Teatro Playback Galicia
Bringing Playback Theater to Galicia
What is Playback Theater?
Playback Theater is a unique form of improvised theater that acts out stories from the audience. It is a social theater that generates empathy, connects people, and promotes human and community development. It has applications in psychotherapy, social work, education, and human organizations.
Founded in 1975 by Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas in the US, Playback Theater has expanded to more than 70 countries and is supported by international organizations such as the Center for Playback Theater and the International Playback Theater Network.
Our documentary
In this short documentary, we gather testimonials from practitioners of Playback Theater. In it, they tell us what this discipline consists of, its benefits, and what they enjoy most about practicing it. They also talk about what they would say to someone who is thinking about getting started. At the end, we present the Playback Theater Galicia project.
Practicing Playback Theater has many benefits
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Empathy
It teaches us to understand different points of view and connects us emotionally with other people.
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Trust
It helps us overcome stage fright, discover our strengths, and believe in them.
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Connection
Playback groups foster strong relationships based on respect and affection.
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Emotions
It helps us stay in healthy contact with our emotions, listen to them, and self-regulate.
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Communication
It develops our emotional, verbal, and gestural communication toolkit.
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Listening
It allows you to develop subtle and profound listening skills that enable mutual understanding.
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Service
We are at the service of the community, which fills us with a sense of purpose and responsibility.
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Active
It is a dynamic activity that promotes physical health and helps overcome a sedentary lifestyle.
What is Teatro Playback Galicia?
It is an an educational project that aims to spread the benefits of Playback Theater, which we believe is a valuable tool that should be known and used.
To this end, we create educational content on the Internet, offer regular training courses, hold workshops, organize performances, and organize lectures.
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“Teatro Playback Galicia was created to introduce Playback Theater to Galicia, raise public awareness of it, train anyone interested in practicing it, and offer it to society as a tool of applied theater.”
Darío Gómez González
Founder of the Teatro Playback Galicia project