www.timeout.com/newyork: Starting previews on April 19 at Stage 42, Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern will make the audience vote on decisions, therefore becoming a sort of “fourth player” by influencing and changing the course of the plot, including what characters appear, what experiences they explore and more.
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I absolutely adore Dungeons & Dragons. I have always wanted to play an actual campaign but I have not yet been able to find a group of people and time to play. What I do love though is watching talented groups of actors, especially improv actors, play RPG games like D&D. The only streaming subscription I pay for with my own money is to Dropout TV, which in a lot of ways I think is one of the best streaming services out there, but the main reason I got it was for Dimension 20. Their art department and crew is fantastic and extremely talented, so hearing that some of them are a part of the process gives me a lot of good feelings about this. I hope some cast members could be involved, but either way I will definitely add this to my list to look out for over the summer.
I don’t know much about Dungeons and Dragons besides participating in one semi-traumatic production of She Kills Monsters, but this honestly sounds really cool. I know that DnD podcasts and youtube shows are a relatively popular genre of entertainment, so this seems like the natural progression of that. I think that having audience interaction in a DnD show would be a lot of fun, the entire experience sounds like a fun cross between an improv show, standup comedy, and theater, and of course, the concept of DnD gameplay itself. It sounds like it is a really fun and entertaining experience, not just for people who know a lot about DnD. Regardless of your knowledge of the game, it sounds like the setup of audience participation and games for the audience to participate in results in a lot of fun. I also really enjoy the story of how this performance has grown and expanded, and I hope it continues to be successful as a unique entertainment experience.
I love Dungeons & Dragons, and while I've only played one campaign, I had a great time during it. From my experience, a lot of the people I've met who play dungeons and dragons are not involved in theater, so I think a show like this is an amazing way to get more people to see live theater. It definitely seems like a super interesting experience that could be appealing to both fans of theater and fans of RPGs. I'm also a big fan of interactive theater, and I think this show is going to be very impressive because every way I imagine this in my head, it is a very awkward production, but from watching the video that is not the reality. I think any type of audience interaction really needs to be thought through to see if it will actually benefit a show, but audience participation does seem to fit very well in a show like this.
This was a very fun article to get right before I go and play D&D! I would love to go see this in person at some point, it sounds like it would be a fun experience. As D&D live play shows like Critical Role, Dimension 20, and so many others are so popular (Critical Role was reported to be the highest earning streamer on Twitch a few years ago), this kind of experience just makes sense. Many of these aforementioned live shows have in person live events, and an interactive version of it would make a lot of sense to me. The draw of shows that are different every night is also very real and present (shows like Freestyle Love Supreme) - makes a second ticket bought make sense from an entertainment value, you will never get the same show twice, keeping it fresh for the performers and for the audience. I would love to catch this while it's playing.
I personally have choice opinions about dungeons and dragons. I have had a lot of friends who were really into it and for them it was almost a way of life. They were immersed in this fantasy world and seemed to always want to be in it. I have also had friends who just dabbled with it, or said they were really into it but somehow managed to play it almost improperly. They would talk all about DND and play it all the time but never do a proper campaign as I had seen before with other friends. Personally I have dabbled with DND never completing a full campaign because I honestly lost interest, I did not find it to be fun instead it was just meh. I think however this theatre experience could be a lot of fun, and will be very interested to see what comes of it. I think the premise is good, while not a fan of the game a live experience done right could be very entertaining.
Interactive shows are always really interesting because of how unique they are; no two shows are the same. I can’t imagine the challenges the director and production team face when designing and producing the show, or how much more work the actors have to put in compared to a normal show. It’s just such a niche set of parameters and challenges to work with. It at least seems like a great marketing idea because audience members will probably be more inclined to come back and see the show more than once to see different stories or endings. I have a few friends that I know for a fact would see this show multiple times, either because they like DND or they’d just be so engaged in the story. I’m interested in how the more non-conventional forms of interaction, like ‘fantasy beer pong’, will be executed. It would be cool if we did a small show like this once in a while here, but I guess it’s not really the best type of show for teaching.
