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| Formation | 2008 |
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| Type | Theatre group |
| Purpose | Virtual world theater |
| Website | avatarrepertorytheater |
Avatar Repertory Theater commonly known as ART, is a theater troupe that performs primarily in thevirtual worldSecond Life, though they have recently extended to other virtual platforms such asOSGrid andKitely.
As of June 2021[update] the troupe's website listed seventeen members,[1] each working within multiple different fields. The primary focus of troupe members is voice acting, however some of the other areas of performance the troupe has skills in are programming, graphics arts, sound creation, recording and editing, script writing, direction, video capture, production. The actors however do not have to be trained in all of these areas.
A.R.T. was founded in 2008 bySecond Life players Adaradiuss and Sodovan Torok (Judith Adele and Iain McCracken, respectively). Many of the members in the company met performing together in other theatrical events inSecond Life.[2]
A.R.T. started off by touring various different theatrical performances through a variety of different simulators before finally settling on their Virtual space in which they created The New Theater, which is where the group continues to perform. The first show they did was written by members ofSecond Life and the story was about things that happened in Second Life, making the play completely unique to the Virtual world. This show was called Tales of the Metaverse.[3]
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ART is a project ofNew Media Arts, Inc., which is a nonprofit corporation registered in the United States.