Not only are the actors in the production exceptional at their trade, but as Scoville relayed to me, “We didn’t just need actors, we needed conversationalists! People who could tell a story and confidently put you at ease.” But that wasn’t all Scoville was looking for, he also needed them to facilitate actual experiments and navigate each group of 16 from beginning to end. The first was the casting of unicorns, 14 of them to be exact. To do so, the creative team tackled three aspects unique only to this type of production.ĭavid Byrne was part of the ‘Theater of the Mind’ scouting team in Denver.

It is designed to unlock the cage of the mind. If that weren’t courageous enough, the experience is built upon the fallacy of human perception.

It has inner technological workings that are beyond belief. It is immersive art on a most massive scale. As the architect of the process that gives Theater of the Mind its framework, he knew it was going to be “a challenge in the most positive way.” In effect, Scoville and the team set out to create a world of lived experiences, memories and self-reflection, in which the rest of us are then invited to play. He grinned when I shared this, and in excitement told me “I am a storyteller who loves science!” Scoville, in addition to loving science, loves a challenge. As a scientist who loves storytelling, it is like nothing I have ever seen or experienced.Īndrew Scoville, the show’s director, feels the same way. It doesn’t just explore the human brain it allows YOU to explore YOUR brain through story and science. Theater of the Mind is the newest, and arguably most ambitious, production of DCPA Off-Center. Some of the creative team for Off-Center’s ‘Theater of the Mind,’ created by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar.

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