Judith Reichsman met InterPlay co-creators Cynthia and Phil at an InterPlay workshop in Berkeley, CA in 1989. She became an 'ecstatic follower' within a week of being introduced to it. She moved to Berkeley to go to Grad school where Cynthia was teaching so that she could to do more InterPlay and learn to teach it. Years later, she moved to North Carolina in order to do more InterPlay, and after 3 years of performing with InterPlay NC's OFF THE DEEP END, moved back to Vermont to find 'InterPlaymates' there. THEN, the Universe sent InterPlayer extraordinaire AINE DEDAANAN (Anya!) to Keene, NH, 20 miles away from her Brattleboro (Wantastiguet), Vermont town!!! So she has a nearby playmate and co-leader! Judith has Masters degrees in Dance and Theology and loves both leading and following, fullness & stillness, 'intering' and playing.

Sheila K. Collins is the director of InterPlay Pittsburgh and the Wing & A Prayer Pittsburgh Players, an InterPlay-based performance troupe she founded in 2006 to assist human service agencies and art organizations in accomplishing their noble purposes. A former professional dancer, Sheila has described herself as a “dancing social worker” for over 40 years, throughout her careers as a therapist, social work professor, and writer.

She is the author of Stillpoint: A Playbook for Caregivers to Find Ease, Time to Breathe, and Reclaim Joy, which since its second edition, co-authored by Christine Gautreaux, has become a popular weekly online class, and Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss and the Rituals That Heal.

She’s been known to travel the country enlisting InterPlayers to help her Perform her Books, demonstrating how InterPlay tools help us get through life’s ordinary and extraordinary, “tough challenges”

Her latest book, The Art of Grieving: How Art and Artmaking Help Us Grieve, and Live Our Best Lives explores how the arts of storytelling, dance, music, and visual arts help mourners navigate episodes of grief, process loss, and extract meaning and wisdom for their future lives.

sheilakcollins@gmail.com 817 706-4967 120 Chapel Harbor Dr Pittsburgh Pa 15238