Big Apple Playback Theatre serves various populations and organizations. The technique is used for entertainment, as well as a tool for mediation, dialogue, and self/community reflection. A list of partners we collaborate with is:
• Colleges and Universities
• Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Schools
• Social Worker Networks
• Conferences
• Festivals
• Community Centers
• Homeless and Youth Shelters
• Prisons
• Hospitals
• Staff Development Programs
• Public Theatres
• Birthday Parties, Weddings, religious functions
• Corporations
Playback Theatre as a Tool for Dialogue
The Playback Theatre technique is used widely in both therapeutic and artistic settings. Although it is unique in its ability to serve both arenas simultaneously, Playback Theatre is fundamentally about creating dialogue and connection through the telling and witnessing/honoring of our life experiences. These stories may be about trauma, family, work, love, hopes, fears, regrets, dreams, desires, or transformation/transition—whatever the theme, every story from every community member deserves to be listened to with an open ear. In Playback Theatre we attempt to honor our differences by celebrating our commonalties.
BAPT Partnerships:
• NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYC
• Administration for Children’s Services, NYC
• Leadership Transformation Group, NYC
• Early Childhood Education Diversity Network, Ocean Grove, NJ
• Hunter College "Undoing Racism" Day, NYC
• Fanwood Memorial Library Fanwood, NJ
• Free Arts Day NYC, NY
• Center for Remembering & Sharing NYC
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum (6 weeks) NYC
• Full Circle Executive Retreats, Old Lyme, CT
• Manhattanville College Purchase, NYC
• Rosh Hodesh-It’s a Girl Thing New York, NYC
• Palladia-Starhill Treatment Center Bronx, NYC
• Columbia Teachers College NYC
• Bronx Society for Ethical Culture Bronx, NYC
• PS 29-The Melrose School Bronx, NY
• Little Red School House NYC
• Fordham Univ. Arab/Israeli Student Organization NYC
• NYC Public Safety Training Program (Americorps) NYC
• Galapagos Arts Center NYC
• Coachman Family Shelter, White Plains, NY
• THAW /Rally Central Park NYC
• School Of Philosophy NYC
• International Rescue Committee/ Youth Program NYC
• Americorps /Redhook Community Justice Brooklyn, NYC
• Hurricane Katrina Benefit/Bluestocking Bookstore NYC
• Rivington House/Aids Residential Treatment Center NYC
• Knitting Factory NYC
• Diageo
• Dialogue Project (Palestinian/Israeli) Brooklyn, NYC
• Columbia University NYC (International Conflict & Resolution Summit)
• IM Yoga Center NYC
• New York Dept. of Youth & Family Services Brooklyn, NYC
• Park Slope Food Coop Brooklyn, NYC
• One Arm Red Brooklyn, NYC
• Arts Start/Homeless Shelter (76 Catherine St) NYC
• Robert Maplethorpe Residential Treatment Center NYC
• PS 3 Brooklyn, NY
• Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture Brooklyn, NYC
• The Neighborhood Based Services Queens, NY
• The Northwest Queens Community Connections, Queens, NY
• Youth Fusion “Q” Kingsborough Comm. College Brooklyn, NY
• Creative Arts Therapy Gala Long Island City, NY
• Puerto Rican Family Institute Brooklyn, NY
• City Lights Youth Theatre NYC
• Avodah: Jewish Service Corps Brooklyn, NYC
• Palladia Shelter program, NYC
* Fox Lane High School, Westchester
* Princeton Prize Race Relations Symposium, NJ
* Office of Advocacy, NYC Children's Services, NYC
* Buck Foundation retreat, Lake Tahoe, CA
