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  Boone Playback Theatre Company
Playback is absolutely marvelous at clarifying the issues in these settings and providing a lateral and innovative approach to the topic at hand.
Playback is an original form of improvisational theatre, appropriate for all ages and populations.
Playback theatre gives attention to the social interactive elements of the whole experience, bringing theatre to the everyday reality of the community, and enabling an enriching experience for the actors and the audience, on and off stage.
cre8tivedrama.freeservers.com /bpt/what.htm   (346 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback Theatre is performed in a variety of settings such as conferences, festivals, hospitals, prisons, classrooms, and in public theaters.
Playback theatre is used in educational, therapeutic, social change, and arts settings, either as performance, with a company of trained actors and a defined audience; or as a group event with one or two leaders, in which participants become actors as well as tellers for each other.
This group, while developing the basis of the Playback form, took it to schools, prisons, centers for the elderly, conferences, and festivals in an effort to encourage people from all walks of society to let their stories be heard.
www.dramatix.org /Essays/Playback.txt   (1925 words)

  
 Playback Charlottesville Theatre Troupe
Playback Theatre is performed for the general public at theatres and art centers all over the world.
It's been said that Playback is a theater of neighbors: you may arrive as a stranger but almost certainly, by the end of the event; you'll feel a sense of aliveness and ease in talking with those around you.
Playback Theatre is a unique, engaging and lively way to honor and enhance a conference, festival, reunion, wedding, birthday or other special occasion.Playback Theatre is a unique, engaging and lively way to honor and enhance a conference, festival, reunion, wedding, birthday or other special occasion.
playbackcharlottesville.com   (721 words)

  
 Pentimento Playback Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback Theatre is a unique style of theater in which audience members are invited to tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted, or "played back" on the spot.
Playback as a form of theater was developed in 1975 in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York by Jonathan Fox, and is currently represented by hundreds of companies and individuals spread over more than 25 countries around the world.
The Pentimento Playback group, which takes its name from a term describing the "bleed-through" effects produced on an artist's canvas when one image is painted over another, sprang out of a series of workshops sponsored by the Circle Theatre Players conducted by social worker Lori Barraco Smith.
www.playbackalbany.org /about.htm   (470 words)

  
 River's Edge Playback Theatre: About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback Theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience or group members tell stories from their lives, and watch them enacted on the spot by an ensemble of actors.
Playback is an improvisational storytelling form in which audience stories are played back on the spot by an ensemble of trained actors.
Playback is also done in a workshop setting where the participants of the workshop become the actors and storytellers.
www.riversedgeplayback.org /about.html   (418 words)

  
 Playback Theatre performs audience's stories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback is a form of improvisational theatre, created through a unique collaboration between performers and audience.
Ron Miller, associate professor of Communication and Theatre Arts and the director of McDaniel Playback, studied the form with Armand Volkas, director of the Living Arts Playback troupe in Oakland, and has worked with Volkas in his international playback work with cultures in conflict.
Playback brings theatre to the everyday reality of the community, enabling an enriching experience for the actors and the audience, on and off stage.
www.mcdaniel.edu /news/archive04/playbacktheatre.shtml   (438 words)

  
 Playback Theatre
Playback as a form of theatre was developed in 1975 in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York by Jonathan Fox, and is currently represented by more than 140 Playback groups spread over fifteen countries.
These experiences - when viewed in theatre or film, heard on radio or in song, or read in books - enable people to gain a larger vision of life, of the perspectives of others, of themselves and their community - as a much larger whole.
Playback Theatre embraces the unfolding of life and the inherent spontaneity in individuals and communities as they move through the picture frames of their existence.
www.austrategies.com.au /playback.htm   (750 words)

  
 PLAYBACK THEATER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback Theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience or group members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot.
Whether in theatres, workshops, educational or clinical settings, playback theatre draws people closer as they see their common humanity.
Playback Theatre was founded in 1975 in the Mid-Hudson Valley in New York by Jonathan Fox and the original Playback Theatre company, including Jo Salas and Judy Swallow.
hvpi.net /playtheater.htm   (282 words)

  
 IPTB • International Playback Theatre Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback Hampton Roads is an interactive, improvisational theatre company that honors the stories of its audiences by listening to the audience's stories and enacting them on the spot.
Playback Theatre offers opportunities for the storytellers to view their life in unique ways, with fresh perspectives, by creating aesthetic "shapes" and creative, imaginative illustratrations of their life experiences.
Playback Theatre began in the Hudson Valley region of New York in the mid-70's.
playbackhamptonroads.com   (171 words)

