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Workshop: Playback Theatre for Healing

June 24, 2015 @ 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

- $1 – $160

A full day workshop:
Playback Theatre for Healing

Wednesday, June 24th

9:30am-5:30pm
At Omega Theater
41 Greenough Ave.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

More info & registration here

You will personally experience a powerful form of expressive therapy, hear how it is used for personal and social healing in the greater Boston community, witness how to quickly get the heart of people’s needs and have them feel deeply heart, and learn basic principles and tools.  Also you will take away techniques that you can use as an individual practitioner or as group leader.

Taught by: Christopher Ellinger

Cost:$140 before June 1; $160 after June 1

Student Reduced Fees: Individual student – 10% reduced fee;  Group of 3 or more students: 15%

 

Details

Date:
June 24, 2015
Time:
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Cost:
$1 – $160
Website:
http://omegatheater.org/wordpress/playback-theatre-for-healing/

Venue

Omega Theater
41 Greenough Ave.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 United States + Google Map
View Venue Website

Details

Date:
June 24, 2015
Time:
9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Cost:
$1 – $160
Website:
http://omegatheater.org/wordpress/playback-theatre-for-healing/

Venue

Omega Theater
41 Greenough Ave.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 United States + Google Map
View Venue Website

What happens in a True Story Theater performance?  Our events bring together the delight of improvisation with the courageous vulnerability of people sharing their personal truth.

The show’s emcee (called “the conductor”) facilitates brief, spontaneous conversations with volunteers from the audience who share their own feelings and experiences related to the show’s theme.  After each conversation, the actors and musician immediately embody the key feelings and actions they heard, using movement, music, dialogue, and superb listening. All of it is improvised on the spot. During the course of a 75 minute show, True Story enacts about 6-8 stories.

From this simple interaction, audience members feel validated, laugh, cry, get insights about their lives, and feel an expanded sense of community. You can share a moment from your life and see it performed, or just come to watch.

What are True Story Theater’s classes like?  We will teach you the basics of Playback Theatre, which can hone your listening skills for everyday life.  All are welcome.  Classes are supportive, informal, intimate, and fun, an enriching experience for both newcomers and experienced actors.