InterPlay Oakland–Bay Area Region is a vibrant, growing community where movement, voice, stillness, and story come together to spark creativity, connection, joy, and spiritual exploration. From our roots as the first InterPlay region and the original center, InterPlayce in Oakland, we continue to offer classes, workshops, gatherings, and special events that invite play, learning, and personal growth. Click to Donate to InterPlay Oakland–Bay Area Region!

On this Give InterPlay Day, please consider supporting InterPlay Oakland–Bay Area Region in continuing to offer regular and upcoming classes, special events, leader showcases, and community gatherings.

We are especially excited to celebrate both our ongoing and upcoming in-person offerings:

• InterPlay for Women (drop-in) • Mondays, 10:30 am–noon PT | Alternates between in-person at InterPlayce and online | Led by Annie Goglia and Susan Main
• InterPlay for BIPOC Leader Showcase Series (drop-in) at InterPlayce • Wednesdays, 6:45–8:30 pm PT | Organized by Kira Allen and Litha Rodriguez | Launching mid-March 2026
• InterPlay for Men (drop-in) at InterPlayce • Thursdays, 7:00–8:25 pm PT | Led by Jonathan Leavy, Amos Alan Lans, John Diller, Edward Joy, and Connors John McConville
• Second Saturdays Leader Showcases at InterPlayce • 1:00–3:30 pm PT | Guided by a rotation of Bay Area leaders including John Diller, Amos Alan Lans, Kira Allen, and Rishikesh Tirumalai
• Spring Equinox Special: Spring is the InterPlay of Winter & Summer • at InterPlayce | Thursday, March 19, 7:00–8:25 pm PT | Led by Nandita Batheja, all genders welcome
• Breathe, Move, Play: Love Yourself and Be Resilient • Fridays, 2:30–4:00 pm PT | Led by Josefina V Gabuya | Gooseberry Room, North Berkeley Senior Center. 

These are some of our regular and upcoming offerings, with many more programs and opportunities for engagement across the region. 

What’s Coming

We are particularly thrilled to launch our BIPOC Wednesday Leader Showcase in mid-March 2026, organized by Litha Rodriguez, providing dedicated space for BIPOC participants to connect, create, and grow. Additionally, Art and Social Change, Spanish and Queer offerings (In-Person, Online and Hybrid) are coming soon, creating more opportunities for these communities to engage with InterPlay practices.

Beyond classes, InterPlay is practiced in a wide variety of contexts. Practitioners bring it to facilitation, leadership, education, personal and spiritual development, therapy, community work, and expressive arts—including theater, dance, performance, and burlesque—as well as cosmovisions—worldwide explorations. Our region nurtures opportunities for people to integrate InterPlay into their own work and creative projects, supporting creativity, connection, growth, and deeper insight.

Your gift today will help:

• Fund administrator stipends to manage digital outreach, communication, and programming
• Sustain ongoing classes for all ages, including vocal play, movement, intergenerational workshops, and Leader Showcases providing leader stipend and scholarships for participants in these communities once launched
• Develop upcoming BIPOC, Spanish, Art and Social Change, and Queer offerings (in-person, online, and hybrid), providing leader stipend and scholarships for participants in these communities once launched
• Fund a Summer InterPlay Camp for intergenerational participants, creating joyful learning and play opportunities amid the redwoods, hills, and open skies of the Bay Area, where nature and creativity meet for unforgettable experiences
• Provide scholarships and tuition assistance for in-person classes, retreats, and the Life Practice or Leader Training Programs
• Support leader stipends, space rental, and emerging leader development for performances, workshops, and new initiatives
• Extend InterPlay practices into expressive arts, education, community work, cosmovisions and spiritual exploration
• Bring in seasoned InterPlay BIPOC and Queer leaders leaders for Untensives, workshops, and special events.

Land Acknowledgment: InterPlay Oakland–Bay Area Region honors that we gather and practice on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Ohlone / Costanoan peoples, the primary stewards of the East Bay, including Oakland. We also recognize the Miwok, Coast Miwok, Patwin / Suisun Wintun, and Pomo peoples, along with other Native American tribes who have historically stewarded and held the lands across the greater Bay Area. We acknowledge the rich cosmovisions and wisdom traditions of these communities and are committed to practicing gratitude, respect, and reciprocity with these lands and their peoples.

We know that InterPlay Oakland–Bay Area Region is inspiring and transformative. Please contact us if you would like to join in the fun!

Click the DONATE BUTTON to support a thriving and growing Oakland–Bay Area InterPlay community on or before Give InterPlay Day in 2026!