![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gamiotics is a browser-based software that audiences access from their phones, so they’re not downloading an app in order to affect the onstage action. The actors also use smaller versions of dice, which the audience can see via overhead camera projections. At certain points in the adventure, a large 20-sided die, aka, “The Decider,” comes out to help move things along. It’s a very funny show.” There is a loose storyline, but where the characters go depends on what the audience decides via the Gamiotics interface. We have actors who are strong in improv or sketch comedy. Travis Klemm in The Twenty-Sided Tavern Kelly TunneyĭAGL says, “I think most of our performers have some gaming experience and some love for gaming, but really where they shine is the eclecticism of their comedy form. But both achieve the aim of combining gaming and live theatre.Īs the title implies, the show is set in a tavern, and the producers warn that, “As such, within these walls, you may encounter coarse language, adult themes, alcohol use, depictions of violence, jugglers, stunts which should not be imitated at home, pick- pockets, loose women, loose men, loose non-binary folx, and fantasy creatures which may not be suitable for all adventurers.” Along the way, the creators worked out two different versions: the two-hour one coming to Chicago, and a shorter 70-minute show, better suited for the time limits of fringe festivals. That “basket” first landed in an experimental run a little more than a year ago at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and has since traveled to sold-out engagements in New York, Pittsburgh, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. And I’ll sort of hold on to my best ideas until we see if this works, see if this sticks.’ And when it really did take off, we went, ‘All right, let’s put all our eggs in this basket, shall we?’” And I was like, ‘Oh, I have been working on one, too. We were doing Zoom theatre, and there came a time when, through that, Sarah had a D&D show that she was pitching. And I started working with Sarah and David online with Seize the Show (an interactive live theater experience utilizing Gamiotics). “When the pandemic happened and everything went online, that had to take a back seat. “In 2019, I’d been experimenting with a Dungeons and Dragons-esque live show,” says DAGL. ![]() In The Twenty- Sided Tavern, he is also the “resident Gamemaster,” while Reynolds is “Resident Tavern Keeper.”ĭavid Andrew Greener Laws, David Carpenter, and Sarah Davis Reynolds Reynolds is a multidisciplinary artist and manager who has worked on several large-scale pro- ductions (including Slava), while DAGL has logged time running tabletop games in the Off-Broadway production of Drunk Shakespeare. Carpenter, whose company, Gamiotics Inc., provides the digital engine for The Twenty-Sided Tavern, was the lead producer for the Broadway run of the cirque spectacular, Slava’s Snowshow. The creators - David Andrew Greener Laws (who goes by DAGL), Sarah Davis Reynolds, and David Carpenter - are longtime gaming fans who also have broad experience in theatre and multimedia development. (At the Broadway Playhouse through January 15). Now there’s The Twenty-Sided Tavern, a live show where audience members choose the characters, the paths they’ll take, and the outcome of the journey via their phones. In Chicago, Out On a Whim has been presenting an improvised stage interpretation of the classic Dungeons and Dragons in both live and digital streaming formats for a few years. Yet it’s still relatively rare for theatre artists to attempt to recreate the RPG experience onstage. After all, they’re built on investing in your character, making strong choices, and serving the story - all familiar to anyone who’s studied acting. Role-playing video games seem tailor-made for live theatre. ![]()
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