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SARAH HALLEY AND JONATHAN FOX
Playback Theatre
You try to cross over into that part of you that’s always there but is only alive when you’re playing.
—Dwike Mitchell
Sharing Personal Experience
Imagine a stage with two chairs off to one side, a combination of wooden boxes and simple colored fabrics center stage, and a variety of musical instruments on the other side. The occasion is a staff recognition dinner, with about 100 staff members from affiliated nursing homes and senior centers in the audience. The actors, conductor, and musician enter in a way that evokes the artistic and ritual feeling of a theatrical performance.
The performers ...
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