As with online performance, people can get tickets to participate in “A Phone Call” from anywhere. Two strangers at a time, different pairs than in “A Phone Call,” meet for 60 minutes at a table across a pane of plexiglass. In a series of guided narratives, participants use visual information to imagine — the way we so often do with strangers — who the person on the other side might be. The piece is now at On the Boards in Seattle, taking place indoors with participants masked throughout. The artistic director, Rachel Cook, said each stack of cards is set aside for 24 hours after a single performance before being reused.

Source: International New York Times November 11, 2020 15:00 UTC