Off-Broadway's Dungeons & Dragons-themed show The Twenty-Sided Tavern will launch a U.S. national tour next year, with performances set to begin in May 2025. Cities and venues are to be announced. The Off-Broadway run at Stage 42 has also extended through April 2025, with those tickets now on sale.
San Diego Comic-Con attendees will be able to get a sneak peek of the show with a special panel taking place July 28 at 11 AM PT in room 32AB. On hand for the event will be creators David Carpenter and Sarah Davis Reynolds, plus some special guests. The group will reveal how they translated the cult favorite role-playing game to the stage, preview the upcoming tour, and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons. Taliesin Jaffe will moderate.
READ: How The Twenty-Sided Tavern Lets Audiences Choose Their Own Adventure
The Twenty-Sided Tavern, the officially licensed Dungeons & Dragons live experience, officially opened its premiere Off-Broadway at Stage 42 May 5. The production unites Hasbro, Curious Hedgehog, Showpath Entertainment, and Wizards of the Coast to bring the tabletop adventure game to the stage.
The Off-Broadway run stars Connor Marx as Dungeon Master, Sarah Davis Reynolds as Tavern Keeper, Tyler Nowell Felix (Modern Family) as Fighter, Madelyn Murphy as Mage, and Diego F. Salinas (Drunk Shakespeare) as Rogue.
The cast is completed by RJ Christian (Parade), R. Alex Murray (Boardwalk Empire), Cassidy Sledge (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers), and Alex Stompoly (A Christmas Carol).
The Twenty-Sided Tavern is an improvised quest play. Relying on audience participation, each performance is uniquely tailored to decisions made by audience members on their phones using patented software from Gamiotics. Audience members choose which characters will appear each evening, as well as which paths they will take, and which decisions they will make along the journey. The in-mobile-browser platform does not require any special equipment, instead running on audience members' phones.
The show premiered at The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, later playing runs in Chicago and at Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
While the production naturally appeals to Dungeons & Dragons players, knowledge of the tabletop role-play world is not required, as the structure of the game is communicated within the show.
Created by David Andrew Laws, Sarah Reynolds, and David Carpenter, The Twenty-Sided Tavern is written by Laws. The game design is by Reynolds.
For further information, visit TheTwentySidedTavern.com.
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Madelyn Murphy, DAGL, Tyler Nowell Felix, and Diego F. Salinas in Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty Sided Tavern
Madelyn Murphy, DAGL, Tyler Nowell Felix, and Diego F. Salinas in Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty Sided Tavern
Madelyn Murphy, Sarah Davis Reynolds, Tyler Nowell Felix, DAGL, and Diego F. Salinas in Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty Sided Tavern
Madelyn Murphy in Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty Sided Tavern
Sarah Davis Reynolds and DAGL in Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty Sided Tavern
Tyler Nowell Felix, Madelyn Murphy, and Diego F. Salinas in Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty Sided Tavern
Tyler Nowell Felix, Sarah Davis Reynolds, DAGL, Madelyn Murphy, and Diego F. Salinas in Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty Sided Tavern
