CMU School of Drama


Monday, April 09, 2007

Two shows offer interactive theater with no humiliation

Seattle Times Newspaper: "Does seeing the term 'interactive' in a show description make you want to run for cover? Does it conjure images of being dragged onstage to participate in some comedy bit, attacked in your seat by a zealous clown or subjected to some other form of public humiliation?"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This seems like a brilliant idea. I think I would definitely enjoy being connected to a show without having to have the spotlight put on me. There's a line at the beginning of the Drowsy Chaperone that talks about the audience's thoughts before a show, and one of them was "Please, oh please don't let the actors come into the audience" or something like that. No one likes to be singled out in front of a crowd like that, so I think this is a really great idea to involve the audience without embarrassing them.