PLAYBACK THEATRE

Story-based improvisational theatre theatre that builds connection, dialogue, and change. Volunteers from the audience tell personal stories during a performance, then watch as trained actors and musicians create theatre on the spot. read more

 

WRITING

Dancing with Diana, a novel published by Codhill Press.

Short fiction published in anthologies and literary journals.

Nonfiction including books and articles about Playback Theatre. read more

 

 

POSTS

For a while after September 11th we didn’t know how to refer to the cataclysm we spoke of day and night. “The bombing” wasn’t accurate. “The attacks on the World Trade Center” was too much of a mouthful and left out the Pentagon and the plane that fell in the Pennsylvania countryside. What we usually said was “when it happened” or “since it happened.” There was no need to say what “it” was. After a while—weeks? longer?—it acquired a name: “September 11th” or “9/11.” read more