Mr. Malloy says he went to Moscow to do research for the play.
“I went to a club called Café Margarita, which was this Russian, you know, bar that was full of people sitting at these crowded tables eating vodka and dumplings and then, in the corner, there was this little pop/classical music trio. And so when I saw that room, I was like, oh, this is the setting for this piece.”
The audience gets champagne, vodka and a full Russian dinner before the show. The action takes place all around and sometimes in the middle of the audience.
Director Rachel Chavkin describes how this affects the actors.
“They have to be acting as if they’re on film, with that sort of level of realism, but the size of the physical gestures has to read across space, to the person on the opposite side of the room.”
Another theater company takes the interactive environment even further. The play “Sleep No More” is based on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. But its setting is very different.
The play is performed in a seven-floor warehouse. Audience members are guided around the building, to watch the play take place on different levels. They must cover up their eyes as they travel. They are also told they must not speak.
Producer Jonathan Hochwald says “Sleep No More” is the most interactive of interactive theater experiences.
“As an audience member, you can get lost in the woods or in a hospital ward or in a train station and really experience something unique.”
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