He is the author of Acts of Service: Spontaneity, Commitment, Tradition in the Nonscripted Theatre; the editor of The Essential Moreno: Writings on Spontaneity, Psychodrama and Group Method; and co-editor of Gathering Voices: Essays on Playback Theatre. In 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kassel in Germany for artistic and scholarly achievement in theater.
Beyond Theatre tells Jonathan’s personal story of the background and evolution of playback theatre, with chapters about his childhood in New York City and formative experiences as a young man in Nepal and New Zealand. He describes the emergence of the playback theatre vision, and how playback grew from its beginnings with the original company to its current worldwide presence. It is a story.
From 1993 until 2010 he was director of the Centre for Playback Theatre in New York. He is the author of Acts of Service: Spontaneity, Commitment, Tradition in the Nonscripted Theatre and Beyond Theatre: a playback theatre memoir; the editor of The Essential Moreno: Writings on Spontaneity, Psychodrama and Group Method; and co-editor of Gathering Voices: Essays on Playback Theatre.
Latest Theatre Essays. History of Elizabethan Theater Published: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 Extract: Drama, romance, suspense, murder, ghosts, comedy, and kingdoms could all be had at an Elizabethan theater.The Elizabethan era was a period during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I from 1558-1603. “Often considered by many historians as England’s greatest monarch, Queen Elizabeth I ruled during an age.
Current approaches in drama therapy. Gathering Voices: Essays on Playback Theatre. Tusitala (as above.) (See below for Playback Theatre Training Video) Patterson, Paula (2006). Acting Healthy: Playback Theatre in a Medical Hospital. This 20 minute DVD documentary demonstrates the impact that playback theatre has had on the lives of hospitalized adult and pediatric patients of Shands.
About Playback Theatre. Playback Theatre is created through a unique collaboration between performers and audience. Someone tells a story or moment from their life, chooses actors to play the different roles, then watches as their story is immediately recreated and given artistic shape and coherence. Playback Theatre creates a ritual space where any story - however ordinary, extraordinary.
The La Boite Theatre Company’s production of Adam J. A. Cass’s I Love You, Bro, directed by David Bethold, is a play which masterfully engages and captivates the audience. It effectively tells an enthralling tale of love, deceit and manipulation. The play’s protagonist, Johnny, is a troubled teen who is desperate for love. Devoid of any power in reality, online chatrooms are his only.
Jonathan is the founder of Playback Theatre and the artistic and executive director of the original Playback Theatre company from its inception in 1975. He is the author of Acts of Service: Spontaneity, Commitment, Tradition in the Nonscripted Theatre; the editor of The Essential Moreno: Writings on Spontaneity, Psychodrama and Group Method; and co-editor of Gathering Voices: Essays on.
First written as an essay for the Playback Theatre Leadership course, this article reports on the authors’ research on the role of translation in the worldwide development of Playback Theatre. Based on responses from 24 Playback practitioners representing 17 languages, the authors address topics such as the importance of practitioners being able to learn from texts in their own languages.
Theatre of Voices is a vocal ensemble founded by baritone Paul Hillier in 1990; it focuses on early music and new music. The ensemble was formed by Paul Hillier while he was teaching at the University of California, Davis, as an avenue to performing more contemporary music while his other group, the Hilliard Ensemble, focused primarily on early music. Originally based in the United States.