The Mailbox
Tiny Box Theater (NYC) and visual artist Ya Chin Chang (Hong Kong) in collaboration with David Lamoureux present The Mailbox, an experience that unfolds through original illustrations, audio, video (with closed captioning), text-based puzzles, and branching story interactives. Join the Worldwide Wildlife Investigative Firm (WWIF) with Lynx, Hound, Chameleon, and Raccoon to embark on your first case. When all of the mailboxes in the world disappear overnight, you are tasked with tracking the truth. When you go digging, swimming, and climbing, you may uncover more than one mystery at work...
For adults (& youth ages 13+)
Tiny Box Theater is proud to partner with Post Theatrical: A National Wave of Plays by Mail to present The Mailbox.
Your Role
Tiny Box Theater’s The Mailbox is an experience that unfolds over the course of a month and requires a physical mailbox (residential, business, or PO Box) and a virtual inbox (email) to receive materials and messages. Participants will also need internet access to view and engage with online content and send/upload responses to prompts.
Tickets are on sale February 1-22, 2021. After purchasing a ticket, participants will receive a short questionnaire by email that they must complete in order to begin the experience. On March 1st Tiny Box Theater will send materials via USPS to all ticket buyers. Participants need to open within 24 hours of receipt to embark on the adventure. Prompts will direct participants to complete tasks, upload responses, and visit websites to continue the story. Details on accessing the finale online finale watch party on April 9th will be provided as the date approaches. The Mailbox is open to participants around the world.
The Mailbox was developed, in part, with the support of The Orchard Project.
Participate
Sales have now ended for the March 2021 experience. If you purchased a ticket, please visit the online hub.
About the Artist
Ya Chin Chang (張雅琹) is a visual artist inspired by everyday objects and moments, her work can be intricate or simple, and is usually whimsical with some nostalgia. Whether it is an oil painting, graphite drawing, or mixed media sculpture, she anchors her work in the coupling of concept and craft.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, as a child Ya Chin could be found talking to herself while drawing on the back of scrap paper, narrating the stories of her drawings. School and “growing up” put sketching on the back burner until 2013 where she rediscovered art. Determined to walk this path, she attended a string of academies and workshops in Florence, Paris and London, before arriving at Grand Central Atelier in NYC where she is currently studying.
View Ya Chin’s work on instagram here and here.
About Post Theatrical
Post Theatrical is a festival of works that uses the post as a theatrical medium. Wildly varied in form, content, and duration, these 13 experiences have been intentionally built for increased audience access and inclusion beyond that which is possible in typical live theater. Post Theatrical aspires to connect human beings of disparate backgrounds despite (and in some ways, through) distance. Post Theatrical is conceived and coordinated by RealTime Interventions.
Visit the Post Theatrical website to sign up and support additional events.