Playback Memphis
Playback Memphis unites art and social change through a unique listening and story sharing practice.
08/23/2024
Happy Birthday to board member Laura McArtor! We’re so lucky to have her as a member of our board!
08/21/2024
Playback Memphis believes when we come together across generations in arts rich environments we learn, grow, and heal.
Thanks to all who came out in support of Honor and Heal, a successful collaboration across 6 organizations bringing a 4 day Artist in Residency Program. Special appreciation to our partners Memphis Allies Young Actors Guild The Pursuit Center, Stax Music Academy , Lewis Center for the Arts and, most importantly, to the YOUTH whose voices, stories, and artistic gifts reminded us of our strength and resilience!
Photo Credit: Gregory Campbell
08/19/2024
WE MAKE THE ART — and ARTSmemphis makes it grow.
Thank you ARTSmemphis for investing in us through the operating support grant! This grant allows us to bring stories to life to unlock healing, transformation, and joy where it’s needed most.
08/14/2024
Happy birthday to longtime Ensemble member Wayne Smith! We are so lucky to experience his gifts as a dancer and performer! We love getting to see him bring stories to life. Please join us in wishing him a happy birthday!
08/10/2024
Today is the day! We’re excited to see our Ensemble take the stage to bring your stories to life. If you haven’t purchased tickets, reserve them with this link! https://memphismattersaug24.eventbrite.com
"Memphis Matters makes me feel connected."
Come watch ensemble member Glenda Mace perform in our upcoming Memphis Matters show THIS Saturday at 7pm. We hope you'll leave feeling more connected to your community too! Purchase tickets here: https://memphismattersaug24.eventbrite.com
08/06/2024
Our featured Community Partner for our show on Aug. 10th is Memphis Rise Academy Charter School ! Memphis Rise Academy is a public charter school serving 760 students in grades 6-12 from the northeast Memphis communities. Their mission is to provide students with an excellent education, preparing them to pursue ambitious goals and succeed in college. We are so excited to feature them at our show! Learn more about our show and Memphis Rise Academy by reserving your tickets today! https://memphismattersaug24.eventbrite.com
08/01/2024
"[Memphis Matters] shows how we grow if we come together." — Kimberly J.
Come together with your fellow Memphians to share and witness stories to unlock healing, transformation, and joy in Memphis. Reserve your tickets here! https://memphismattersaug24.eventbrite.com
07/23/2024
Playback Memphis is grateful for the support of the Tennessee Arts Commission. Their support makes Memphis Matters possible. Invest in Playback Memphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission with a Tennessee Arts Commission Arts plate. Learn more: http://tnspecialtyplates.org/
07/20/2024
Recently, we led Knowledge Quest in a Community Matters workshop. This workshop explored our relationship to change.
Knowledge Quest is an organization dedicated to serving whole families in South Memphis via their learning academies, Family Stability Centers, and the Green Leaf Learning Farm.
07/17/2024
We make the art—and ARTSmemphis makes it more dynamic. Thank you ARTSmemphis for investing in us.
07/15/2024
Join us for Memphis Matters on Aug. 10 to unlock healing, transformation, and joy in Memphis — one story at a time. Purchase tickets here: https://memphismattersaug24.eventbrite.com
07/13/2024
Happy birthday, Joe! Thank you for always supporting Playback Memphis through all of your talents! We hope you have the happiest birthday!
07/10/2024
Happy birthday to ensemble member Bob Klyce! We benefit so much from being in relationship with you and we love your humor and care. Have a wonderful birthday!
07/03/2024
Have you purchased your tickets to our August Memphis Matters show? Through the words, movement, and music of a Memphis Matters show, the tellers, Ensemble, and audience share connection and dialogue through theatre that unites art and social change. Come see us on Aug. 10! Tickets 🎟️:https://memphismattersaug24.eventbrite.com
Memphis Matters means more community...potential...vulnerability...stories."
Michael Khanlarian understands why Memphis Matters is so important in our community—to ease the divisive nature of the world around us and show each other how your story is my story. Help us reach a wider community and tell more stories with your gift before by our fiscal year end June 30 to bit.ly/MemphisMatters. Your support will mean the world to so many.
“When you see the smile or the tears you know there’s some sort of release that has occurred.”
