Harry L. Davis Center for Leadership Leadership Rehearsal
Role-play your next leadership performance.
Registration is open for Friday, March 28, 2025
Leadership is a performance art—and at their best, leaders present as genuine and well-practiced. This is the premise of the Leadership Rehearsal, created by the Davis Center for Leadership in collaboration with Black Box Acting Studio.
Leadership Rehearsal is open to Chicago Booth alumni and students who are employed full-time in a professional role.
"This gave me perspective on how to approach a specific situation and a chance to practice it."
Overview
In this limited-enrollment clinic held at Gleacher Center in Chicago, participants will:
- receive an introduction to the Meisner Technique, an acting approach that emphasizes emotional awareness and a focus on one's partner(s) over oneself;
- rehearse their approach to a specific upcoming leadership challenge or opportunity;
- and receive feedback from theater professionals and leadership coaches, as well as peers.
Registration is limited to 24 participants to ensure that there is time for everyone to rehearse their scenario.
Please note that a significant aspect of this workshop is the opportunity to rehearse your approach to an upcoming leadership challenge or opportunity. We will send a short survey with open-ended questions as prework, so you are prepared to get the most out of the program.
Schedule
Gleacher Center, Room 600
| 8:00 a.m. | Doors open; light breakfast |
| 8:30 a.m. | Introduction to Meisner Technique |
| 10:00 a.m. | Short break |
| 10:10 a.m. | Small group scene rehearsal |
| 11:00 a.m. | Short break |
| 11:10 a.m. | Small group scene rehearsal |
| 12:20 p.m. | Debrief with full group |
| 12:30 p.m. | Workshop concludes |
About
Co-founded in 2009 by current Steppenwolf Artistic Director, Audrey Francis, Black Box Acting is one of Chicago’s most sought after acting schools. Black Box's proprietary acting technique — The Black Box Method — is rooted in Meisner Technique, Viewpoints, and rigorous text analysis. Central to all Black Box training is the tenet that “You Are Enough,” and Black Box's human behavior–based curriculum celebrates this pillar while strengthening students’ emotional awareness and risk taking.