TELE'DRAMA ZoomRoom International
is offering ONLINE Experiential Workshop:

Combining Playback Theatre and Theatre of the Oppressed

Presenters:
Hannah Fox, M.A., APTT & Marc Weinblatt


Twelve (12) hours
Dates: Four (4) consecutive Thursdays,
October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2020


Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Eastern Time (USA & Canada)
3 hours per week face-to-face experiential learning.
Attending ALL four sessions is recommended for the complete experience as well as exploring and respecting the group dynamics.  

 
Language: ENGLISH

About the module:
Where do Playback Theatre (PT) and Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) meet and where do they diverge? How can practitioners use these methods in tandem to address communities in conflict in a turbulent society? Join internationally renowned facilitators, Hannah Fox and Marc Weinblatt for a four-part workshop series exploring how combining these applied theatre techniques can be a dynamic and effective way to promote social justice. This workshop can be useful for educators, activists, community organizers, psychodramatists, psychotherapists, theatre artists, and cultural animators. Students need to sign up for all four sessions. No previous experience necessary.

RESOURCES:
Hannah Fox, M.A., APTT & Marc Weinblatt: "Theatre of the Oppressed and Playback Theatre: Cousins with a Common Cause"

Marc Weinblatt: Combining Theatre of the Oppressed with Playback Theatre: a Powerful and Delicate Marriage"

Cost:
ALL FOUR SESSIONS: Professionals and general public (paid online or via check): $300
ALL FOUR SESSIONS: College students & Retiree (paid online or via check): $175


For partial scholarship opportunities contact zoomroom.international@teledrama.org
Payment, in case of cancellation, will be credited to future workshops.


Participants receive

Up to 12 hours for certification through the :

• International Society of Experiential Therapies (ISEP)
  
• International TELE'DRAMA Institute (ITI)
  

Up to 12 Texas LPC, LMFT and LSW CEUs

You will receive the zoom invitation via email.
The best way to participate is through your computer; however you may attend via a tablet or cellphone.

Presenter:

Hannah Fox, M.A., APTT is currently the Co-Director of the New York School of Playback Theatre and the founder of Big Apple Playback Theatre, a multi-cultural professional Playback Theatre company based in New York City. She is a senior trainer of Playback world-wide and author of several scholarly articles about Playback Theatre. Her book of theatre games, Zoomy Zoomy: Improv Games and Exercises for Groups is used by practitioners around the globe. Hannah is also a dancer, choreographer and performer. She is the daughter of the founders of Playback Theatre. 
www.hannahkfox.com / www.nyspt.org

Marc Weinblatt is Founder and Co-Director of the Mandala Center for Change in Port Townsend, WA, USA. Marc has been a professional educator, theatre director, activist, and workshop facilitator since 1980. He is an internationally recognized leader in the use of Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed (T.O.) and has trained thousands in the use of the techniques across the U.S. and from Afghanistan to South Africa. He has worked with communities ranging from police to homeless youth, grassroots organizers and laborers to University deans. Marc regularly facilitates T.O. based diversity / anti-oppression workshops in a wide variety of contexts with a commitment to bringing a deep sense of spirit and humanity into social justice work. Marc pioneered and has actively combined T.O. and Playback for nearly 30 years including the last 19 years with the Mandala Center's multi-ethnic, multi-generational (teens to elders) Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble. www.mandalaforchange.com