Ellie Heyman is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of UP Business Communications, a business training company that works with professionals to improve communication, storytelling and presentation skills. She launched UP with partner, Mary Jo Romeo, a media executive with over 25 years of experience, to help companies increase revenue, raise productivity and enjoy greater job satisfaction among its employees. Additionally, Ellie is the founder and Artistic Director of the New York-based Ellie Heyman Acting Studio whose clients range from Broadway and film actors to executives from Fortune 500 companies. Ellie has taught acting at Franklin & Marshall College, Boston University, Whole Physical Theatre Laboratory, and Pegasus Players, among other notable institutions.Ellie is the Artistic Director of Neutral Milk Hotel members’ rock band, The Music Tapes. Her production of The Traveling Imaginary, presented by The Orbiting Human Circus, enjoyed a successful world tour in 2012-2013. Ellie also serves as Artistic Director of Helikon Repertory Theatre which is currently developing a new piece about the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anne Sexton and a re-imagining of Eugene O’Neil’s Desire Under the Elms.Ellie works with “actors,” in the most literal sense of the word, meaning someone who takes action; someone who fully commits to speaking his truth within a given circumstance. Since all effective communication is rooted in authenticity, Ellie finds joy in helping corporate executives, professional actors, and public figures express themselves with clarity, freedom, and precision.