Big Apple Playback Theatre is an improvisational dance theatre company that brings true stories told by the audience to life using movement, text, metaphor, music and poetry. Playback Theatre is an artistic vehicle for change providing ample opportunity for laughter, reflection, connection, catharsis and dialogue.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS (Updated 8/20/10):
NEW BOOK by Artistic Director Hannah Fox called Zoomy Zoomy: Imrov Games
and Exercises for Groups
* AVODAH Jewish Service Corps orientation- August 31, 2010
* Keep the Peace! in Chappaqua public schools
* New Rochelle Public Library: Sunday October 3, 2010 @ 3pm (free to public!)
* Fieldston School- diversity training, November 12th, 2010
* Some BAPT members just participated in a 3 day "Undoing Racism" workshop with the People's Institute for Survial and Beyond (www.pisab.org)
Recent past:
* Red Thread show-- Herbert Von King Cultureal Centre, Brooklyn, NY
*Public shows: June 4th & 5th, 2010, 8pm, at the Actors' Guild, 1 East 29th St.
* Performance for Japanese Atomic Bombs survivors. May 3, 2010 8pm @ the Center for Remembering and Sharing.
INVITE BAPT into your organization to do a community building workshop and/ or performance! Packages described on the BOOKING page.
BAPT 2010 performances include :
* Bronx Academy of Promise- Keep the Peace! performances, Bronx, NY (Feb)
* Administration for Children's Services/Leadership
Academy @ Hunter College, NYC (Jan and April)
* 1199 SEIU Pension and Benefit Funds annual staff meeting (1,400 people) at the Manhattan Center (Feb)
*Keep the Peace! Anti-bullying performances- Thomas Edison Community School, Portchester, NY (Jan)
* Youth Action Convention, Westchester, (March)
* ACS/PAWG Parent Advocacy Work Group Retreat, NYC
* Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NYC (April)
* Hunter School of Social Work, NYC (June)
* Yeshiva University, NYC (June)
DONATE:
If you want to donate to BAPT please send a tax-deductible donation to The Centre for Playback Theatre/ P.O. Box 714 / New Paltz, NY 12561 (earmarked for Big Apple Playback Theatre) or make a secure credit card donation by calling the Centre at 1 (845) 255-8163