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Live theater over Zoom is better when it’s interactive
Seize the Show is the creation of producer David Carpenter. Reminiscent of each Jackbox Party Pack, video games, and Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, the game show is an interactive experience where each audience member is assigned a role, and together…
Looking to Past Pandemics to Determine the Future of Theater
A look at how previous pandemics and plagues affected theatre at the time.
Making Art During a Pandemic: Theaters Seek and Share Mini-Plays
Nonprofits from around the country plan to commission works of no longer than 10 minutes that can be read or performed by people sheltering in place.
Bah, Pandemic! Theaters Save 'Christmas Carol'
Attending A Christmas Carol is a common family tradition and a financial lifeline for theatres between Thanksgiving through Christmas. In 2020, theatre companies are recreating productions to keep patrons engaged and safe.
Raising the curtain on pandemic theater; Topical online plays help shuttered theater industry members to nurture creative spark.
With performance venues closed, theatre companies are shifting to video calls, YouTube and Facebook to continue performing. '24 Hour Plays' events, where monologues and short scenes are written, rehearsed, and performed within 24 hours, challenge…
The 1918 Pandemic’s Impact on Music? Surprisingly Little
Unlike with the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1918 influenza pandemic was seen as a short-term inconvenience. The musical culture returned to normal when theatres and music halls reopened in 1919. That was not the same for music performers who often lost…
With playhouses dark, interactive theater online is lighting things up: Step right up to your laptop, and let theater entertain you with magic and mind reading.
With playhouses closed, smaller theatre companies pivoting to include their live audiences into the streaming performance by using Zoom voting, live messaging, or sending a "mystery box" to household ticket holders ahead of scheduled online shows.
Play with the format: how theatre shows are dispensing with the stage
Performers from around the world are creating new interactive productions by utilizing Zoom, WhatsApp and Minecraft. While some works are created as a reaction to the pandemic, others are revised works that were written right before venues closed.
Theaters Go Digital to Talk About Life (and Death) in the Pandemic
Similar to the U.S., Germany theatres have started to embrace interactive online performances, with many productions, from state-run and fringe theaters, examining contemporary themes of loneliness, isolation, fear of death, and our chances for…
You’re New Here, Aren’t You? Digital Theater’s Unexpected Upside
The ability to utilize online and digital performances during the pandemic has allowed theatre companies from across the country and abroad to remain engaged with and grow their audience. This silver-lining to an unfortunate situation has increased…