About us
The Dutch Actors Society creates interactive theatre productions and training experiences on social safety, inclusion, workplace culture, sexual misconduct, and ethical dilemmas. Our performances help organizations open meaningful conversations and build safer, more inclusive environments.
Theatre as a mirror
We create theatre based on real experiences from a wide range of organizations. Recognizable and relatable, yet with enough distance to explore together honestly: what do I see, what do I feel, where is my boundary? This is how we make behavior visible that often remains unspoken in practice.
The real conversation
After a performance or after each scene, an open conversation with the audience follows, guided by a professional facilitator. In a safe setting, we explore perspectives, name dilemmas, and reflect on behavior. Not theory, but real-world experiences. This is how insight, awareness, and ownership emerge, strengthening social safety.
Practical tools
What can you do if you experience something or see it happening? What can you do as a colleague or manager? We discuss tools and pathways: speaking up in an accessible way, preventing escalation, reporting safely. This way, it doesn’t stop at one conversation but makes social safety part of everyday workplace culture.
Het acteursgenootschap
Productions
Scenes on Social Safety
Microaggressions, inappropriate behavior, and the role of the bystander
In this interactive performance, we make visible what often remains unspoken in the workplace. Social safety, recognizing subtle patterns, and the power of taking responsibility as a colleague or manager.
The Learning Curve
Abuse of power and sexual misconduct in organizations
A compelling performance that offers insight into the dynamics of intimidation, dependency, and the silence that often surrounds them. Suitable for organizations that want to start the conversation about sexual misconduct, social safety, and power dynamics.
The Conscience app
On integrity and gray areas in science
A performance about dilemmas in academia and research ethics. What do you do when you know something isn’t right? And who decides what integrity means?
Implicit Bias
Equity starts with insight: how bias can stand in the way of an inclusive workplace.
This performance zooms in on microaggressions, bias, and adapting behavior within unwelcoming environments for different genders. For organizations and workplaces that want to build a more inclusive work culture.
In the field
How do you balance the demands of field research with the demands of social safety and ethical conduct in high-pressure situations?
A performance that explores the different aspects of social safety during fieldwork expeditions. It covers themes such as leadership, group dynamics, sexual misconduct, and ethical issues while working in another country. With the aim of sparking discussion and exchange of experiences among researchers.
Custom work
From healthcare to government, from the police to fieldwork: we have previously developed tailored performances for specific sectors. A mix of existing scenes is also possible. Together, we explore what fits best. In content and in tone.
Members
Tony Maples
director / writer
Clients
We have previously worked with, among others:
De Belastingdienst, KNAW, Ministerie OCW, De Politie, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Radboud University, Radboudumc, Maastricht UMC, KU Leuven, NIOZ, LNVH, NWO, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), VU Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Stichting Techniekpromotie, De Jonge Academie.
The Norwegian Committees for Research Ethics, Institut national de la santé et la recherche médicale (Inserm), 5th World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI) 2017, European Gender Summit
We are a partner of the Report App
Contact
For more information, please get in touch:
Suzanne Spliethoff, managing director
[email protected]
+31 (0)6 29466565
