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Portland Plays
Hilary Martin Himan, Laura Play, Marci Rau, BCC, and Cassandra Sagan

Portland, OR

Third Wednesdays

Engage your creative self…tell a 30 second story. Find your voice. Play at the speed of the body. Dance on behalf of the Ocean. Sing in gibberish. Tell a 30 second story without words. Make a face, make a sound. Shake it out. Dream on your feet. Take a deep breath, and let it out with a sigh.

Cost: $8-$15 slide

Registration/Information: cassandra@ukemama.com or hmhiman@gmail.com

Venue

Studio Beit Zusha

Portland, OR
Leaders
Hilary Martin Himan
Hilary first discovered InterPlay as an undergraduate at Macalester College in 1995! She has enjoyed playing with Cynthia and Phil's toolbox (and Cynthia and Phil!) every since, inspired by mentors in Minnesota, Connecticut, and Oregon. Hilary realized if she wanted more friends to play, she probably needed to become a leader, and finally got off her duff a couple years ago to become certified. Hilary works part-time at Lewis and Clark College in the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, and is kept busy with her two young children and amazing spouse. Hilary enjoys using InterPlay in her college context and elsewhere- inspiring incrementality and trying to live into it all.
Laura Play
Marci Rau, BCC
Marci (she/her) is commited to delight, awe, and laughter in the midst of a world that needs these more now than ever. Life also has presented opportunities to go deep into suffering close to home and around the world. Working with groups and individuals in their grief and processing what empowers others has been a lifelong activity. She has worked as a Chaplain for over 25 years in Hospice and Trauma Hospitals. During the pandemic InterPlay tools provided her body and soul refuge and a semblance of sanity. The ocean and mountains and daily noticiings of nature also have provide solace, comfort, healing, and hope. Embodied spirituality is the best description of where life leads Marci and the people she accompanies along the way.
Cassandra Sagan
Cassandra Sagan is a long time InterPlayer leader and Maggid--Jewish storyteller/teacher/preacher.She is a poet, singer/songwriter, visual artist, performer, and all around Cultural Creative. Cassandra is an arts educator who has worked with adults and children for over 30 years helping them to access their full creative brilliance. Shehas led Moving Midrash programs internationally and used InterPlay to train Jewish Educators to develop story-based curriculum and create classroom cultures grounded in an ethic of play.

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