  
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Playback Theatre is an internationally recognized process which derives from psychodrama and storytelling.
Playback was founded in New York City in 1975 and is a form of improvisational theater where personal stories from the audience are gathered and “played-back” on stage.
Playback Theatre is performed by over 100 groups in 18 countries, including over 20 in the United States.
www.taylorartsgroup.com /clients.html   (1596 words)

  
 Playback - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Playback, an album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Playback, the seamless playback of digital audio formats.
Playback Theatre, an improvisational form of community theatre.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Playback   (99 words)

  
 Playback Theatre Performance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback Theatre (PBT) is an original form of improvisational theatre where audience or group members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot.
Playback Theatre was founded in 1975 in the Mid-Hudson Valley in New York by Jonathan Fox and the Original Playback Theatre Company.
If you are new, it leaves you confused in the beginning but slowly it generates a level of curiousity in you and finally a sense of satisfaction and an experience to cherish for a life time.
www.bangalorenet.com /special/playbacktheatre   (293 words)

  
 Center for the Living Arts: Home page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback Theatre was first developed by Jonathan Fox, a director, theatrical scholar, and social activist, in the 1970s.
Playback Theatre is an improvisational form whereby personal stories told by audience members are transformed into theater pieces.
In corporations, Playback Theatre is a particularly effective change management tool which can be applied to a variety of different circumstances: to humanize the effects of a merger or reorganization; to say goodbye to someone who is retiring; to celebrate the achievements of a group.
www.livingartscenter.org /Playback?N=A   (263 words)

  
 Melbourne Playback Theatre Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Playback is a unique form of spontaneous theatre, presented by a team of professional actors and a musician.
Playback workshops are an effective way to learn about team work, spontaneity, leadership and communication skills.
Melbourne Playback Theatre consists of trained and experienced facilitators, actors and musicians, ensuring the highest standard of performance.
www.erniegruner.com /playback.html   (382 words)

  
 Toronto Playback Theatre
The Toronto Playback Theatre is committed to a theatre that values community, service, and the possibility of personal and social transformation through art.
The company was looking for ways of reaching out and bringing theatre closer to the everyday reality of the community, and breaking away from the scripted literary tradition of theatre.
Playback Theatre thrives in a variety of settings, existing as community theatre gatherings as well as a professional service to both the business and social sector.
www.torontoplayback.com   (387 words)

  
 Turning memories into movements / Mountain Xpress / Asheville, NC
Asheville Playback Theatre is changing its successful format this year, and Scott, the group's artistic director, admits she isn't completely sure how the new shows will play out.
The emphasis of Playback has always been on giving a voice to people, and it still is. "Now we're hearing personal stories and extrapolating a cultural understanding," she clarifies.
Playback Theatre often travels to where there are people whose stories aren't being heard, such as into addiction-recovery groups, therapy sessions and the prison system.
www.mountainx.com /ae/2002/0911playback.php   (1201 words)

  
 Canberra Playback Theatre
Playback Theatre is a form of improvisational theatre in which audience members tell stories from their lives and then watch as actors and musicians enact them on the spot using movement, music and words, but without script or rehearsal.
Playback is a particularly suited to conferences, workshops and other events that address social issues and for professionals who work in community and social welfare areas.
Playback can also be used to focus the energy of a workshop and help participants better understand their relationships with each other, the issues they are concerned about or the tasks they share.
canberraplayback.org   (573 words)

  
 Pacific Playback Theatre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Clients report that Pacific Playback Theatre is an especially effective approach to increase trust, respect and collaboration.
Playback Theatre is performed in a variety of contexts including theatres, schools, prisons, community celebrations, corporate training rooms and conferences.
Playback Theatre was created by Jonathan Fox and the Original Playback Theatre Company in 1975.
www.pacificplayback.com /intro.html   (233 words)

  
 Art Therapy Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Playback Theatre Core Training for Higher Education offers educators in theatre, communications and oral history departments as well as professional staff a unique opportunity to build a strong foundation in playback theatre.
Playback Theatre is used in educational, therapeutic, social change, and arts settings.
Playback can be arranged as a performance, with a company of trained actors and a defined audience, or as a group event led by an individual, in which participants become actors as well as tellers for each other.
www.sofer.com /art-therapy/forum/read.php3?id=4576   (275 words)

  
 Asheville Playback Theater   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
ASHEVILLE PLAYBACK THEATRE will be performing improvisional theater honoring your stories of kindness on World Kindness Day, November 13, 2005, along with other playback theater troups from all over the world.
Playback theatre, founded in 1975 by Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas, is an original form of improvisation in which audience or group members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot.
The efforts of Playback companies around the world are coordinated through the International Playback Theatre Network and the International School of Playback Theatre.
www.spiritinthesmokies.com /playback.html   (500 words)

