Playback Theatre

We are a small community dance theatre organization incubating socially beneficial theatre and dance projects in York, Pennsylvania.

Our current projects include:

Healing York Playback theatre ensemble

Board Members:

Christopher Fitz

Jaci Keagy

Carol Oppelaar

Kerry Magni

Robert Miller

Our mailing address is:

877 Tioga Street

York, PA 17404

More forthcoming!

Dance is essentially movement with awareness. Anyone who moves, responds and feels can dance, regardless of age or ability. I help students make mind-body connections, increase confidence, develop emotionally, cultivate sensitivity and grow individual voices. Daily stretching leads into creative process, movement vocabulary development, improvisational activities, trust work, writing, drawing, voice work, composition, observation, and feedback. Residencies culminate in a student-created dance performance that is relevant to students' lives.

We are a loose-knit group from many backgrounds and different troupes across the greater metro DC area. We gather monthly in Silver Spring, Maryland to share skills and stories with Playback Theatre.

Healing York Playback is a theatre project based in York, PA started to raise the level of community discussion around racism and other prejudices. A spin-off of the Healing York Initiative begun in 2006, we provide an avenue for healing past hurts and opening dialog around charged issues particularly through the magic of Playback Theatre.

Joy's bio here.

I am a facilitator, trainer, theatre artist and nonprofit administrator convinced that the privileges i was born with give me responsibility to make my community and world a better place. Since breakdancing on the playground in fifth grade, i keep rediscovering a love of dance, theatre and music, while developing a professional and academic life in international development and conflict resolution.