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Sent: Fri, Oct 16, 2020 2:05 pm
Subject: Re: Artists inventing stuff!

Why does this remind me of "This is a Play," or whatever it was called 
from "Fahrenheit 451," where you would interact with the theatre on 
your vidscreen wall. This, needless to say, has less sinister 
connotations because of the social context, but the actors whispering 
line to the player just triggered something in me. Sorry about that. 
My bad. That said, I think this is a brilliant idea. Sounds like tons 
of fun with wide range of potential. Could keep a lot of people off 
the street as well. But then, isn't the plague doing that already?

I'll go home now.

Johnio

Quoting David Ziegler <dzieglersf@gmail.com>:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Our friends in the Rude Mechs (many Winedale alums!), are making this new
> app and funding it through Kickstarter.  It's called Cyrano Plays and they
> are trying to reach $20K in the next two weeks. This is them being
> cutting-edge, innovative, and trying to survive this nasty pandemic --
> which prevents the thing we enjoy the most: live theater with our friends.
>
> The app will let users download a play and then invite friends and family
> over to perform it with them for free. They're almost done with their alpha
> phase right now and the more they can raise, the better the app will be for
> beta release - hoping for December 4th - and full launch on December 18th -
> right in time for the holidays. Over the past year they've been playing
> with the idea in pre-alpha with Jim Greer, a founder of Kongregate,
> throwing parties with people to see how it could work best. Since September
> they've been working with programmers and designers in Austin to build it
> out. Their debut play on the app is called A Karaoke Christmas Carol.
>
> They've been testing it out and they swear it's a blast!  When it's all
> ready to go you'd just download the app, open up the play, and choose your
> role. Then pop in your earbuds, press play, and professional actors whisper
> in your ear so you become the star of the show. Say what you hear, do what
> you’re told and get a unique, hilarious, memorable evening. Here's the
> kickstarter link with their video, which I think is pretty fun, and all the
> info.
>
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rudemechs/a-karaoke-christmas-carol
>
> Please spread the word, and give them your cold hard cash if you can.
>
> Thanks, friends!
> David / Zig
>
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