Work

MISSING

Maker Candle House  ·  Work date 2021-02-10  ·  Medium telephone  ·  Role work

Description

There's a room in Bridget's house she hasn't seen in years. She didn't mean to open the door, but now that she's here, she could really use someone to talk to. Do you have a minute? Called "intimate [and] thought provoking" (HorrorBuzz), "impactful / sensitive / cathartic" (Nightmarish Conjurings), and a "lovingly crafted...duet" (No Proscenium), this vulnerable encounter explores grief in isolation, asking if it's possible to move on from a story that never ended. One act; 40-50 mins. Available worldwide.

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

  Delivered as a phone call with no headphone requirement stated, so the structural inference for telephone works applies.

• Participants move through space as part of the worknoI

  A 40-50 minute one-act call available worldwide with no instruction to change location.

• Audio technology is necessaryyesP

  The listing sells it as a phone encounter, so removing the phone ends the work.

• Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI

  Listing says 'available worldwide' and names no required site, circumstance, or language.

• Engages with the history of a sitenoI

  Content is set in a fictional character's house, not documented past events of a real identifiable place.

• Created for an urban environmentnoI

  Nothing in the materials presupposes city density or infrastructure.

• Created as an artwork other than theaternoI

  Framed as a one-act duet reviewed by immersive-theater outlets, with no non-theatrical discipline named.

• Intended to be understood as theateryesP

  Listing uses 'One act' and reviewers call it a 'lovingly crafted duet'.

• Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?

  Description says nothing about the participant's surroundings or ambient input.
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• Spectator must participateyesP

  Framed as a conversational 'duet' where Bridget 'could really use someone to talk to. Do you have a minute?'

• Has live performers other than the participantsyesI

  A scheduled one-on-one call described as a duet implies a performer speaking in real time, though liveness is not stated outright.

• Involves game playnoI

  Grief narrative with no rules, objective, or win/lose resolution.

• Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?

  No physical materials are mentioned either way.
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