My workaholic career, though tremendously satisfying, prevented me from developing an extended band of deeply supportive, creative friends. I was an expert at research, program development/management, finances, and professional speaking but I didn't think I was very creative. I just knew how to work hard. THEN I found InterPlay Pittsburgh and WOW! I've discovered the power of playfulness, that I can tell great stories and even move gracefully! I've rediscovered my love of singing. I've formed deep bonds with people I would never have met in my former, more narrowly defined world. I am a much better public speaker (more at ease and engaging of any size audience from Judges to children); I am generally more at ease in all that I do. I've been awestruck by the creativity of others of all ages and walks of life. I feel greater freedom to be me. InterPlay has unlocked a lot of what I didn't know I even had. Therapeutic? Life-learning? Community-building? You bet. And it's all done within an affirming, well-tested, and effective curriculum of improvisational forms so anyone, even a geeky person like me, can experience more ease in life, quickly. This is truly a giving nonprofit with experienced, wise leadership. InterPlay Pittsburgh, where I've been both a client and volunteer, funds scholarships for those interested in using InterPlay for improving their lives and the communities around them. I can't think of a more wholistic, caring, Noble Purpose for a nonprofit.
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- EIN 94-3153475-001
- 130 Chapel Harbor Drive Pittsburgh PA 15238 USA
- http://www.interplay.org/
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Human Services, Leadership Development
Mission: Step 3: Donate Click the "Donate Now" button if this is the charity you'd like to donate to. To start your search over, select "New Search". Search Results | New Search InterPlay Pittsburgh, an affiliate of Body Wisdom, Inc. Donate Now 130 Chapel Harbor Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15238 GENERAL INFORMATION This organization is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity. This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ. Financial information in this report is derived from the organization's December 31, 2011 Form 990. Web Site www.interplay.org Chief Executive Profile Phil Porter is the co-founder of InterPlay and of Body Wisdom, Inc. He is a philosopher, minister, author, performer, and graphic artist. He has collaborated with Cynthia Winton-Henry for over thirty years. They began developing the InterPlay practice and philosophy in 1989 and have been sharing it around the world ever since. They are co-directors of the non-profit organization Body Wisdom, Inc., based in Oakland, California, which encompasses all InterPlay activities. In 1989, they also created WING IT! Performance Ensemble, which has grown to be a company of over 20 improvisers who weave together movement, storytelling and singing, including live instrumental music. Phil have lectured, taught, and performed throughout the United States and in other parts of the world, including India, Thailand, Australia, England, Malawi, and Germany. He is the author of Having It All!: Mind, Body, Heart and Spirit Together at Last, The Wisdom of the Body, and The Slightly Mad Rantings of a Body Intellectual Part One. MISSION AND PROGRAMS Mission InterPlay Pittsburgh uses the improvisational folk art system of InterPlay for social change. We teach and perform the storytelling, movement, music, voice, and stillness forms of InterPlay in order to serve noble purposes in the greater Pittsburgh community. As people play together, or on behalf of one another, connections deepen, understanding widens, appreciation of diversity increases, and peaceful communities are built.