Critical Response Process® Certification
The official Critical Response Process® Certification program is in its eighth year, with graduates applying CRP in the arts, education, and organizational life on three continents
Aimed at practitioners who already have strong working knowledge of CRP, the Certification program provides nine months of high-level mentoring, peer-to-peer learning, and intensive practice in the foundations, principles, and applications of Critical Response Process®.
Applications are currently closed.
Participants study directly with master trainers in a program under direct guidance of CRP originator Liz Lerman and CRP co-directors Sumana Mandala and Phil Stoesz. Below is an outline of program information.
A general outline of the program is below:
Duration: May 2027 – December 2028, beginning with an in-person four-day intensive in May 2027, anticipated location: Phoenix metro area.
Applications open: January 2027
Applications due: February 2027
Acceptance confirmations by: late February
Payment dates: deposit due in March, remainder due in April
Pre-workshop assignment and/or survey period: begins in April
In-person intensive dates: May 2027
Personal study/practice project plan completed by approx. two weeks after intensive
Monthly online seminars and advisory group meetings at six-week intervals
Candidates’ demonstration workshops presented in October and November, which includes a practice project and portfolio.
Certification confirmations conferred by: December 2027
Cost: Tuition is variable, with limited partial scholarships available. Travel and housing for the initiating in-person intensive is the responsibility of each participant.
Format: Distance-learning program after completion of in-person opening intensive; Learning Management System platform access provided with additional program communications through email; high-speed internet required for all participants.
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Information Sessions
Review a recording from September 2024
“It was so useful to work through the steps every week and gain fluency with the language associated with the process.
The hidden feature of the process that became clear during our sessions was the flexibility of the steps. I was excited to learn that moving onto a new step didn’t close the door on the previous stages of the conversation. Acknowledging that flexibility kept the path through the steps from feeling final, which reflects how CRP is designed to be generative. Without experiencing so many circles in real time, I don’t think my rule-following brain would have truly grasped the grace that this flexibility allows without seeing it in action.”
– Monica French, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre, Ponoma College
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video credit: Jenny Gerena; photo credit: Mesa Arts Center
