usernamenumber | 'Tis no Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver

Re-posting for people who aren't on the bscflarp mailing list.

If you are in the Boston area, like theater-style larps and like to sing, then the only game I know of that combines the two is being re-run for the first time since I played in it about four years ago. It had its flaws, but it's a four-hour game with more complex, interconnecting plots than some weekend-long games I've played, and I was never bored because it's hard to do that when people are randomly bursting into song. This game is also the origin of The Legendary Golden Pants, so you even get to experience a piece of larp history! =;) It will be running April 26th from 4:30p-8:30p at Brandeis.

'Tis No Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver is a musical larp, set on a voyage
from England to America in a sort of steampunk Victorian setting. By an odd
coincidence, the new engine installed in the ship means the trip will take
precisely four hours to reach its destination. During that time, there will
be intrigue, scheming, romance, backstabbing, revelations, deceit, and
singing - lots of singing. Everyone in this game feels oddly compelled to
burst out into song, a la Buffy the Musical episode. Secrets will be
revealed, probably in song.

Some parts in game have more singing than others. You can request a part
that has less singing than others, but every part has a song. Songs will be
provided prior to game. This game has run once before and even the people
that were nervous about singing got into it.

Casting Form for "'Tis No Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver"
Cut/paste into an email to darkoni verizon net

Name:
Email:

Singing questions:

1. Please explain what you imagine yourself singing about in this game,
quite specifically.

2. Choose any that interest you:

coloratura soprano
spinto soprano
lyric soprano
dramatic soprano
contralto/alto
counter-tenor
lyric tenor
dramatic tenor
baritone
bass
basso profundo
These words are utterly meaningless to me
Oh, I don't know
I can get great resonance in the shower

patter songs
singing in a foreign language
romantic duets
songs to strip by
a little travellin' music
drunken off-key singing
songs to fight by
hymns
a break-through pop hit
the spotlight
operatic aria
comic songs

3a. Ladies: Do you want a role more on the light "pretty, pretty
princess" end of the spectrum, or the darker "I'm a mysterious courtesan"
end of the spectrum. Explain your answer briefly.

3b. Gents: Do you want a role more on the light "devil-may-care hero"
end of the spectrum, or the darker "I'm a roguish scallywag" end of the
spectrum. Or, for that matter, the "pretty, pretty princess" end of the
spectrum? Explain your answer briefly.

4. Lots of singing or a little singing?

5. How confident are you that, given a couple weeks, you can learn five songs
and be able to sing the correct one when it comes time?

Character Questions:

6. Choose your three favorites and explain why you'd like to play those
three. Feel free to note any that you absolutely would hate playing.

Heartless Rogue with a Heart of Gold
Heartless Rogue without a Heart of Gold
Feisty Sidekick
Drunken Pirate
Upright Officer
Persistent Detective
Rebellious Scion
Enigmatic Arcanist
Quirky Elder
Hot-Blooded Duelist
Pious Cleric
Ruthless Politico
Desperate Scientist
Innocent Bystander
The Romantic Interest There To Be Fought Over
Inscrutable Foreigner
Salty Sea Captain
Irresistable Seducer/Seductress
Super Spy
Devious Villain
Comic Villain
Pathetic Orphan
Scholarly Academic

7. How about the ever popular, give us some adjectives to describe a
character you'd like to play?

8. Finally, is there anything you'd like to add? Anything at all?
Don't be shy now. Kreg likes reading long rambling stuff. Eric, on
the other hand, will laugh and burn your app if you're too long, then
cast you according to the signs he reads in the ashes. Choose
wisely.