Playback Theatre

Global Playback Event

Each year playback theatre companies around the world perform on the same day to promote some aspect of human rights. The title of the 2010 Global Playback event is  “What Do You Hunger For – Stories of Body, Mind & Spirit.”

Organizer Mountaine Mort Jonas writes: “With this year’s theme, we can explore in rehearsal and performance how this relates to change — what individual and collective actions we can take to create a world that works for all. Jo Salas suggests that we ‘broaden our personal values and beliefs, to be able to understand and honor diverse and contrasting ideas presented by audience members.’  She invites us all to create some form of workshop within our companies, prior to our global performances, in which we explore personal beliefs and values relevant to this year’s theme.”

The performances will take place on Sunday, November 14th. For more information, check out the Global Playback Theatre website.

For playback performing companies who wish to participate, the organizers ask you to send the details of your performance plans (date, time, location, ticket price if any, contact person, website) to info@globalplayback.org by the end of September.

To read about the history of the Global Playback events and some of the experiences of companies over the past five years, download the latest Interplay magazine.

Tags: Asheville Playback Theatre, Global Playback, human rights, Mountaine Mort Jonas, stories