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Asheville
Playback Theatre was founded in 1995 in North Carolina,
USA, by Raphael Peter and Cat Gilliam. Now in its fourteenth
season, APT's public performances are all part of the
overall theme “Building a Community of Neighbors”. |
In playback
theatre, personal stories from audience members will be transformed
into performance pieces, accompanied by improvised music.
As always with playback, the teller’s story will be
honored both as a personal event, and as a moment representing
our shared experience. In a playback gathering, it is not
unusual for audience members to exclaim “but this is
my story too!” Through sharing our local experiences,
the company hopes to create a meeting ground for the Asheville
community, a place where differences can be shared and better
understood.
During its 2008-2009 season,
APT will present a series of public performances in Asheville,
some at the BeBe Theatre at 20 Commerce Street,
some at NC Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane,
and our Community Concerns series at the YWCA,
185 S French Broad Ave. Some have specific topics, and others
are wide open to all stories. One show, on Dec. 10th, will
be at the UNCA Highsmith Center, downstairs
in the Alumni Lounge on the UNCA campus. For all shows, tickets
will be available at the door for $10 ($5 student/seniors),
with no one turned away for lack of funds (but we do sometimes
sell out, so come early).
| Dates,
Topics, Locations, and Times for Season Fourteen are: |
| Fri,
Sept 19 |
BeBe
Theatre, 8PM |
| Sun,
Nov 16 |
Whose
World Is It Anyway? - Stories of Sustainability - YWCA, 3PM |
| Fri,
Nov 21 |
BeBe
Theatre, 8PM |
| Wed,
Dec 10 |
Fourth Annual Global Playback Event - Stories of Freedom-
Our Traditions/ Our Future - UNCA Highsmith Center,
7:30PM |
| Fri,
Jan 2 |
Playback
Alchemy - an evening of Interactive Experiment
& Performance – NC Stage, 8PM |
| Sat,
Jan 3 |
Kids
Know It All! (for kids and everyone else too)
- NC Stage, 2PM |
| Sat,
Jan 3 |
Forbidden
Stories (for adults only) – NC Stage, 9PM |
| Fri,
Jan 16 |
BeBe
Theatre, 8PM |
| Sun,
Feb 8 |
Black
Brown Red Yellow White - Stories of Racial Identity
(Community Concerns series) - YWCA, 3PM |
| Fri,
Mar 20 |
BeBe
Theatre, 8PM |
| Sun,
Apr 19 |
The
Power of Youth (Community Concerns series) -
YWCA, 3PM (NOTE: Date has been changed from 4/12!) |
| Fri,
May 8 |
BeBe
Theatre, 8PM |
APT extends
a special invitation to people who do not often attend live
theatre, people whose history or experience in Asheville is
not commonly shared, and people who are curious to meet new
neighbors and reach across some of the divides that exist
in our community.
This
season, we are continuing to offer a monthly workshop in playback theatre techniques, held on the third Saturday
of each month from 10AM to 1PM at Harvest House, 205
Kenilworth Road in Asheville. The workshops are free
of charge, and all are invited to attend.
Asheville
Playback Theatre is also available for private bookings.
Since our purpose is to honor people's real life experiences,
we have been hired for some of the following: business trainings
& team building conferences, social service organizations'
retreats, community building events, special occasions such
as birthday parties, anniversaries & holidays, and many
other venues. We can tailor our unique improvisational, story-based
theater to fit your specifications or needs.
Contact:
Raphael Peter, Managing Director
828-779-3062 / info@globalplayback.org
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