Christopher von Baeyer, M.A. is an actor, educator and consultant who specializes in the integration of theatre and human development. He is the Artistic Director for the Toronto Playback Theatre Project, which he founded with the mission of providing dynamic, audience-interactive, issues-based theatre in the Toronto area. As a Senior Consultant with The Ariel Group, he divides his time between North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, where he designs and delivers performance training programs in voice, acting, emotional intelligence, leadership and professional communication. He has taught at Emerson College and Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Chicago, the Columbia University Senior Executive Program in NY, and the Harvard Business School.. He recently served as a Master Artist at the Banff Centre in a forum entitled The New Story-Makers: Power, Influence, and Authenticity in a Media Dominated World. His corporate clients have included Merrill Lynch, Societe Generale, Lucent Technologies, Deloitte &Touche, Sandia National Laboratories, the Boston Consulting Group,the Canadian Government and the Hearst Corporation.

In his career as a professional actor, 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. His one man show, an exploration of the mother/son relationship called Mother's Basement, has been featured at theatres and conferences in Boston and New York. He has also maintained a long term interest in issues relating to men in our society, and been a founding member of men's groups in Boston, the Berkshires and Toronto.

He holds a B.A. in English and American Literature from Harvard University and an M.A. in Psychodrama and Vocal Communication from Lesley University Graduate School. His work is deeply influenced by his personal study with masters in the field of Theatre and Human Development, including Keith Johnstone, Jonathon Fox, Augusto Boal, Kristin Linklater, Bob Ginn and Mark Rittenberg. His recent publications include The Sound of Truth, a practical and theoretical exploration of voice and self-scripted autobiographical storytelling and The Power of Presence: What Actors can teach Business Leaders, which appeared in The Journal for the Institute for Knowledge Management. He currently resides in Toronto with his wife and young son.

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