Christopher Fitz

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. I graduated from the William Penn Performing Arts high school in York, Pennsylvania and picked up alternative theatre and modern dance at Hampshire and Amherst Colleges where i also learned social dances -- swing, contra, salsa and Argentine tango. My principal artistic passions are Contact Improv and Playback Theatre, and i've been practicing them vigorously since 2003 in Washington, DC, Germany, touring the U.S. and now in South Central PA.  Meanwhile, i've begun working locally, returning to my hometown and getting involved in efforts to bridge racial and class divides here. I am active in the Society of Friends and the Church of the Brethren and currently live in Marietta, PA with my wife, Tabea and our dear little ones, Noah and Joana.