Work

A Wicked Inheritance

Maker Mirror World Creations  ·  Work date 2021-04-27  ·  Medium telephone  ·  Role work

Description

Your great-aunt Mar has left you an inheritance. You didn't even know you had a great-aunt Mar. Your great aunt Mar was known for her immorality and license -- and apparently she left you 'some of her greatest legacies.' At the appointed hour, you'll receive a phone call from your aunt's chatelaine, the mysterious Mademoiselle D'Ortalon. Are you ready to find out what you've inherited? 'A Wicked Inheritance' is a twenty-minute intrigue that takes place solely over the phone. Players are warned that the story by default contains references (non-graphic) to animal abuse, indulgence and murder. +++ A phone adventure is a piece of intimate immersive theater that you’ll play out — just you and an actor, one-on-one — via text message and phone call. All sessions will be booked directly between you and the performer, who will contact you via a phone number provided beforehand. No preparation

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Anatomy

Thirteen criteria after Lauren R. Beck. Each carries a source grade: M maker-confirmed, P published, F first-hand, I inferred by the compiler, ? not yet established. Definitions are on the anatomy page.

• Participants listen through headphonesnoI

  A phone call. Headphones are neither required nor mentioned.

• Participants move through space as part of the worknoP

  "Takes place solely over the phone." The seated test passes.

• Audio technology is necessaryyesP

  The call is the entire delivery.

• Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI

  Placeless. No location or circumstance is required.

• Engages with the history of a sitenoI

  A fictional inheritance; no real place's history.

• Created for an urban environmentnoI

  Nothing urban is required.

• Created as an artwork other than theaternoP

  "A piece of intimate immersive theater" — the maker's own framing is theatrical.

• Intended to be understood as theateryesP

  Same sentence.

• Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?

  Not addressed.
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• Spectator must participateyesP

  "Just you and an actor, one-on-one" — conversational by construction.

• Has live performers other than the participantsyesP

  A live actor performs the chatelaine; sessions are booked directly with the performer.

• Involves game playnoI

  An "intrigue," but no rules, objective or resolution state.

• Uses props other than the listening devicenoP

  Delivered by text message and phone call; "No preparation." Nothing to handle.

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