IndieCade East 2015

In the musical theatre world, composers often face a tricky problem: when you're trying to tell a story using music, how do you make sure the music is a meaningful and integral part of the narrative? A lot of their challenges are similar to the ones we grapple with as game designers when trying to make games that include traditional authored narratives. How has the relationship between music and storytelling in avant-garde musical theatre shifted over time to deal with this? We'll look at some parallels between contemporary games and musicals, and see how game designers and musical theatre writers might learn from each other.