The Chance Plays
October 1 at 9:30 PM
October 2 at 2 PM

Christian Flynn — lead artist
Michael Manzi — actor, Candyland
Sam Paley — actor, Correspondents
Patrick Daly — consulting director
Daniel De Franco — stage manager
Skyler Norbury — poster artist

The Chance Plays is an ever-evolving evening of theater that works improvisation into the structure of written plays. It currently consists of two plays — Candyland and Correspondents — both of which change every night!

Candyland, featuring Michael Manzi, is about two friends stuck in an abandoned cabin waiting for a third friend who never arrives. To kill their boredom they play a game of Candy Land — without a board — with just a six sided die! It features an A plot written by the playwright and a B plot that the audience helps to write.

Correspondents, featuring Sam Paley, is about a woman at the end of the nineteenth century who's trying to choose between an exciting suitor, a boring suitor, and death. She receives letters from these various suitors — which are written by the playwright, on a typewriter, in front of the audience, with audience suggestions, in real time.

Both plays feature the writer Christian Flynn as a performer, who can't stop eviscerating himself through his creations.

Content warning: Brief violence, discussion of suicide.

*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to display proof of full covid vaccination before being admitted to the space, either by showing a vaccination record (vaccination card) at least two weeks out from the final dose of an approved vaccine, or by using New York's free Excelsior Pass service, available here. Patrons will also be required to wear masks while indoors at all times and for the time being, no food or beverage will be permitted to be consumed at the theater.