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Synergy In Action: A Playback Theatre Company

Playback Theatre is an improvisational, interactive theatre form that uses stories from the audience as its source material. Life stories are told, cast, and enacted on the spot by a team of actors, dancers and a musician.

Synergy In Action: A Playback Theatre Company is committed to inviting dialogue and strengthening communities in the DC Metropolitan area by dramatizing personal stories.


Playback in the Schools: Youth Leadership Theatre
Youth Leadership Theatre teaches young people that no matter your background, your life story is full of important moments worth sharing and remembering. Telling stories to each other in a theatrical context is both redemptive and inspiring. Listening to the stories of the school community is crucial as everyone strives towards creating safe places free from violence and discrimination.

Expected Benefits:

  • Hearing their own story - greater self-awareness- better decision making
  • Practice talking through actions and consequences - better impulse control
  • Listening to other's stories - increased empathy- more effective communication
  • Group exercises - improved problem-solving and conflict resolution skills

All private performances and workshops are customized to meet the unique requirements of our clients. Let's talk. We pride ourselves on being flexible to meet your needs. Contact us for more information.

"Playback helped me to explain my feelings without acting out." High school student

"Playback helped me know that bullying is bad. People get hurt physically and emotionally." 3rd grader

"Playback breaks the ice so people can get engaged. The students’ walls are up at first. They melted for the first time." Principal

Download Youth Leadership Theatre Brochure


Playback for Organizations: Leadership Theatre

Leadership Theatre teaches people how to embrace diversity and change, providing tools for successful collaboration. Leadership Theatre is highly effective in eliminating the "us-them" mentality that separates people along lines of race, class, ethnicity, and organizational hierarchy (i.e. management versus employees).

Expected Benefits:

  • Builds cohesion and trust within the group
  • Identifies universality of group concerns
  • Helps to bring emotions directly to the surface to see how they affect work performance
  • Provides emotional distance for greater objectivity and insight
  • Increases understanding of others
  • Increases capacity for creative thinking and risk-taking

All private performances and workshops are customized to meet the unique requirements of our clients. Let's talk. We pride ourselves on being flexible to meet your needs. Contact us for more information.

"Playback Theatre is a breakthrough intervention methodology that is extremely powerful and has lasting impact." Executive Director, George Washington Center for Excellence in Public Leadership.

"This is a very spiritual and light way of expressing a very intimate and stressful experience. It really made me use humor in some of my most stressful situations." Adult participant George Washington Center for Public Leadership

"I love the approach that Playback Theatre brings to any situation. I have seen Playback foster conversation and encourage camaraderie. If you are looking for a new, refreshing way to communicate to others or to encourage teambuilding, this is the way to do it." Principal, Charter Schools

Download Leadership Theatre Brochure

 

Playback Theatre Public Workshops
Have fun. Get inspired. Connect with others. Our Playback Theatre Public workshops are designed for counselors, business people, and every day folk who want to need fresh ways unleash their creative juices in order to reach their fullest potential. Actors are welcomed as well to come refine their ability to be fully present, emotionally flexible, and physically powerful on stage.

  • Learn basic Playback techniques
  • Receive training material outlining Playback structure and tools
  • Trust your instincts and creative impulses
  • Enhance your empathy, intuition and group trust
  • Watch your story re-enacted
  • Serve others by reenacting their stories

Workshops range in 2 – full day timeframes. Check out our calendar of events for the next opportunity to play with others.

 

Playback Theatre Public Performances
Come see Synergy In Action: A Playback Theatre Company. Performances are generally monthly and held at Pyramid Art Center. Check out our calendar for upcoming events.

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Phone: 301-585-0906  Fax: 202-379-9833