Telling the Whole Story - Telling Our Stories

Schedule

Sat Oct 11 2025 at 02:00 pm to 04:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas | Philadelphia, PA

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For Black people, Indigenous people and non-Black People of Color - to come together to face their legacy of internalized racism
About this Event

Telling Our Stories: Healing the Wounds of Racism, Building Beloved Community

In 4 interactive sessions of theater and discussion, participants see themselves in one another’s stories of race and racism as they are brought to life on stage by members of Playback For Change, a multi-racial, improvisational theatre company based in Philadelphia dedicated to using Playback Theatre as a vehicle for social change. Audience members’ real stories become the source material. The performance is spontaneous - it is theater created through a unique collaboration between performers and audience. Someone from the audience tells a story or moment from their life, chooses actors to play the different roles, then watches as their story is immediately recreated on “stage.” The goals of the performance series are to foster ongoing understanding and self-reflection about how racism is experienced, resisted, and repaired in people’s lived experience (not just intellectually studied) and to create relationships of support in ongoing anti-racism work. Two sessions will use the practice of race-specific affinity spaces to prepare participants to have a deeper, braver and more honest conversation. Participants are encouraged to set up accountability partners and to engage in reflection and dialogue between performances. For any questions about the Telling Our Stories series, Playback For Change, or Playback Theatre, please email The Rev. Barbara Ballenger ([email protected]).


Telling the Whole Story

A performance for Black people, Indigenous people and non-Black People of Color to come together to face their legacy of internalized racism and colorism, and to promote healing and community building as they affirm their resilience.

Each session costs $15 per person or $50 for a group of 5 or more. Tickets for each of the 4 sessions are sold separately. Financial assistance is available. Email [email protected].

Sponsored by the Anti-Racism Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.

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Where is it happening?

African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas, 6361 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, United States

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Tickets

USD 17.85 to USD 55.20

Anti-Racism Commission, Diocese of Pennsylvania

Host or Publisher Anti-Racism Commission, Diocese of Pennsylvania

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