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Celebrating the next 25 years of deep play!

Community Day

International InterPlay Day
Gigi Koser Baradan, CathyAnn Beaty, Agnotti Cowie, Hannah Mitchell, Becky Myrick, Catharine Reid, Marty Roddy, Celia Swanson, and Barbra Wiener

Minneapolis, MN

Saturday, October 24 9:30am to 4pm

A day for everyone interested in InterPlay to step in or dive in! Morning and afternoon play sessions sandwiched around a great potluck and cyber-linking to 25th Anniversary events at InterPlayce, CA and around the country. We'll dream big together about our present moment(s) and our common future as a movement to change the world one play at a time.

Cost: Donation requested

Registration/Information: For information: Marty Roddy ~ 612-644-1744 ~ martrodd@yahoo.com

Venue

Mayflower Congregational Church

106 East Diamond Lake Road
Minneapolis, MN 55419
Parking available in the church parking lot.
Leaders
Gigi Koser Baradan
Gigi Baradan is a life-long student and teacher of many healing modalities, including laughter, play, spiritual deepening and flu shots. She has been InterPlaying for over 20 years, and leading for over 10. She says it keeps her flexible in both body and spirit. Playfulness has been a potent antidote to her conservative upbringing and to her "serious" profession as a pharmacist. Perhaps her favorite InterPlay practice is simply to "take a deep breath and let it out with a sigh". It's Transformative every time!
CathyAnn Beaty
CathyAnn Beaty, MDiv, is a master InterPlay leader, dancer and visual artist. She has been working with ongoing groups of therapists, clergy and other helping professionals for the past 12 years through her business SoulPlay, www.soulplay.org and has developed new approaches to healing based both on her professional and personal experience. CathyAnn is an ordained minister and began her InterPlay journey in 1989 when serving as pastor at Spirit of the Lakes UCC. She got her Masters of Divinity at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in 1984 and did her Clinical Pastoral Education at Hennipen County Medical Center in Minneapolis. She served three parishes over 15 years. CathyAnn leads the InterPlay Life Practice Program, The InterPlay Way, performance workshops, couples classes, mentors leaders in training and directs SoulPlay Performance Ensemble. She has taught InterPlay in India, Australia and around the United States.
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Agnotti Cowie
Agnotti Cowie (they/she) attended the first ever “Art & Social Change: InterPlay for Millennial Leaders” in 2010. Since, she joined InterPlay’s national board as well as becoming a certified InterPlay leader. Agnotti facilitates workshops worldwide employing a variety of pedagogical techniques such as InterPlay, Theatre of the Oppressed, Devising, puppetry and clown. Currently they are based in Chicago where they lead workshops in schools, organizations and with social movements including as Co-Artistic Director of Opera-Matic, bringing participatory arts to public spaces. Recently, they have taken their work around the globe teaching InterPlay workshops in India, Germany, Australia, Bali and Chile.
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Hannah Mitchell
Becky Myrick
I am a long-time InterPlayer (over 20 years). My upbringing was in South Africa. I have a love for lively African music and movement. I love to teach InterPlay combined with energy healing practices. I also offer individual sessions and retreats. Each person I work with amazes me with their ability to expand and grow in love, joy and life purpose!
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Catharine Reid
Marty Roddy

Marty Roddy has been creating all his life: writing and telling stories, dancing, singing, creating connections with individuals and social movements and designing ritual for many types of communities and events. InterPlay allows him to combine all his passions in helping unlock the creative power within each body and within the GroupBody of communities large and small.

His formal education includes undergraduate work in Literature and Peace Studies at Clarke College, as well as graduate work in Theology and the Arts at United Seminary of the Twin Cities. He was introduced to InterPlay in 1996, is a Certified InterPlay Teacher offering many types of classes and workshops, and performs with SoulPlay Performance Ensemble.

As a teacher he shares an abundant heart and encouraging wisdom, knowing that all bodies are full of beauty and playful soul.

Celia Swanson

Hi! I am one of the many wonderful leaders for the Twin Cities' InterPlay community. You will find me at most of the PlayGroups happening, and am the usual leader in our Sunday night group, and share leadership on Wednesday mornings

I am a wildly happy, playful and energetic person, with much to offer anyone who wants to enter into a spirit of creative play with me!

I am also available to teach specialized workshops and courses, to provide ceremonial services, and to offer coaching in personalized sessions using InterPlay, including:

Life Coaching I help you figure out ways to move past the things that get in your way of what it is you want.)

Creative Writing

InterPlay singing and music making

InterPlay storytelling/Big Body Stories

Developing your artistic spirit (especially watercolor painting)

Spiritual development

Creative and intuitive healing, energy and body work

Positive body image practice

InterPlay performance skills

Improvised ritual and ceremony work

I can also customize any sort of workshop, class or personalized session you might want. Please contact me if you are interested in hiring me to lead a workshop, provide coaching, or to lead some ritual for your next celebration! (lipshacelia@yahoo.com) Let's PLAY!!
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Barbra Wiener
Barbra Wiener is an InterPlay leader in Minnesota. She has been involved with InterpPlay for 20 years and leads classes and playgroups in her beloved Twin Cities community. Barbra is a proud InterPlay board member She is visiting faculty leading InterPlay annually at HEART, an intensive immersion in integrative medicine for medical students. She has been involved with many forms of health and wellness throughout her career. She has an MA degree in human development, has worked as a Child Life Specialist at Children's Hospital, had a therapeutic massage practice, was the founder and director of the Women's Cancer Resource Center in Minneapolis and is a health and social justice activist. InterPlay allows her to combine all her passions in helping unlock the creative power within each body and within the group body of communities large and small.

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