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Improvising Real Life (20th Anniversary Edition): Personal Story in Playback Theatre
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About Improvising Real Life
Product Description Improvising Real Life: Personal Story in Playback Theatre by Playback Theatre cofounder Jo Salas is the basic text used by new and seasoned Playback practitioners, trainers, and in university courses. The book has been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, and Korean (forthcoming). The 20th Anniversary edition includes a foreword by Roberto Gutiérrez Varea of Theatre Without Borders and co-founder of the Performing Arts and Social Justice Program at the University of San Francisco. Entertaining and thoughtful, Improvising Real Life is illustrated with photos and real-life stories told in performances and workshops. Review "This is a must-read book not only for theatre artists, but for educators and social service professionals interested in the arts as a tool toward both self-expression and community building. Playback Theatre is immediate and accessible theatre, formal yet intimate, and extremely adaptable to different contexts." Mady Schutzman, Co-editor, Playing Boal: Theatre, Therapy, Activism. "Readers concerned with story and theatre will find much of interest in this clearly and simply written account, which combines some of the elements of a how-to manual with reflection and theory." PARABOLA Magazine "A basic operating manual for anyone who works with expressive therapies, role play, storytelling. Jo Salas's language is as direct and evocative as a Playback Theatre episode. Study this book, use it!" Robin Larsen, PhD, co-author, A Fire in the Mind: The Life of Joseph Campbell. About the Author Jo Salas is the co-founder of Playback Theatre and the artistic director of Hudson River Playback Theatre in New York State. She has taught Playback Theatre in 20 countries and is a core faculty member of the Centre for Playback Theatre. She was a keynote speaker at academic symposiums on Playback Theatre held at the University of Kassel, Germany, and Arizona State University. Her TEDx talk Everyone Has a Story is available on YouTube. Her current work in Playback Theatre includes No More Bullying!, an original approach to dealing with school bullying which empowers bystanders to take positive action. She also directs the Immigrant Stories project, providing interactive performances for immigrants in the Mid Hudson Valley. Jo Salas's publications about Playback Theatre include numerous articles and two books: Improvising Real Life: Personal Story in Playback Theatre, now published in eight languages, and Do My Story, Sing My Song: Music therapy and Playback Theatre with troubled children. She also co-edited the bilingual publication Half of My Heart/La Mitad de Mi Corazón: True stories told by immigrants. The anthology Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict (Eds Varea, Cohen, and Walker) includes Jo's chapter entitled Stories in the Moment: Playback Theatre for building community and justice.
