LA: Blackbird Pie
Immersive dining meets tabletop RPGs
When: February 11; March 26; additional dates TBA
Where: Undisclosed location in Glendale, CA. Participants will be notified 7 days in advance via email.
Price: $145 per person, inclusive of food and drink; 16+ if accompanied by parent or guardian
Tags: #game, #RPG, #interactive, #dining, #alcohol, #ContactAdvisory, #ContentAdvisory, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)
BLACKBIRD PIE is a theatrical immersive experience of fine dining in a fantasy tavern. With a five-course menu prepared by Chef Edward Khechemyan (whom LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold exalted as “extraordinary” with “the best stuffed grape leaves [I’ve] ever tasted,”) this private supper club unfurls a jubilant storybook adventure with wine pairings to compliment. Feasting from a culinary tradition dating back to 6th century BC, guests have until the final course is served to think, talk and toast their way through a deadly dinner game.
The lavishly themed bacchanal features meat or vegetarian and wine or mocktail for a $145 donation that includes tax and gratuity. Intimate (with just twelve road-weary strangers per seating) and highly collaborative, the experience lasts up to 3 hours. Banquet at a communal kings-table hosted by a gregarious innkeeper with a horrible secret.
(Though Blackbird Pie is named for the grand medieval banquet spectacle of “entremets” — in which eye-popping dishes mingle with theatrical acts — famously: “four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie,” no blackbirds were baked in the making of this show.)
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Office facilities provided by Thymele Arts, in Los Angeles, CA.
Contact Level: Light (Business/Acquaintance)
Content Advisories: Alcohol will be served. Vegetarian meal available; mocktails available. Content is audience-generated and may go into fantasy violence, sex & strong language.
No wheelchair accessibility at this time. Audience will be seated around a standard dinner table.