Episode 9: Player as Performer and Audience

This week, Todd, Nick, and Percy discuss the role of the player as both performer and as the audience in tabletop role-playing games. Works Referenced: Lehmann, Niels, and Janek Szatkowski. “Theatrical Virtuality - Virtual Theatricality: Virtual Narrative, Autonomous Agents and Interactivity in a Dramaturgical Perspective.” In Virtual Applications: Applications with Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds, 49–88. London: Springer-Verlag London Ltd., 2004. Alston, Adam. “Audience Participation and Neoliberal Value: Risk, Agency and Responsibility in Immersive Theatre.” Performance Research 18, no. 2 (April 1, 2013): 128–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2013.807177. Series: The Ultimate RPG Guide Series by James D’Amato Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Adams Media (October 8, 2019) Theatre and the Video Game: Beauty and the Beast by Katherine Lynne Whitlock PhD Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab: https://vhil.stanford.edu/pubs/2018/building-long-term-empathy-a-large-scale-comparison-of-traditional-and-virtual-reality-perspective-taking/ Thanks for listening to Dungeons and Drama Nerds! While you’re here, please consider donating to Black Lives Matter or supporting the cause in one of the other ways outlined here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ Find us on Twitter and Instagram @dnddramanerds, and on Facebook at Dungeons and Drama Nerds. For cast bios, head to our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com. Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percy Hornak, and Nick Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.