Work
One Bad Day
Maker Nothing in the Dark Productions · Work date 2023-01-24 · Medium telephone · Role work
Description
What if you were best known for the worst day of your life? The creator of the critically-acclaimed immersive audio drama “We Should Meet in Air” returns for a brand-new and uniquely stylized immersive phone experience. In this highly intimate solo show, you are encouraged to free your mind…and to look for the girl with the sun in her eyes. “The 1960’s were a time of unbridled hope and optimism in America. We’re trying to find the moment when all of that hope died. We think the actress Sharon Tate is involved somehow.” Dates: January 24th - February 10th (Monday-Friday) Tickets: $20 for each 20 minute experience Location: Over the phone (international callers use Discord - list handle in "Telephone Number" at checkout) **Content warning: references to drug use, infidelity, pregnancy, murder, and the potential for other adult themes depending on audience interaction** "One Bad Da
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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 20-minute phone experience with no headphone instruction.
- Participants move through space as part of the worknoI
No relocation is instructed for the phone experience to progress.
- Audio technology is necessaryyesP
The listing states it takes place over the phone.
- Site-, situation- or language-specificnoI
No location, circumstance or language is named as required.
- Engages with the history of a sitenoI
The 1960s American setting and reference to Sharon Tate are period and biographical, not documented events of an identifiable real place.
- Created for an urban environmentnoI
A phone call presupposes a telephone, not city surroundings.
- Created as an artwork other than theaternoI
The maker calls it a solo show and immersive phone experience, naming no non-theatrical discipline.
- Intended to be understood as theateryesP
The listing uses 'show', 'production' and sells tickets to timed experiences.
- 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 content warning cites 'the potential for other adult themes depending on audience interaction'.
- Has live performers other than the participantsyesI
A content warning contingent on unpredictable audience interaction indicates a performer responding in real time.
- 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.
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