This course is a non-residential training offered in New York City.
In the performance of playback theatre we use the concept of story to describe the teller’s experience. What is essential to give the audience a sense that the performers are “catching” the story? Does it have to do with plot? With character? With a sense of place? With finding the right metaphor? Or something else entirely? This workshop will give actors, conductors and musicians practice in finding key images for enactment, no matter how short and incomplete the narration. In the course of our learning, we will of course share our own stories and have fun playing together.
Prerequisite: Core Training or equivalent
Teacher:
Jonathan Fox
Jonathan is the founder of Playback Theatre and the artistic and executive director of the original Playback Theatre company from its inception in 1975. He is the author of Acts of Service: Spontaneity, Commitment, Tradition in the Nonscripted Theatre; the editor of The Essential Moreno: Writings on Spontaneity, Psychodrama and Group Method; and co-editor of Gathering Voices: Essays on Playback Theatre. In 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kassel in Germany for artistic and scholarly achievement in theatre.
