Good Things to Do
A show for one in a camping tent, in which the audience interacts via texting with a digital persona who claims friendship. A dreamscape narrative with live music offers a meditation on goodness, generosity, and gratitude.
Production Credits
Created by: Christine Quintana Live music and concept by: Molly MacKinnon Software design/development, promotional art by: Sam MacKinnon Sound design and recorded music: Mishelle Cuttler Production History
Rumble Theatre: livestream 16-30 April - 2-10 May 2020
rEvolver Festival: Vancouver, BC 26 May - 3 June 2018 Festival of Live Digital Art: Kingston, ON 20-22 June 2018 |
Read more in PLAY: Dramaturgies of Participation: SELF CARE, EXCHANGE, AROUSAL, JUICINESS
Press
“The experience of the piece stayed with me in a way that was unforeseen and moving.” - Rose Plotek, Canadian Theatre Review
"a calming antidote to the information overload we all experience today" - Plank
"a calming antidote to the information overload we all experience today" - Plank
Articles
Rose Plotek. “Alone Together: Good Things to Do at foldA.” Canadian Theatre Review 179 (2019): 83–84.
Jenn Stephenson, “‘Who Cares?’: The Neoliberal Problem of Performing Care in Immersive and Participatory Play,” Contemporary Theatre Review 32, no. 1 (2022): 91–100.
Sam MacKinnon, “Digital Design for Participatory Online Performance,” Canadian Theatre Review 197 (Winter 2024): 108-113.
Jenn Stephenson, “‘Who Cares?’: The Neoliberal Problem of Performing Care in Immersive and Participatory Play,” Contemporary Theatre Review 32, no. 1 (2022): 91–100.
Sam MacKinnon, “Digital Design for Participatory Online Performance,” Canadian Theatre Review 197 (Winter 2024): 108-113.