Our Options Have Changed
“The hidden puzzle sequence was super fun!! A fantastic production on all fronts!””
“There isn’t an insincere branch on this sprawling phone tree, providing a shady refuge from whatever may be beating us down. With a seemingly inexhaustible menu of guided rituals ranging from serene meditation and empathetic confession to cathartic entropy to subversive obstinance, Flux Theatre shows that no two people’s paths to spiritual wellness is exactly the same.”
“This was invasive and dark and I loved it.”
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World Premiere - An Interactive Audio Experience on Your Phone
produced by Flux Theatre Ensemble
Lead Artists: Corey Allen, Emily Hartford, Will Lowry
Writers: Corey Allen, Sienna Gonzalez, Emily Hartford, Rachael Hip-Flores, Will Lowry, Corinna Schulenburg, Mercena Schulenburg, Jason Tseng
Directors: Corey Allen, Heather Cohn, Emily Hartford, Will Lowry, Lori Elizabeth Parquet
Lead Programmer: Phoenix Rahmani
Lead Organizers: Emily Hartford, Will Lowry
Ensemble:
Corey Allen, Becky Byers, Neo Cihi, Heather Cohn, Katrina Gaedcke, Sienna Gonzalez, Emily Hartford, Ned Hartford, Rachael Hip-Flores, John Lenartz, Will Lowry, Morgan McGuire, Ricky Miller, Sophie Miller, Vincent Oliver, Lori Elizabeth Parquet, Anna Rahn, Kia Rogers, Corinna Schulenburg, Mercena Schulenburg, Alisha Spielmann, Isaiah Tanenbaum, Matthew Trumbull, Maxine Wanderer, Stephanie Willing
Additional Programming: Taylor Jensen, Will Lowry, Jason Tseng
Sound Design: Renee Yeong
Sound Engineer: Ned Hartford
Intern: Fiona Hansen
Original Concept By: Corey Allen, Emily Hartford, Will Lowry, Jason Tseng - through developmental work in the Orchard Project Liveness Lab
In Our Options Have Changed, a series of crises have put a country on the brink of social collapse. A beloved wellness company named All for One has risen to power by helping people cope through their ‘holistic hopeline.’ But when audience members call the hopeline and navigate the menu, they may find hints of turmoil, beneath All for One’s tranquil surface. In this telephonic choose-your-own-adventure, each participant will have a unique experience. Some may just enjoy the interactive wellness activities; others may go down to the rabbit hole in a search for the truth. Either way, they’ll engage with a diverse group of characters, all trying to make sense of a broken world. Callers can make multiple calls and spend as much, or as little, time as they like on the hopeline. All in all, Our Options Have Changed offers over three hours of potential experiences to uncover.
^ABOUT THE EXCERPT: This 5-minute excerpt represents a path that a caller could experience: the initial phone menu that plays on every call, and then the path that is uncovered if a caller presses “*” from that main menu. Note that every time you hear “press ___” in this audio: that denotes where callers will be asked to take action and make choices, and press the appropriate numbers on their phones to continue.