Work

The Game

Maker Phoenix Tears Productions  ·  Work date 2024-10-26  ·  Medium telephone  ·  Role work

Description

Imagine a prize that can change everything, right down to the molecules in your fingertips. Come my friends, pick up your phones, and be ready to play to win! This could be the call that alters the course of your life forever…and all you have to do is play The Game. The Game is an immersive experience written by Amber Fitzsimmons. It is a show. It is playable theater. It is a phone call. It is 15-30 minutes long. Please take the call in a quiet, private location. Headphones recommended. All showtimes are EST. This show is being performed as part of From Home Fest. Find out more about the other amazing shows you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home on their website https://fromhomefest.com/ Ticket type note: There is not a content difference between Reservation 1 & 2. This distinction is for our scheduling system and will not impact your experience. For Non-US residents there i

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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 headphonesyesP

  The listing states "Headphones recommended."

• Participants move through space as part of the worknoI

  A 15-30 minute phone call taken in one quiet private location, with no instruction to relocate.

• Audio technology is necessaryyesP

  The listing says "It is a phone call," so removing the phone ends the work.

• Site-, situation- or language-specificSituationP

  The listing names the required circumstance: "Please take the call in a quiet, private location."

• Engages with the history of a sitenoI

  Content is a fictional prize game with no named real place or documented past events.

• Created for an urban environmentnoI

  Delivered by phone from the participant's own home; nothing in the materials requires city surroundings.

• Created as an artwork other than theaternoI

  The maker frames it as "immersive experience," "a show" and "playable theater" — theatrical framing only.

• Intended to be understood as theateryesP

  The listing uses "show," "playable theater," "showtimes" and ticket types.

• Accidental real-world sights and sounds are importantunknown?

  The listing says nothing about whether the participant's surroundings feed the work; asking for a quiet room is not incorporation.
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• Spectator must participateyesP

  "be ready to play to win" and "all you have to do is play The Game" require the participant to act.

• Has live performers other than the participantsyesI

  Scheduled showtimes, timed reservations and "is being performed" indicate a person on the line, though the listing never says "live."

• Involves game playyesI

  Framed as a game with a prize and "play to win," implying objective and win state, though no rules are printed.

• Uses props other than the listening deviceunknown?

  No physical materials are mentioned either way.
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