TOME’ COUSIN
INTIMACY COORDINATOR / DIRECTOR / CONSULTANT / EDUCATOR / MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID / SENSITIVITY SPECIALIST
THEATRICAL INTIMACY EDUCATION: ASSOCIATE FACULTY
PROFESSIONAL
FILM/TV:
*DON’T LET HIM IN
2025
Curious Strangers LLC
Director: Joshua Cagan
Starring: Michael Stafford, Fiona Kazuni, Elijah Santoro, Colton Farnham
*HERSHEY
2025
The Hershey Company, Dandelion Media, Aloe Entertainment, Peachtree Group
Director: Mark Waters
Choreographer: Tome’ Cousin
Starring: Finn Wittrock, Alexandra Daddario, Richard Kind
*THE GYMNAST
2023
The Gotham Film & Media Institute / Sundance Institute’s Catalyst Program
Director: Charlotte Glynn
STARRING: Margarita Levieva, Ethan Embry, Cotter Smith
*THE DELIVERANCE
2023
Netflix
Director: Lee Daniels
Written by: David Coggeshall and Elijah Bynum
Starring: Andra Day with Rob Morgan, Caleb McLaughlin, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Tasha Smith, Omar Epps, Mo'Nique, and Glenn Close.
*NYAD
2022
Netflix
Directors: Jimmy Chin / Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Starring: Eric Miller, Annette Benning, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Ethan Jones Romero
*RUSTIN
2021
Higher Ground Productions: Producers Barack Obama, Michelle Obama for Netflix
Director: George C. Wolfe
Starring: Colman Domingo, Johnny Ramey, Audra McDonald, Chris Rock, Bill Irwin, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Jeffrey Wright, Adrienne Warren.
*THE PALE BLUE EYE
2021
Director Scott Cooper
Netflix
Starring: Christian Bale, Hadley Robinson, Joey Brooks, Steven Maier, Harry Lawtey, Matt Helm, Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall
*ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE
2021
Director Billy Porter
Orion Pictures
Starring: Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali, Manu Narayan, Simone Joy Jones, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Kelly Lamor Wilson, Courtnee Carter, Grant Reynolds, Noah Pacht
*THE MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN
2022
Paramount + Episode 203 “Five at Five”
Director: Tasha Smith
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Kyle Chandler, Dianne Wiest, Mandela Van Peebles
STAGE:
*ANOTHER KIND OF SILENCE (AKOS)
Director: Kim Weild
Director of Artistic Sign Language: MoMo Holt
Pittsburgh City Theatre (2025)
*ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Director: Mark Fleischer
Choreographer: Mara Newberry Greer
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (2025)
**Resident Intimacy Director for Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2025 – Season
*MADAME CLICQUOT
Director / Choreographer: Laurie Glodowski
*CAMELOT
Director: Mark Fleischer
Choreographer: Mara Newberry Greer
*Resident Intimacy / Fight Coordinator Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2024
Photos: Matt Polk
*LADY DAY @ EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL
Director: Tome’ Cousin
Musical Director: Kenney Green-Tilford
*WEST SIDE STORY
Director: Baayork Lee
Choreography: Baayork Lee / Jacob Brent
Musical Director: Anthony T. Edwards
*THE COLOR PURPLE
Director: Christopher Betts
Choreography: Tislarm Bouie
Musical Director: Ilana Atkins
*THE MUSIC MAN
Director: Sara Edwards
Choreography: Mara Newberry Greer
Musical Director: Robert Neumeyer
*YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Director / Choreographer: Joel Farrell
Musical Director: Robert Neumeyer
*SEUSSICAL
Director: Michael Heitzman
Choreography: Robbie Roby
Musical Director: Catie Brown
*Resident Intimacy Coordinator for Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2023 Season
*ANYTHING GOES
Director: Ameenah Kaplan Choreographer: Mara Newberry
*INTO THE WOODS
