Partial client list


Health

  • New England Center and Home for Veterans: stories of the veterans
  • The Conversation Project and First Parish in Bedford Unitarian Universalist: conversations with loved ones about death and dying
  • Boston Medical Center: stories of people in cancer support groups
  • Hospices: Beacon Hospice, Hospice Care Inc., & Health Care Dimensions at the Dana Farber Center, team-building for volunteers
  • VSA MA, Lesley’s Institute for Arts & Health, and Boston Arts Consortium for Health: conference on brain trauma and healing
  • Arlington Elder Abuse Task Force, town hall meeting about the experience of elders with abuse and forum of safety information
  • The Wellness Center: for elderly and disabled residents, on joys and challenges of aging
  • Star of David Nursing and Alzheimer’s Center: patients telling their stories
  • Wellness Community: people in treatment for cancer telling their stories
  • Children’s Room: bereavement center for children and teens who have lost family members
  • Systems Centered Therapy: international conference
  • The Center for Cancer Support & Education, in-service nurses training
  • MA Dept. of Public Health, Keep Moving Program, appreciation event
  • Marrakech, team-building retreat for staff of a residential program of young adults with disabilities
  • Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly: stories of creativity and important life transitions

Diversity

  • Active Bystander Intervention trainings: 3-hour workshop plus performance for many groups
  • LexPride, for LGBTQ+, a series for seniors, including an intergenerational event
  • Winchester Multi-cultural Network: 4-part series on inclusion in civic life and affordable housing
  • Shambhala Center: 4-part series on dialogues about race and collective liberation
  • Boston City-wide Dialogues on Racial and Ethnic Diversity
  • Training for citizen reporters for diversity articles for the Arlington Advocate newspaper
  • Smith College, School of Social Work, annual Diversity Symposium for all the masters students
  • Intergenerational LGBT dialogues:  as series of shows hosted by Cambridge Somerville Elder Services and Harvard University
  • Women’s Institute for Leadership, conference on women in leadership in the labor movement
  • Task Force Against Discrimination, Marblehead, MA, No Place for Hate Network community event
  • Fools Mission and Faithful Fools, San Francisco: building authentic relationships across economic differences
  • Harvard University, for undergraduates, exploring racial and religious diversity
  • West Concord Union Church, program on learning differences for people

Education

  • Brandeis U.: stories of Palestinian and of Jewish Israeli students
  • MIT Sloan School: inclusive leadership for MBA students
  • Northeastern University: undergrad students coming back from internships reflecting on their learning
  • Rochester Institute of Technology: Bystander Intervention trainings for faculty and staff
  • Harvard University, for resident advisors
  • Eastern Nazarene College, program on “Invisible identities” and workshop on embodied empathy
  • University of Massachusetts, Lowell, team-building for administrators and senior faculty
  • Simmons College School of Social Work, faculty team-building, and training on theatre for social change
  • Lesley University, conclusion of expressive therapy programs and various conferences
  • Codman Academy Charter school, workshop for an oral history class of 9th and 10th graders
  • Cardinal Cushing School, in-service session for staff of a school for children with special needs
  • Emerson College, theatre students
  • National homeschooling conference, performance for families

Religious

  • Unitarian Universalist ministers, at a retreat during the pandemic addressing self-care and creative skills for resilience
  • Central Congregational Church in Jamaica Plain, helping the congregation manage a challenging transition
  • Temple Beth Shalom in Medford,  repeated shows for their Sisterhood gatherings
  • First Parish Church in Bridgewater, for a service on “The Gift of Giving”
  • Vineyard Church, building bridges of connection among people in the neighborhood
  • River of Life Church, untold stories
  • UU Church of Bedford, stories of friendship across class lines, for M.L.K. Day
  • Wisdom and Money program, social justice Christian network
  • B’nai Jeshurun Synagogue in New York City, Stories of death & dying plus honoring responses to the massacre in Pittsburgh just a few days earlier.

Businesses

  • CyberReason, team-building exploring challenges to growth and building more creative collaborative leadership
  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory, team-building and creativity workshop
  • Trillium Investment Advisors, team-building event at corporate retreat
  • Wainwright Bank, a show on public attitudes about money
  • Northeast Human Resource Association, Bystander workshop for HR professionals
  • Success Associates and WIND, networking event for professionals in job transition
  • Datasys Corporation, team-building event for employees
  • Young Presidents Organization, Omaha, educational event for members, exploring giving & generosity
  • MA Community Development Corporations, for their annual gathering

Government agencies and committees

  • The Town of Arlington Disability Commission
  • U.S. Dept. of Agriculture training on sexual orientation diversity in the workplace
  • The Town of Arlington Vision 2020 Diversity Task Group
  • The Town of Arlington Human Rights Commission
  • City of Cambridge Historical Commission
  • Arlington Town Planning Department, public input on bus rapid transit pilot

Youth leadership

  • Endicott College, leadership development program for undergrads
  • National Conference for Community Justice teen leadership camp, opening session for getting to know each other
  • Britney Spears Foundation camp for performing arts teens, closing session to reflect on week’s learning
  • Youth Philanthropy Worldwide, program for high school children in Miami on how to make a difference in the world.
  • Center for Teen Empowerment, in-service training for staff and inner city teens
  • Youth for Environmental Sanity, for their leveraging privilege jam
  • Cambridge Community Arts Center, teen leadership program
  • The Boch Center: teen leader program on social justice

Arts and expressive therapy

  • The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association, 14th annual conference in 2022 online
  • Transformative Language Arts Network, annual conference
    Healing Story Alliance and the National Storytelling Network, annual conference
  • National Association of Poetry Therapy, annual conference
  • National Association for Drama Therapy conference, day-long workshop on playback theatre
  • Applied Improvisation Network, annual conference, performance and workshops
  • Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Institute, 2021 conference
  • Arts League of Lowell, stories of being an artist and making a difference in the community

Fundraising, philanthropy and international development

  • Egyptian social entrepreneurs: training and performance
  • Giving Forum and New Ventures in Philanthropy conference opening
  • Threshold Foundation, workshop in Playback Theatre
  • Gill Foundation, storytelling workshop through Playback Theatre
  • Rudolf Steiner Foundation’s, Transforming Money conference
  • Southeastern Council of Foundations, annual conference
  • Grantmakers without Borders, performance for closing of annual conference
  • Ecologic international development agency, for a stakeholder’s meeting
  • 1% Club of Philanthropy in Minneapolis, stories of the founder on his retirement
  • ArtCorps, international arts funding agency, for a fundraising event

Community groups

  • East Somerville Main Streets: getting community input on a mural during its design and after its completion getting feedback.
  • Cardinal Medeiros Transitional Program: supporting men dealing with homelessness and many recovery from addiction
  • Project Literacy: Appreciation event for adults learning to read & speak English and their tutors
  • Jamaica Plain co-housing community, as a team-building session
  • Community Circle: support group for men who are out of prison and getting back in the community
  • Artists Respond to War, to help artists deal with their reactions to the U.S. war in Iraq
  • The Peace Abbey, as a Sept 11th remembrance
  • Somerville Growing Center, for teens and their parents about the joys and challenges of growing up

Celebrations

  • Boston Medical School, an event to honor a celebrated teacher who was leaving
  • Arlington Town Day, public town-wide event, on the theme of celebrating life in Arlington
  • May FireArts Festival on the Boston Esplanade
  • First Night Boston 2004, 2006, and 2007; First Night Groton 2005, to celebrate
  • Jamaica Plain co-housing’s anniversary celebration
  • Central Congregational Church in Jamaica Plain, 150th anniversary
  • For a Bar Mitvah party