Work
Everything Starts Like a Knock at the Door
Maker Nothing in the Dark Productions · Work date 2023-06-05 · Medium telephone · Role work
Description
The creator of the critically-acclaimed shows “We Should Meet in Air” and award-nominated “One Bad Day” returns with a brand-new, 25-minute interactive audio drama, set in West Hollywood, 1989. “This is literally the biggest day of my career. I can’t mess this up - it’s way too big of an opportunity.” 10% of all proceeds from this production will be donated to Thursday’s Child, the National Youth Advocacy Hotline.
Source. No published description found.
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 25-minute telephone-delivered piece with no headphone instruction.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
No relocation is instructed for the work to progress.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesI
The medium is telephone delivery, so removing the phone would end the work.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
No location, circumstance or language is named as required of the participant.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
West Hollywood 1989 is a period setting for the fiction, and the rubric excludes period settings from site history.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
The urban setting belongs to the fiction; the participant needs only a phone.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoI
The maker calls it an interactive audio drama and refers to their prior 'shows', naming no non-theatrical discipline.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
The maker's listing calls the pieces 'shows' and this a 'production'.
- Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?
The listing does not address the participant's surroundings.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Spectator must participateyesP
The listing calls it an interactive audio drama.
- Has live performers other than the participantsunknown?
The listing says 'interactive' but does not establish whether a person performs in real time or the piece is automated.
Did you experience this? Tell us - Involves game playnoI
No rules, objective or resolution state are described.
- Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?
No physical objects are mentioned either way.
Did you experience this? Tell us
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