Who: Chorus Productions
What: Live online escape room challenge
Where: Zoom (link emailed to ticket holders at 9:45)
When: Saturday nights at 10:00, $10 (tickets available here)
Why: While sheltering in place, exiled to our rooms, all of us could use a little escape. The internet has become the go-to diversion for live entertainment, with Zoom, Facebook Watch, and Instagram Live concerts, plays, dance, interviews, art tours, and more. New York City-based theater company Chorus Productions, which specializes in immersive presentations, has come up with a unique approach to escape rooms, where friends and strangers have to come together in order to solve a mystery that takes them through different physical spaces. On Saturday nights at 10:00, you can experience Eschaton, a sixty-minute Zoom journey through a virtual nightclub that, as the game’s name implies, could lead to the end of the world if you don’t figure out the puzzle; you’ll need your cell phone in addition to your desktop computer. Each room features dancers, DJs, and others (including pole dancer Alethea Austin, burlesque performer Lilin, and magician Greg Dubin) who offer clues on how to continue your adventure and eventually save the planet from destruction. The show is still in its early stages, so there might be some technical glitches here and there, but it is evolving every week. Tickets are only $10, but there are very limited spots available. Good luck!