{"id":6582,"date":"2025-03-31T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/news-john-bezark-itp-alumni-part-of-core-design-team-for-space-oper\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T21:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:00:14","slug":"news-john-bezark-itp-alumni-part-of-core-design-team-for-space-oper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/news-john-bezark-itp-alumni-part-of-core-design-team-for-space-oper\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bezark, ITP Alumni, part of core design team for Space Opera, an interactive theatrical performance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Space Opera, an interactive theatrical performance at Obvious Agency in Philadelphia<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For the past four years, John Bezark, ITP Alum, has been working as one of the core game designers for the Obvious Agency project: Space Opera.<\/a> Space Opera is a multi day Theatrical role playing game that innovates and radically combines tabletop roleplaying games, democratic organizing practice, and theatrical spectacle. The experience tests a community’s ability to work together in order to thwart existential consequences. <\/p>\n

The production is opening this June in Philadelphia, at the Arch Street Meeting House. The piece consists of three 8 hour performances spread out over the entire month of June. The specific performance dates and times are:<\/p>\n

  – June 14th, 2025, 12-7pm
\n  – June 21st, 2025, 12-7pm
\n  – June 28th, 2025, 12-7pm<\/b><\/p>\n

If you want to engage in the peace, there’s a couple different ways to do it of increasing commitment:<\/p>\n