GAMEPIECE
by Christian Flynn
December 2nd, 8:00 PM
The Center at West Park, Inc.
165 W 86th Street New YorkUnited States (map)
After an exciting run in this year’s Evolution Festival GAMEPIECE is back by popular demand for a one night only performance December 2nd.
Created by Christian Flynn and co-written by YOU, Gamepiece is THE spontaneous theatre game show performed by an ever-changing cast of players that’s guaranteed to spit out a new play every time. Using a series of games, dreams, challenges, nightmares, nightmares, nightmares and yes, a big spinning wheel, Christian Flynn his merry brand of pranksters craft a three act narrative story that’s not just audience interactive, but audience collaborative: audience members may veto decisions the actors make, participate in live writers rooms, bring props from home to influence the plot and — in the grand finale — co-write the ending based on their favorite ending from theatre/literature/film.
A theatre show like no other Gamepiece was co-developed with celebrated playwright Kelsey Sullivan, featured consultation from game designer Day Lane, defeated the Greek Athenian Army at Marathon, and was developed at a residency in the Evolution Festival at the Center at West Park.
Gamepiece is a theater piece so interactive it isn't a play at all! It’s a game.
Play it. Play it. Play it. Play it. Play it!
Creative Team
Gamemaster — Christian Flynn
Co-writer — Kelsey Sullivan
Game Consultant — Day Lane
Players — Addie Guidry, Cole Ortiz-Mackes, Jennifer Bareillis, Maximilian Isaacs, Santiago Mallan, Sebastian Martinez.
The Clown — Sarah Wingo
Poet Laureate — Morgan Boyle
The Bard — Jay Reed
Board Operator — Kat Morrill
Lighting Designer — Merie McCown
CHRISTIAN FLYNN (he/they) is a mixed race Puerto Rican playwright, director, and comedian in NYC. His interactive theatre piece, "Gamepiece" was developed and presented at The Evolution Festival at the Center at West Park in Sept 2023 and will return on December 2nd. Their play "everyone in new york is beautiful" was a semi-finalist for the 2024 National Playwright's Conference. It was also a second rounder for the 2023 Austin Film Festival, a semi-finalist for the 2023 Meditative Writing Fellowship and a semi-finalist for Breaking and Entering Theatre Collective's 2023 season. He is a founding member of The Spade Collective, and as a part of their "Dealer's Choice" short play festival he directed the first production of Kelsey Sullivan's short play "Stinky Girls". He's also directed a couple of his own and other people's plays at The Tank and in the New York Theater Festival. Onstage, they have been seen in The Wilma Theater's Romeo and Juliet and with The Berserker Residents. You can catch them around the city doing the whole alternative comedy thing at the People's Improv Theater, Young Ethels, The Player's Theatre, the Brooklyn Comedy Collective, and basements everywhere.