Young people who are entering the professional world of theatre for the first time are part of a generation that was severely impacted by the isolation brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic during key developmental years. Morganne Evans and Saya Jenks have developed participatory workshops that use theatre techniques to help these early-career theatre professionals succeed in the workplace and address the unique circumstances they face.As the Senior Manager of Workforce Development at The Public Theatre, Morganne oversees a program that grants fellowships to recent college graduates, primarily from underrepresented communities, of Brooklyn College and Hunter College. The program is designed for Fellows to gain professional experience at The Public. Saya teaches professional development workshops that draw on the world of improvisational theatre. The workshops they created together are designed to give these young professionals embodied opportunities to practice interpersonal skills that are key to succeeding in professional theatre careers. In this session, Saya and Morganne will discuss their process of identifying challenges facing young theatremakers who are entering the professional world for the first time, and how they created these professional development workshops to address those needs. Saya and Morganne will also demonstrate some of the exercises they have used and discuss participants’ responses to them.