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The Fourth Wall

A graphic novel in three chapters. Some stories are meant to be stepped into.

Ensemble devising a scene on a taped-up stage

Chapter I

The Room Without a Script

1970s–today. Companies like Forced Entertainment, Complicité, and Frantic Assembly build work in the rehearsal room — the ensemble is the author.

Masked audience member wandering an immersive warehouse

Chapter II

The Masked Wanderer

2003–today. In Punchdrunk's Sleep No More, the audience dons masks and roams a hotel of a hundred rooms. You choose your own play.

Performer stepping out of a phone screen into a crowd

Chapter III

Out of the Screen

2020–today. Zoom plays, Twitch performances, ARGs, and site-specific apps turn the city — and your phone — into the stage.