This course is a non-residential training offered in New York City. Getting a strong start in playback theatre means taking enough time to immerse yourself in the rich atmosphere and dynamics of the playback experience. In this four-day intensive, you’ll learn all the basics, with lots of opportunities to practice. Playback forms will be taught—scenes, [...]
Calendar of Events
July 3, 2012
Active Conducting – New York City
This course is a non-residential training offered in New York City. This course, for new and experienced conductors, will offer an in depth investigation into the complexities and artistry of conducting. Students will practice finding the heart of the story, asking the essential questions, choosing the right form, reading the audience, and ensuring a balance [...]
Catching the Story – New York City – Summer 2012
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 [...]
July 7, 2012
Healing the Wounds of Racism: Using Playback Theatre as a Tool for Social Justice
This course is a non-residential training offered in New York City. This workshop is for experienced playback practitioners who want to initiate or strengthen their work as social justice advocates. Racism is one of many kinds of oppression, and while this workshop will focus on race, the approach and tools can be used to work [...]
Keeping Your Playback Juicy
This course is a non-residential training offered in New York City. Are you thinking of starting your own Playback Theatre group? Or about expanding into being a conductor? Do you strive to make Playback your full time job? Many of us feel that Playback is a calling; what does this mean exactly? In this workshop, [...]
August 6, 2012
Playback Theatre Leadership – England
In association with the Centre for Playback Theatre & the Israeli School of Playback Theatre, the School of Playback Theatre United Kingdom presents… The Playback Theatre Leadership Workshop This course offers students a chance for an extended training with playback theatre’s founder. It will emphasize skill development, especially in conducting. It will teach theory. It [...]
September 29, 2012
Core Training in Playback Theatre – Singapore
Getting a strong start in playback theatre means taking enough time to immerse yourself in the rich atmosphere and dynamics of the playback experience. In this four-day intensive, you’ll learn all the basics, with lots of opportunities to practice. Playback forms will be taught—scenes, fluid sculptures, pairs, tableau stories, and more. Each student will have [...]
Social Awareness in Playback Theatre – Singapore
Increasing migration and so many varieties of religious and cultural practices within many of our Asian countries, require us to open our eyes to our own identities and responses to difference in others. This workshop is for playback practitioners who want to strengthen our ability to use playback for social change. We will expand our [...]
October 4, 2012
The Heart & the Art of the Story – Singapore
This workshop will focus on acting and performing skills; dramatic awareness; and the roles, forms and rituals in Playback Theatre. Our aim will be to explore and practice the Playback Theatre process. We will give special attention to artistry so that our performances will be a good, deep, meaningful, and satisfying experience for everyone – [...]
Active Conducting – Singapore
How can we be really good conductors of Playback Theatre? It’s such an important role and an on-going process of learning for us all! How can we create good relationships with diverse tellers and audiences? How could we move the interview process forward and also conclude it gracefully? How do we direct actors in the [...]
