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One Must Imagine the Paladin Happy

Stephanie Clark, Jamie "happeningfish" MacDonald
Room 101, (45 min)
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Behold! A wild comedy appears. One Must Imagine the Paladin Happy is a brand new show that, like using a protractor to measure an irregular polyhedron, is nerdy from multiple angles. Two unrelated colleagues at an office find themselves in a DnD escape room where they must navigate rodents, goblins, and therapy in order to survive and become more productive members of society - but do the things we learn in video games ever help us save the real world? Expect dead philosophers, queer rpg jokes, glitter, 80s pop music, drowned Victorian letter-writers, and steamy fanfic. There is a non-zero chance of audience interaction.

Local stand-up comedians Steph Clark and Happeningfish bring you 45 minutes of delight and dad jokes, with Aira Vehaskari as the disembodied narrator. Be there!

Minimum attendance: 20
Other accessibility information: If we end up using video with speech, we will look into captions and other accessibility, but we don't yet know for sure if we'll have it.
Sign-up: Not requiredProgram category: PerformanceTarget audience: Directed at adults, youth welcomeOther categorization: Beginner friendlyOther categorization: Streamed and recorded (video)Other categorization: LGBTQA+Inclusivity: Dark/dim lightingInclusivity: Flashing or strong lightsInclusivity: Loud noisesLanguage: EnglishProgram topics: Role-playing gamesProgram topics: Other gamesProgram topics: Board gamesProgram topics: MusicProgram topics: DanceProgram topics: Larp