Rhonda Woodfork-Johnson has found personal growth in the connections, emotions and hope that her audiences share with her through Memphis Matters, and she wants to share that with more people in Memphis on the road to building a stronger more peaceful community. Your gift at bit.ly/MemphisMatters, in any amount, will help us do just that.
“Memphis Matters gave me more understanding of life because I learned I’m not the only one going through what I’m going through.”
B-Tree Rogers looks at the world as a canvas. He's just waiting to show the world his painting. His experiences with Memphis Matters helping people find the feelings they didn’t know they had and sharing connections they didn’t know they shared have endeared him to many an audience. But he wants more Memphians to experience this, so please give today at bit.ly/MemphisMatters. Your gift allows us to give our give to more!
06/26/2024
When we each tell our stories, and listen to others, we find that we are more alike than not—we all struggle with something, we all delight at something, we all are all looking for something more in our lives. We really do all share a connection as Memphians! Your support of our Memphis Matters programming helps share that connection with more people and more organizations who need us now more than ever. Make a difference today with one click to bit.ly/MemphisMatters
06/21/2024
When you support Memphis Matters, our flagship community-building playback theatre series, you’re helping to make Memphis more connected, more understanding and more resilient. You’re breaking down barriers and creating opportunities to share and heal unlike anywhere else. Help make Memphis more of what we know it can be with your gift today at bit.ly/MemphisMatters
“Memphis Matters is a community of hope and feeling and healing and laughter. It has opened my eyes to different understandings.”
Recognizing Playback Memphis as an important addition to the performing arts and social change movement in Memphis, Glenda Mace became an original ensemble member helping to connect audiences to their stories and to each other. Help others in our community connect, understand and grow with your gift today at bit.ly/MemphisMatters
06/19/2024
To celebrate Juneteenth, we share these photos of our special Memphis Matters show on June 8. One participant described the experience as "needed and needs to be heard." How will you reflect on Juneteenth today?
Photos by Nicholas Stanford
06/18/2024
Happy birthday to our board chair, Meggan Kiel! We are so lucky to have you as a friend, leader, and longtime Playback Memphis supporter!
06/17/2024
Hearing other people’s stories and seeing their vulnerability reminds us of our shared humanity. We find common ground and connection. And your gift to Playback Memphis today means more people can experience hope and healing in community, in a way only Memphis Matters can provide. Give easily today at bit.ly/MemphisMatters
“People can be nervous meeting new people, but once you open up you can see
that the world is a giving and caring place.”
Dabrell Thompson knows that to love yourself is to love life, and hopes to be the voice
of a generation bringing positive change to Memphis. Your support today ensures more
people can hear Dabrell on our stage and learn to be more about love, more yourself,
more human. Make your gift easily today at bit.ly/MemphisMatters
06/13/2024
Memphis Matters is a unique experience of Playback theatre, allowing each of us to tell our stories, and even more importantly, listening to discover our shared experiences. This is how we build a stronger community, together, and your gift today at
bit.ly/MemphisMatters will help us bring this experience to more people across Memphis!
06/11/2024
Since late April, we’ve gathered weekly at Lewis Center for Seniors to deliver Practicing with Playback. In Practicing with Playback, we share foundational attitudes for Playback such as Curiosity, Trust, Non-Judging, Patience, Humor, and Gratitude. Sharing with these seniors has been so rich and wonderful as they pour back their wisdom into us. We’ve loved every minute of working with the Lewis Center! Take a look at a few photos from our time with them!
06/10/2024
When you support Memphis Matters, our flagship community-building playback
theatre performance series, you’re helping to bring more laughter, more healing, more
curiosity and connection to a community that really needs it, now more than ever. Learn
more on our website or simply visit bit.ly/MemphisMatters to make a gift today to help
build a stronger community for tomorrow.
Cequita Monique wants to see YOU at Theatresouth for Memphis Matters this Saturday Jun. 8 at 7pm. Do you have your tickets? Our Juneteenth show is performed by an all BIPOC ensemble for an all BIPOC audience! 📽️: Jenny Myers
https://memphismattersjun24.eventbrite.com
06/05/2024
Playback Memphis is grateful for the support of our Community Partner, the Tennessee Arts Commission. Their support makes our programs, such as Memphis Matters, possible. Want to help support Playback Memphis and the Tennessee Arts Commission?
What better way to tell the world you support the arts than with a Tennessee Arts Commission Arts plate. Learn more: http://tnspecialtyplates.org/--
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