Improvising Real Life
Personal Story in Playback Theatre
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2019
Summary
In a Playback Theatre performance, audience members tell true stories about their lives and a team of actors improvises theatre pieces on the spot. First developed in 1975 in upstate New York, Playback Theatre is now practiced around the world, in theatres, schools, refugee camps, prisons, governmental departments–wherever people have stories to tell. Improvising Real Life: Personal Story in Playback Theatre, written by Playback’s cofounder Jo Salas, is the basic text used…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780964235090 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0964235099 |
| Author: | Jo Salas |
| Publisher: | Tusitala |
| Imprint: | Tusitala |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Edition: | 20th |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2019 |
| Weight: | 328g |
| Dimensions: | 165mm x 230mm |
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Critics Review
“This is a must-read book not only for theatre artists, but for educators and social service professionals interested in the arts as a tool toward both self-expression and community building. Playback Theatre is immediate and accessible theatre, formal yet intimate, and extremely adaptable to different contexts.”
Mady Schutzman, Co-editor, Playing Boal: Theatre, Therapy, Activism.
“Readers concerned with story and theatre will find much of interest in this clearly and simply written account, which combines some of the elements of a how-to manual with reflection and theory.”
PARABOLA Magazine
“A basic operating manual for anyone who works with expressive therapies, role play, storytelling. Jo Salas’s language is as direct and evocative as a Playback Theatre episode. Study this book, use it!”
Robin Larsen, PhD, co-author, A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell.
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