Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble Presents An Evening of Playback Theatre Saturday, June 10, 2023 8-10 pm WHEN: June 10, 2023 Saturday 8-10 pm WHERE: Goldman Theater David Brower Center… Read More »
Embark on a journey of self-discovery and personal growth with a unique and embodied workshop designed to explore the powerful impact of stories on our lives. Delve into the fictional tales you heard as a child using acting, improvisation, storytelling and drama therapy...
Personal stories transformed into improvised theater pieces, on the spot, incorporating music, movement, ritual, and spoken improvisation.
Drama therapy can be a powerful tool in working with high functioning adults as well as special populations such as emotionally disturbed children, prison inmates, people with eating disorders and those in psychiatric settings. Therapeutic theatre techniques can also be...
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June 10, 2023
Saturday 8-10 pm
WHERE:
Goldman Theater
David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA
TICKETS:
$25 pre-sale/$30 at the door
The Ensemble
John Kadyk, Christine Kalb, Merry Ross, Geno Creese, Vicki Dello Joio, Rae Ann Goldberg, Persephone Gonzalez
The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble is a troupe of improvisational actors and musicians who “play back” personal stories shared by audience members in ways that both honor and illuminate the original experience.
Playback Theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience members tell stories from their lives, and watch them enacted on the spot by a company of trained actors and musicians. In Playback Theatre performances, a Conductor awakens a range of perspectives and ideas offered by audience members. The performing ensemble then brings the audience’s stories to life in a way that is honoring, illuminating, and transformative. Sometimes a story becomes a myth, sometimes a realistic enactment; some stories are tragic, others are funny or illuminating. Playback Theatre affirms the importance and dignity of personal experience, enables people to view their lives in new ways, and draws people closer as they see their common humanity.
The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble produces performances, workshops and events for personal, professional, and organizational growth. Created in 1989 under the direction of psychotherapist and drama therapist Armand Volkas, The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble, in collaboration with The Healing the Wounds of History Project, has received international recognition for its work in bringing groups in conflict together, such as Germans and Jews; Palestinians and Israelis; Japanese, Chinese and Koreans on their legacy of WWII, and Armenians and Turks.
At the heart of its work is a profound respect for the power of personal story to build bridges between people and cultures. The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble is a member of the International Playback Theatre Network, Playback North America, Theatre Bay Area, and performs for corporations, schools, hospitals, community celebrations, conferences, and for the general public. Visit www.livingartsplayback.org to learn more.
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