatre Arts and Vocal Communication from Lesley University Graduate School.

Chris currently resides in Toronto with his wife and young son.