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Playback NYC uses music, dance, FreeStyle Hip Hop and improvisational theater to transform the stories of our audience into the art of theater. Rooted in ancient story telling traditions and tempered by current poetic and musical forms, we take our script from our audiences; memories, feelings, dreams, social and political conflicts are all transformed into theater by our actors and musicians. Formed in New York City in 1998, Playback NYC performs in theaters, clubs, schools, prisons, with unions and other community groups. Their newest project is "What You Say White Boy?" (A Hip Hop Comedy) which fuses Hip Hop with the comedy of traditional Commedia dell' Arte.

"This forum will address the question: can collective economic action effect positive change in the post-modern music industry, and, if so, what form(s) might that action and the collective that organizes it take? "