Alternatives to Live Theater, During COVID (and Beyond)

Friday, September 4, 2020 at 4:30
Community Gathering on Zoom - register above to receive the Zoom link.
Community Gathering on Zoom - register above to receive the Zoom link.
Some forms of theatrical entertainment seem destined for these times of pandemic isolation. Our speakers will tell us about alternative experiences they are working with in order to engage stay-at-home audiences. For Artistic Stamp, this represents a pivot specifially for now, with every letter of every play being a unique handwritten response to each audience member. For RealTime interventions, this was a chosen art form even before COVID, and now might inspire others to experiment and explore. We'll talk about the methods of creating interactive experiences, and how COVID has (or has not) influenced the content of these innovations.
In the room: West Hyler, director, formerly with NYMF, story writer and scene director for Cirque Du Soleil Paramour and current AD along with Shelley Butler of Artistic Stamp, an immersive theatrical experience using email correspondence; and AD's Molly Rice (lead playwright) and Rusty Thelin (lead director/producer) of RealTime Interventions, a company that creates theatrical events and public experiences that depend on the immediate nature of real time.
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