Playback Theater

Jonathan Fox is the founder of Playback Theater, an improvisational experience in which members of the audience tell personal stories, and witness performers act out those stories on the spot. Human rights groups, organizations that help the homeless, and disaster recovery groups have all hosted Playback performances. Playback Theater began in 1975, and now there are troupes all over the world, including the United States, Germany, Australia, Britain, Japan, and Brazil. . . Memphis [is a city that] struggles with racial and economic segregation, and earlier this year Playback visited a community center there that seeks to build bridges between different groups.

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