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Main Menu
Meet "Annie", a new phone system designed to solve all of life's problems.
"Main Menu" by Obvious Agency is a 30-minute-long live performance piece for one player at a time that takes place entirely over the telephone, mimicking a customer service call. Players meet "Annie" a new Interactive Voice Response system (IVR) designed by the enigmatic corporation Life Solutions to solve all of life's problems. Depending on your choices, you may find yourself drawn into everything from sensual guided meditations, to recruitment pitches, to performing call-center work from home via a surgically-inserted implant. Will your problems be solved? Call us to find out! THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO EXPERIENCE THE PERFORMANCE: Solo Player: You will experience Main Menu by taking part in a one-on-one phone call with "Annie". This option is available for a majority of the performances. Price is $10-$75 sliding scale. Quality Assurance Player: You will experience Main Menu by taking part in a one-on-one phone call with "Annie" that is listened to by an audience. This option is only available for a selected number of performances. Price is $0-$50 sliding scale. Quality Assurance Audience: You will experience Main Menu by listening to a one-on-one phone call with "Annie" as a part of an audience. This option is only available for a selected number of performances. Price is $0-$50 sliding scale. QUESTIONS? email theobviousagency@gmail.com
Audience Role
Participants will call a phone number and be guided through various menus similar to calling a major corporation with an interactive voice response system. Participants are able to end any individual portion of the experience, or the full experience, at any time, and will not be penalized in any way for doing so. Participants will engage in multiple ways depending on the choices they make, primarily through speaking and conversation, but there are also other various activities throughout the experience.
Ages: 16 +
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About Obvious Agency
Obvious Agency creates interactive, experiential art that ranges from the personal, to the institutional, to the ridiculous. Blending theatrical and digital arts, we create spaces where participants can co-create their own experiences through first-hand exploration of the worlds we create. Always serious, always silly, we believe that by helping create and define culture, we can create systemic and interpersonal change.