Los Angeles, CA

D8: S(t)IMULATE

A live experience that simulates you and what YOU want in the midst of technology.

D8: S(t)IMULATE Immersive Event - Main Image

Welcome to the future of compatibility! With D8, the newest AI app, you can finally find your perfect companion! Whether you are single, in a relationship, actively looking or have comPLETEly given up, don't you want to find that special companion, that someone who underSTANDS you inside and out? With D8, now you can! Utilizing the newest algorithms combined with our proven quantum entangled interrogativements, U 2 will find your companion, perfected in every way. Rejoice! D8: The App That Knows You Better Than You Do (® 2027, Quant-M Technologies, Inc.) *** D8 is a live, solo immersive experience in 3 parts that explores our current intersection between technology and choice, between free will and locked patterns, between your past and your wonderful future. Participants will explore an alternate future where the app D8 has fully integrated AI into the experience of finding your perfect companion. Participants will explore the nature of D8 and themselves through an online questionnaire, a live phone call with the AI and finally through a live simulation utilizing both the app and a bot specially created just...for...you. By the end of the experience, you WILL find your perfect companion. Your choice will determine whether you want them or not. SPECIAL NOTE: Ticket times are for the final live experience. Once participants buy a ticket, they will receive all necessary information regarding the questionnaire and scheduling the phone call, which will all happen before the ticketed time. COVID 19 INFORMATION: All Participants at the live event will be given the option to utilize either their own cell phone headset or a bluetooth headset given to them by the event. Event headsets will be sterilized between each performance. Participants are also welcome to wear a mask OR ask the live performer to wear a mask during the live event. The online and phone call components are already distance safe.

Audience Role

Participants have in-world downloaded a new AI app that will help them find their best companion, whether that be romantic or otherwise. Participants will engage with that app through questionnaire, live interaction and live simulation. Any question or interaction can be answered as truthfully as participants wish, from complete truth to complete lie. The experience will engage with the participant in any manner they wish but it is designed for the participant to actually participate in some fashion.

Ages: 16 +

Content Advisories

Discussions of Emotional Intimacy
Potential of Light Physical Contact Between Audience Members

Interaction Advisories

Light (business/acquaintance) contact

Mobility Advisories

Event is wheelchair accessible
Stairs
Uneven terrain

About They Played Productions

An immersive and interactive production company specializing in narrative and psychological horror tales. Our experiences have influence from creators with experience in film, television, internet and LARP backgrounds.