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.

Betsey Beckman, MM travels internationally and brings the tools of InterPlay wherever she goes - as dancer, storyteller, and spiritual director, as well as retreat, workshop and pilgrimage leader. With her extensive background in performance, movement therapy, ministry and InterPlay, she has often been featured as artist/presenter at national conventions as well as local churches. Betsey’s storydance series of DVDs feature riveting performances and include participatory InterPlay workshops to break open the scriptural stories with embodiment. She's become a fabulous video editor with four collections of dance prayer DVDs available through her collaboration with Abbey of the Arts. Betsey's co-authored book, Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Arts to Spiritual Direction, offers numerous InterPlay exercises for integrating into soul-care ministries. She has been leading SpiritPlay classes in the Seattle community for the past 20 plus years, and has been a member of the local InterPlay Sounding Board for most of those years as well. Betsey offers the gift of playful improvisation whenever possible!