NYC: A Cocktail Party Social Experiment (New Dates)
A participatory party and game show hosted by Wil Petre
When: January 20, February 17, March 16, April 13
Where: Chelsea Music Hall, 407 W 15th St, New York, NY 10011
Price: $20; cash bar; 21+
Tags: #participatory, #game, #party, #faciliated, #socialexperience, #experimental, #interactive, #MobilityAdvisory (see below)
Framed as a scientific social experiment, downtown theater’s Wil Petre begins A Cocktail Party Social Experiment with a Question: Can we create an analog experience in which a group of strangers can get to know each other in a deeper and more meaningful way? Hypothesis: Yes. Procedure: Armed with cocktails and a party game (A Cocktail Party Game), 8 strangers navigate a cocktail party, skip the small talk, and get into the good stuff.
Developed over the past 2 years in tandem with the creation of an actual card game, A Cocktail Party Game, A Cocktail Party Social Experiment is set to begin its run at Chelsea Music Hall as a monthly event on November 24th, 2019.
Inspired by his roles as a creative original cast member of Queen of the Night, and Third Rail Projects’ The Grand Paradise, his many years behind the bar in New York and Brooklyn, and the types of cocktail parties he loves to throw, A Cocktail Party Social Experiment’s host Wil Petre gives the 8 participants (and the audience who watches) the opportunity to silence those cell phones, and to fully take in the people with whom we wish to connect, all the while sipping delicious classic cocktails.
Part immersive theater, part game night, part story slam, and part boozy voyeurism, A Cocktail Party Social Experiment is an original event unlike any other.
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Contact Level: None
Content Advisories: None.
This is a 21+ experience, though for those who do not drink, mocktails and N/A beverages are available.
This experience is not wheelchair accessible.