I have been waiting for something like this for so long. I deeply love dungeons and dragons, and I think making it into an interactive audience experience is an amazing idea. I'm a bit confused with how they'll do some of the integrations with the game system, as dungeons and dragons relies on rolling dice and various sources of luck in order to provide a game experience. How will this chance be implemented into the live show? What's more- how will the audience participate? As one character, or as multiple? I know that in campaigns I've done in the past, the more people there are, the harder it is to progress. Is each performance a oneshot, or does all the performances have an overarching storyline with a backstory and such. Is the theatre improv, or do they have a script? How can they possibly have a script when DnD is mostly improv? I have so many questions about how this performance functions from a game-design perspective, but I would *love* to go see it.
This is so cool! I personally don't play Dungeons and dragons, but I've always wanted to, and I love the idea of a role-playing game. the gentian dragons movie was also really good the one that came out recently I think it was last year? anyway, I think this would be a really cool theater experience. dungeon dragons is a really cool game and has so many available plot lines that I think making it into a play would be really difficult but also make it very engaging and fun. I think it's would also be one of the best shows to design, because I love the medieval vibe. since I work at the renaissance fair over the summer, it makes me feel a little bit like home.Also the costumes and sets and everything like that always end up looking really cool because the middle medieval period has an awesome aesthetic.
This is such a cool idea! I love how versatile dungeons and dragons is, I didn’t really grow up playing the game (though I played once) but a lot of my friends were obsessed, and I can totally see why. It has so many different cool factors and all of the improv involved definitely makes it great for acting, and exciting new shows (if taken to theater like this is). It seems like it will be a mix of a live dungeons and dragons game, with a comedy show, and I’d love to see that. They also mentioned having other ways to interact and games in the show which is super cool. I love all things fantasy, and I think it’s so cool how the dungeons and dragons game has found it’s way into the entertainment media world, from Stranger Things, to the more recent Dungeons and Dragons movie, to now this! It will be interesting to possibly see the differences between making a stage production iteration of watching them play it, whereas the film created a story from the world, rather than showing people playing the game (the film I think is soso cool as they build so many tangible things for the set! Ray Chan the production designer is amazing I loved hearing his thoughts on the behind the scenes footage).
I’m really curious to see how this show will go. I’m a huge dnd fan. I have read all the modules for 5th edition, I’m a play tester for One Dnd (effectively 6th edition), and I’ve gone through and read the players module for all the other editions (except 3.5). All that is to say, I’m kind of a dnd super fan. And I get really nervous when I see people saying they’re adapting dnd for blank. I think dnd is made to be a TTRPG and it should stay like that. (Though I will say BG3 did a great job at porting the dnd system to video games but the learning curve for non Dnd players could use some work). I digress. I think there’s a way to transplant dnd and there’s a way to majorly mess it up. I’m curious to see what this show does. I like that the audience is a player, I imagine it will be a bit like Starkid’s Oregon Trail. Apparently it was in Pittsburgh for a bit and I’m sad I missed it. It’s now going to NYC but I’m not sure whether I’ll be able to go. In all honesty I actually do not think I would want to go. I think I would be too judgmental to really have a good time.
First of all, this sounds pretty awesome. A theater experience that involves dragons and magic, a quest of an odd cast of characters. It also sounds like a good way to get the DnD players out to the theater. It is a good exposition for them. I knew the game was loved and could even seem culty sometimes, but I didn’t know it was mainstream enough for a play as well as a movie. I saw the movie and I was thoroughly disappointed. It was nothing like experiencing playing the game. Super boring, and Chris Pine was a terrible protagonist in my opinion. I hope the play is not like this. If I were to design this show, I would use scenic painting to create the magical backdrops. I would also most likely utilize projections to include more spontaneity and hone in on the enhancement. I want to see this show.
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