November 1, 2020 | 11:00AM
online
TAPS PhD student, Arianna Gass, is member of Obvious Agency, an organization that creates interactive live performances blurring the lines between audience and performer, theater and game. This project was funded in part by the TAPS PhD Artistic Project Fund.
"Main Menu" by Obvious Agency is a 30-minute-long live performance piece for one player at a time that takes place entirely over the telephone, mimicking a customer service call. Players meet "Annie" a new Interactive Voice Response system (IVR) designed by the enigmatic corporation Life Solutions to solve all of life's problems. Depending on your choices, you may find yourself drawn into everything from sensual guided meditations, to recruitment pitches, to performing call-center work from home via a surgically-inserted implant. Will your problems be solved? Call us to find out!
THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO EXPERIENCE THE PERFORMANCE:
Solo Player: You will experience Main Menu by taking part in a one-on-one phone call with "Annie". This option is available for a majority of the performances. Price is $10-$75 sliding scale.
Quality Assurance Player: You will experience Main Menu by taking part in a one-on-one phone call with "Annie" that is listened to by an audience. This option is only available for a selected number of performances. Price is $0-$50 sliding scale.
Quality Assurance Audience: You will experience Main Menu by listening to a one-on-one phone call with "Annie" as a part of an audience. This option is only available for a selected number of performances. Price is $0-$50 sliding scale.
GET TICKETS HERE: bitly.com/mainmenutix
SHOW SCHEDULE
Friday October 23, preview
Solo Calls: 6pm, 6:45pm, 8:15pm
Quality Assurance Calls: 7:30pm
Saturday October 24
Solo Calls: 11am, 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 3:45pm, 4:30pm, 5:15pm
Quality Assurance Calls: 3pm
Sunday October 25
Solo Calls: 12pm, 12:45pm, 2:45pm, 3:30pm
Quality Assurance Calls: 2pm
Tuesday October 27
Solo Calls: 6pm, 6:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:30pm
Quality Assurance Calls: 8pm
Wednesday October 28
Solo Calls: 6pm, 6:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:30pm
Quality Assurance Calls: 8pm
Thursday October 29
Solo Calls: 6:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:30pm
Quality Assurance Calls: 6pm, 8pm
Saturday October 31
Solo Calls: 11am, 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:15pm
Quality Assurance Calls: 3pm, 3:45pm
Sunday November 1
Solo Calls: 11am, 11:45am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:15pm
Quality Assurance Calls: 3pm, 3:45pm
ABOUT OBVIOUS AGENCY
Obvious Agency creates interactive, experiential art that ranges from the personal, to the institutional, to the ridiculous. Blending theatrical and digital arts, we create spaces where participants can co-create their own experiences through first-hand exploration of the worlds we create. Always serious, always silly, we believe that by helping create and define culture, we can create systemic and interpersonal change.
QUESTIONS? email theobviousagency@gmail.com
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/973455513153069
Our website: http://obvious-agency.com/