IndieCade Playable Theatre Symposium 2026

IndieCade Playable Theatre Symposium 2026

March 23-24, 2026

University of Cincinnati

The IndieCade Playable Theatre Symposium 2026 is a two-day, in-person series of events for scholars, students, creatives, and the curious, exploring the ever-evolving medium of playable theatre. Virtual-reality performance, live-action role-play, jubensha, improvised digital escape rooms, and alternate reality games all fall under this umbrella. Through workshops, panels, and performances, the symposium will provide a forum for embodied experiences that grant their audiences meaningful agency and remain in dialogue with both games and the theatre arts. This event is sponsored by the UC Game Lab in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Cincinnati, in collaboration with the Taft Research Center, which hosted the Role-Playing the Humanities Summit in 2025. It is a joint project of Playable Theatre International and IndieCade, which have been co-hosting the online version of the symposium since 2021.

Admission is FREE, but registration will be required.

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