Originally published on March 17, 2021 7:51 pm
With in-person performances on hold due to the pandemic, theaters and production companies are getting creative — trying everything from a play presented via a video game streamed on Twitch, to more recently, an interactive performance via phone tree.
An experience that’s typically a source of misery, a new phone tree presents a unique opportunity to explore and “connect” with theater actors, who recorded scenes for the production. The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s "Human Resources," presented by the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and created by the theater group Telephonic Literary Union, is a choose-your-own-adventure story via phone. What initially sounds like a typical customer service hotline invites callers to discover the unexpected.