Are you curious about how to use improv to explore more than just comedy? The improv form of Playback Theatre might be just what you are looking for!

In Playback, the audience members tell true personal stories and the performers “play them back” instantly. Stories might be ordinary or life changing, funny or serious, highlighting both the unique and the universal aspects of the human experience.

In these 2 workshops (7/27, 7/31 — purchased separately), you will be invited to tell your story and play with a variety of techniques to craft a playback of someone else’s story. We will explore multiple levels of creativity including improvised scenes, movement, music and poetry to uncover the essence of the story. Each workshop will be different. You can take one or both!

As we tell our stories and listen to other people’s stories, we develop empathy and understanding. Through this a strong sense of community, participants can gain new perspectives, connect with others on a deeper level and have a lot of fun!

The eventual goal is to start a Playback team in 2026.

Please note: If you took the workshop that I taught in February, please come again! We will do some new things as well as repeat some of what you did before.

Thursday, July 31 from 7-9:30pm

Cost:
$20 - General
$15 - Super Early Bird (2 weeks early)

Location:
Flipside Theatre at Superior Improv Co.
502 Center Dr., #M
Superior, Court 80027

Instructor:
ROSEY WATERS has been an actor, improvisor and teaching artist for over 35 years. She was a member of Boulder Playback Theatre for 4 years and since 2019 has been director and actor with Red Thread Playback Theater, an international online company.

Rosey has been trained in Playback Theater, including workshops with Playback co-founders, Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas. As an instructor, her teaching credits include: Playback classes for high school students and co-teaching an international online class, “Acting Tools for Playbackers”. In 2022 and 2023, she facilitated in-person full day workshops for Cork Playback Theater in Ireland. She was selected and presented a workshop about “Finding the Deeper Story” at the International Playback Theater Network’s conference in South Africa in 2023.

Done in over 80 countries, Playback Theatre was developed in 1979 by teacher, actor and innovator Jonathan Fox and his partner Jo Salas.

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