  
 The Mandala Center - About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Theatre of the Oppressed and Playback Theatre - Cousins with a Common Cause
Although the goals of Playback are continually changing to meet the needs of specific communities and of society at large (i.e.Playback is becoming more and more interested in the social dimension), it continues to strive towards artful presentation and aesthetic.
Playback Theatre "serves" the teller; Theatre of the Oppressed "uses" the teller.
www.mandalaforchange.com /reviews.htm   (4388 words)

  
 Untitled Document
We see Playback Theatre as a compelling way for people who are rarely if ever heard by mainstream U.S. culture to tell their stories and be witnessed and heard by everyone.
Playback Theatre is rooted in the oral tradition, and weaves in music and movement, two forms of expression that are very much integrated into the lives of indigenous peoples from around the world.
We at Playback for Change are concerned that as the older generations die off, these essential histories will be lost, as younger people are not picking up the oral traditions.
www.spiritbodyresources.com /pages/pqp.html   (2015 words)

  
 Improvisation Theatre and Personal Freedom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Improvisation theatre is a type of contemporary, interactive, nonscript theatre (Fox, 1994).
Nevertheless, there are improvisation theatres such as Forum Theatre (Boal, 2002) and Playback Theatre (Salas, 1999) that contain both artistic and therapeutic components.
Since PT is an art, a playback company is expected to honour the teller's story through skilful use of staging, dynamics, form, originality, metaphors, images, and improvisation.
www.meaning.ca /articles05/steinfort-spontaneity.htm   (1549 words)

  
 VOICES:columnist, Dorit Amir, June 10, 2002.
A few days ago a friend of mine, who is an actor in a playback theatre, called me and asked if I would like to come and improvise music for their playback performance that took place the day after.
As Jo Salas, a playback actor and a music therapist, writes: "They need to conjure the shape of a story, and they must be able to fit this template onto the teller's sometimes ragged account.
I went to the playback theatre group's performances that took place once a month in a small theatre space in Tel Aviv and brought friends and family members.
www.voices.no /columnist/colamir100602.html   (1314 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : An occasion to experiment and involve the crowd
When Sterling Playback Theatre, with Reds Playback Theatre, staged its annual production on the theme, `Acts of Kindness,' on Sunday, it was an occasion to experiment and involve the crowd in the performance.
Playback theatre works on the lines of an improvisation show, in which a group of artistes act out a scene, story or mood shared by any member in the audience.
Playback theatre was founded by Jonathan Fox in 1975.
www.hindu.com /2005/11/15/stories/2005111508160200.htm   (440 words)

  
 Mindcamp | Saturday Night
Playback Theatre is an amazing experience, where the stories on stage come from the stories in you.
Playback Theatre is created through a unique collaboration between a professional company of performers and the audience.
He is Artistic Director of Toronto Playback Theatre, which he founded with the mission of providing dynamic, audience-interactive, issues-based theatre for diverse audiences.
www.thinkxic.com /mindcamp/playback.php   (290 words)

  
 Theatre Arts Empowerment - Arts Has the Power
The National Theatre of the Deaf The National Theatre of the Deaf Professional Theatre School for Deaf Theatre Personnel (PTS) was established in 1967 through a grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
The National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped, Inc. (NTWH) is a Maine based non-profit organization founded in 1977 to provide the disabled community with the communication skills necessary to pursue a life in professional theatre and enhance their opportunities in the workplace.
Theatre in Motion is a New York City-based participatory, educational theatre company which utilizes non-traditional casting, that is, artists with and without disabilities working together, serving all populations.
www.artslynx.org /heal/theatre.htm   (5882 words)

  
 Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
PLAYBACK THEATRE was founded in 1975 in the Mid-Hudson Valley in New York by the psychodramatist
In Playback Theatre someone tells a story or moment from their life, chooses actors to play the different roles, then watches as their story is immediately recreated and given artistic shape and coherence.
Playback Theatre honours people's story and connects them to each other, creating a deeper sense of community.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/JFHermann   (157 words)

  
 True Stories of Kindness to be Enacted Around the World on Nov. 13 Using Playback Theatre
Playback Theatre is improvisation based on the personal stories of audience members.
Palestinians and Israelis meet at a playback performance and come to a new appreciation of differing perspectives; villagers in Botswana teach about AIDS through personal stories; “untouchables” in India describe what it would take to overcome the stigma of their caste; young Germans are connected with the legacy of their grandparents from World War II.
Around the world, playback is in schools to show children the effects of bullying, and in prisons to provide a forum for inmates to share their hopes and fears.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/9/emw287795.htm   (816 words)

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