There's a proper, official Dungeons & Dragons live stage show now
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on January 01, 0001
The latest peak in the cultural zeitgeist surrounding has come, and it's the announcement of a proper live stage show based on the game. Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern will debut in New York City at Stage 42 this May as the first fixed-location multi-show official Dungeons & Dragons stage play that I've heard of, perhaps the first ever.
The show looks like something of a mix of live-play style D&D storytelling, improv comedy, and a bit of audience participation to round it out. It stars three fixed actors, but the show aims to include the audience as a "fourth player." The audience will be able to vote, using an browser-based app, on decisions like what paths or approaches the stage
players take. There will also be, apparently, on-stage minigames such as fantasy beer pong.
The Twenty-Sided Tavern is run by Curious Hedgehog, a group made up of David Carpenter, Sarah Davis Reynolds, and David Andrew Laws. It's made in partnership with stage production group Showpath Entertainment and D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast. Previous one-off versions of the show have been staged in Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York, and Edinburgh.
In a press release, Carpenter said that “as passionate gamers and D&D players, the partners at Curious Hedgehog set off on a quest to redefine [[link]] what [[link]] a live interactive experience can be. What started as a D&D-style RPG onstage with folding tables and a box of props has grown beyond our wildest imagination."
It's a particularly strange thing to hear, isn't it? Live shows based on popular [[link]] games are quite rare in the United States and Europe, though somewhat more common in Japan.
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