A NEW Year, NEW Address, NEW Beginnings

View from the F Train to Our New Digs in Brooklyn Dear Friends & Colleagues, Darya & I have been speaking about the country's roller coaster ride of this past year, and how now, more than ever, our creative lives need to come to the forefront of our daily existence where our actions and interactions are motivated by how we serve and contribute to our respective communities. OTOA is one of the ways we hope to continue to contribute. Below is a compilation of highlights from 2016’s OTOA-Year-In-Review Please take a moment to share with us our highlights From the last 12 months Including our… New Office/ Studio Address: 233 Ocean Parkway, STE 3A, Brooklyn, NY 11218 And stay tuned for our 2017 Spring Workshop Schedule Coming Soon. With Warmest Wishes For a Healthy & Meaningful New Year Gia Forakis & Darya Gauthier OTOA Founder & Master Teacher & OTOA Managing Director GiaForakisandCO@gmail.com

I N   2 0 1 6 One-Thought-One-Action (OTOA)™ branched out into a variety of new formats and an expanded application: OTOA Performance Technique & Training (PTT)™ OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)™ INTROTOA Free Sample Seminars OTOA Private Coaching By broadening OTOA's application we have widened our options for more seminars, workshops, intensives, classes and residencies,  where new insights into the technique continue to be fostered. 2 0 1 6    H I G H L I G H T S ***** A P R I L   OTOA Leadership Seminar @ Yale University   Leadership Institute   J U N E OTOA CLP Workshop @ Theatrelab, NYC   J U L Y OTOA-Driven Production of The Murder Room @ Danville, KY   A U G U S T Vermont Residency: OTOA Think Tank @ The Putney School, VT   O C T O B E R OTOA CLP 2-Day Intensive @ Theatrelab, NYC And O C T O B E R INTROTOA PTT @ Theatrelab, NYC And once again... O C T O B E R Live Facebook Interview @ Embodied Philosophy, NYC   N O V E M B E R OTOA PTT 3-Day Workshop @ Theatrelab, NYC D E C E M B E R OTOA | GF&CO ! NEW ! HQ & Studio Space  @ 233 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY   Participant Quotes: OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)™ "Creative Life Practice is like diving into a pool of possibilities."  ~ Lizhi Chen, CLP Seminar Participant  "Creative Life Practice is like CrossFit for Creative Muscles." ~ Lydia Lai, CLP Seminar Participant  "[Creative Life Practice] is a toolkit experience...into authenticity and creativity toward evolution of self." ~ Cheryl Anne Ruebner, CLP Intensive Participant OTOA Performance Technique & Training (PTT)™   "It is a daring refreshing challenge for the actor  to be in the present. [OTOA] is, in fact, an actor’s life jacket.”  ~ Paige Schnell, Actor/Author "With OTOA, you cannot betray yourself.” ~ Tony Naumovsky, Actor “OTOA forces the actor to 'think' from the body.” ~ Katrina Foy, Actor   Spring 2017 OTOA Schedule Coming Soon!