Acting for Participation
Delivering Game-Changing Immersion
Acting for Participation
Speaker Session
Caro Murphy
Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser
Orlando, Florida
The Talk
Interactive characters are an essential part of live experience; they can model how to play and engage with the world around us as well as be important vessels for storytelling. The skills to embody an interactive character do not come overnight, and can be incredibly different than other theatrical forms. In this talk, Caro will walk through both conceptual models and practical exercises for creating engaging, inviting interactive performances that place focus on the participant’s experience.
The Speaker
Caro Murphy is an Immersive Experience Director on Disney’s Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser. They are co-Executive Director at the Playable Theatre nonprofit, whose mission focuses on enabling creators of participatory works including immersive and interactive theater, LARP, VR-theater and more. They co-founded and act as Creative Director for Incantrix Productions, a Boston-based interactive theater company, and they have been both cast and writer on a wide variety of interactive productions and LARPs across the country. They passionately believe that this emerging art form has the potential to transform the world for the better, and have dedicated the past two decades to its growth.