Director: Scott Weinstein
*SOUND OF MUSIC:
Director / Choreographer: Marc Robin
*ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Director / Choreographer: Gerry McIntyre
*GUYS AND DOLLS
Director: Darren Lee Choreographer: Mark Esposito
*NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
Director: Dontee Kiehn Choreographer: Charlie Sutton
* Resident Intimacy Coordinator for Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera 2022 Season
*DROWSY CHAPERONE
Director: / Choreographer: Josh Rhodes
*KINKY BOOTS
Director / Choreographer: Gerry McIntyre
*GODSPELL
Director: Gabriel Barre. Choreographer: Jon Rua
*A CHORUS LINE
Director / Choreographer: Baayork Lee
*SISTER ACT
Director: Ameenah Kaplan. Choreographer: Robbie Roby
Other Theaters:
*ROMEO & JULIET
Choreographer: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Pittsburgh Ballet Theater (2025)
*BIRTHDAY CANDLES
Director: Marc Masterson
City Theatre Company (2025)
*A RAISIN IN THE SUN
TheatreSquared (2024)
Director: Dexter J. Singleton
*FAT HAM
Director: Monteze Freeland
City Theatre Company (2024)
*SCenes from an execution
Director: Andrew Smith
Quantum Theatre (2024)
*SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER
Director: Laura Alcara Baker
City Theatre Company (2023)
*CLYDE’S
Director: Monteze Freeland
City Theatre Company (2022)
*A RAISIN IN THE SUN
Director: Timothy McCuen Piggee
Pittsburgh Public Theater (2022)
*MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Director Marya Sea Kaminski
Pittsburgh Public Theater Company (2022)
*PARADISE BLUE
Director Kent Gash
City Theatre Company (2022)
*ANGELS IN AMERICA
Director Kim Weild
Playhouse Conservatory Theater Company (2022)
*THE CURRENT WAR
Director / Choreographer Tome’ Cousin
Quantum Theatre Company (2121)
*KALOPSIA
Director / Choreographer Tome’ Cousin
New Hazlett Theatre Community Supported Art (CSA) (2021)
*VANDERZEE (PICTURE TAKIN’ MAN) workshop
Director / Choreographer Tome’ Cousin
Carnegie Mellon University (2021 / 2022)
*LITTLE CHILDREN DREAM OF GOD
Director / Choreographer Tome’ Cousin
Playhouse Conservatory Theater Company (2021)
EDUCATION/TRAINING:
THEATRICAL INTIMACY EDUCATION (T.I.E)
INTIMACY COORDINATORS OF COLOR (ICOC)
THEATRICAL INTIMACY EDUCATION (T.I.E) SYMPOSIUM 2025 Chicago Associate Faculty
*STAGE MANAGEMENT & INTIMACY (2025)
*SIMULATED ORAL & DIGITAL STIMULATION (2025)
*CREATING A CULTURE OF CONSENT: COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS (2025)
*WORKING WITH TRANS & NON-BINARY ARTISTS (2025)
*ACTORS & INTIMACY (2025)
*MUSICAL THEATRE & INTIMACY (2025)
*STAGE FIGHTING & INTIMACY (2025)
*OVERCOMING OBSTACLES (YEHUDA DUENYAS)
*INTIMACY AND DANCE (TOME’ COUSIN & MICHAEL D. JABLONSKI) (2025 / 2024)
*SEX WORK AS A PROFESSION (RAJA BENZ) (2025)
*INTIMACY / FAT Two Hour Tips (SANJANA TASKER (2024)
*INTIMACY FOR FILM AND TV (CHELSEA PACE 2023 / TOME’ COUSIN ASSISTANT)
*BEST PRACTICES (LAURA RIKARD 2023 / TOME’ COUSIN ASSISTANT)
*INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHY (CHELSEA PACE 2022 / TOME’ COUSIN ASSISTANT)
*INNER-COURSE (CHELSEA PACE 2022 / TOME’ COUSIN ASSISTANT)
*OUTTER COURSE (CHELSEA PACE 2022)
*WORKING WITH MINORS (LAURA RIKER 2021)
*RACE AND CHOREOGRAPHY (KAJA DUNN 2022 / 2021 TOME’ COUSIN ASSISTANT)
*FOUNDATIONS IN RACE, CONSENT FOR BIPOC (2020)
*RACE STUDIO TECHNIQUES (2020)
*BEST PRACTICES (2018)
*GLOBAL MARORITY INTIMACY CONFERENCE (SPEAKER) 2023
*CERTIFICATION 2021 / 2022 / 2023
*DISABILITY JUSTICE IN INTIMATE PERFORMANCE (CHELSEY MORGAN)
*BLACK MEN AND THEATRICAL INTIMACY (ANNE JAMES / TOME’ COUSIN)
MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID
* (3 year certification)
Contact Information
e-mail: tlcjr1960@gmail.com / tcousin@andrew.cmu.edu
cell: 917.673.7750
