Workshops & Customized Performances

DATES
Sunday, March 30, 2008
10:00 am - 6:00 pm

PROGRAM FEES
$95

LOCATION
Nightwood / Tapestry
Ernest Balmer Studio

55 Mill St., Bldg #58
The Cannery, Studio 316
Toronto, ON M5A 3C4

REGISTRATION
Click here for the
registration form

or contact
STAF at 416 703 2773 x203
to send you one.

TORONTO
PLAYBACK
THEATRE
presents
A Playback Theatre Sampler

“People need to tell their stories. It's a basic human imperative. From the telling of our stories comes our sense of identity, our place in the world, and our compass of the world itself.”
-Jo Salas, original member of Playback Theatre

Playback Theatre brings “theatre back from the domain of entertainment to its earlier purpose of preserving memory and holding the tribe together.”
-Jonathan Fox, Founder of Playback Theatre

Join us for a day of Playback Theatre in the studios of the Distillery District.

This one-day program is designed for actors, arts-based practitioners, and facilitators in healing and community arts who have an interest in getting “inside” the experience of Playback Theatre by trying on the roles of actor, storyteller and musician. Playback Theatre uses storytelling and improvisation to build trust and understanding within communities.

Led by Christopher von Baeyer, Artistic Director of the award-winning Toronto Playback Theatre, this program gives an opportunity for participants to work together to learn more about this unique approach to using theatre as a tool for personal, professional and community development.

The goal of the workshop is to:
Offer a professional development opportunity for participants
in the theories and practices of Playback Theatre

Create a space for sharing and enacting of personal stories
on themes that are important to the participants of the program

Create dialogue about future possibilities and applications
of Playback Theatre in the Toronto area

Please come and bring along loose clothing to wear and stories to tell!
Limited enrollment, please apply early.

For more information please email cvonbaeyer@torontoplayback.com
or telephone Chris von Baeyer 416.537.9595
or STAF 416.703.2773 x202

Christopher von Baeyer is a professional actor, educator and consultant who specializes in the integration of theatre and human development. He founded Toronto Playback Theatre with the mission of providing dynamic, audience-interactive, issues-based theatre in the Toronto area.

He currently divides his time between North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, where he designs and delivers performance training programs in voice, acting, emotional intelligence, leadership and professional communication. His work is deeply influenced by his personal study with masters in the field of Theatre and Human Development, including Keith Johnstone, Jonathan Fox, Augusto Boal, Kristin Linklater, Bob Ginn and Mark Rittenberg.

His recent publications include The Sound of Truth, a practical and theoretical exploration of voice and self-scripted autobiographical storytelling and The Power of Presence: What Actors can teach Business Leaders, which appeared in “The Journal for the Institute for Knowledge Management.” He currently sits on the The Banff Centre Leadership Development Advisory Board in Alberta and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Centre for Playback Theatre in New York. He resides in Toronto with his wife and young son.

WORKSHOPS & CUSTOMIZED PERFORMANCES

CUSTOMIZED PERFORMANCES