Centre for Playback Theatre

The Centre for Playback Theatre offers comprehensive training and support services for playback theatre, a form of personal improvisational theatre, valuing story, ritual, and community.

New to Playback Theatre? Learn more about playback theatre and about playback theatre training and schedule. [Begin Here]

A message from Jonathan Fox, founder of Playback Theatre and Director of the Centre for Playback Theatre

Leadership Transition Letter

Jonathan Fox has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Kassel, Germany. The doctorate recognizes Jonathan for "artistic and scholarly achievement in theatre".

Click here for speeches from the ceremony!

2009 Company Partners: The following playback theatre companies partner with the Centre to develop excellent practice—please support them!

•Asheville Playback Theatre •Big Apple Playback Theatre •Community Playback Theatre •Dublin Playback Theatre •Healing York Playback •Heartsparkle Players •Houston Playback Theatre •Hudson River Playback Theatre •Israel Tel-Aviv Playback •London Playback Theatre •Pittsburgh Playback Theatre •Playback for Change •Portland (OR) Playback •Playback Theatre Sydney •Reflections of Shands Hospital •Spektrum - PlaybackTheater Schaffhausen •Spiegelbühne Frankfurt Playback Theater •Sterling Playback Theatre •Synergy in Action: a Playback Theatre Co. •Teater X •The Maryland Playback Ensemble •Theater Rob Heiligers •Toronto Playback Theatre •True Heart Theatre •True Story Theater •Vermont Playback Theatre

Click here for the company partner homepage

Invest in your future now by training
in playback theatre!

Full 2010 Training Schedule posted in November

2010 Winter Session:

Core Training, Feb. 11-14

Step Up to Conducting, Feb. 15-18

The Freedom of the Actor, Feb. 19-21

Location: Falling Waters, Saugerties, NY.
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Photos from our 2009 trainings

Upcoming

Centre for Playback Theatre also offers:

College Residencies
Bringing playback theatre training, performances and/or lectures to Universities [Read More]

Bookings for Performances and Workshops
Bringing a playback company to you [Read More]

Books, DVD and other items
Call or email us to order! We have
books on playback theatre,
a pt training DVD, pt caps
andmore... [Read More]

AFFILIATED OVERSEAS TRAINING COURSES: The following institutions around the world are affiliated with the Centre and the School of Playback Theatre for the purpose of maintaining high standards and ethics in playback theatre training:

• School of Playback Theatre United Kingdom
• Scuola di Playback Theatre (Italy)
• Japan School of Playback Theatre
• Playback-Theater-Netzwerk e.V. (German-speaking countries)
• Beit-Ha'sefer le Teatron Playback (Israel)
• Central European Playback Theatre School
• Escola de Playback Theatre no Brasil
• School of Playback Theatre (Hong Kong)
• Skandinavisk Playbackteater Studio (Sweden)

What is Playback Theatre?
Mission of Centre
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FAQ
Training Faculty
Training Path
Graduates
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Playback Theatre Gatherings:

›European PT Conference in the Crimea 2009

›World PT Conference in Frankfurt Germany 2011

NEWS: Playback Theatre Responds to Patchogue, NY Immigrant Crisis. Read Paul McIsaac's report! Click here for: PT IN THE NEWS

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