ONE NIGHT · TWO PLAYS
MANvMACHINE
A comedy battle between art and artificial intelligence. You bring the prompts — and a prop — and we deliver two completely different shows. Then the room decides who won.
THE DEAL
Same prompts.
Two very different plays.
You provide the prompts — plus one safe, replaceable prop. From that exact same starting point, we stage two shows back to back.
Pure improv.
A traditionally-improvised, long-form show built on nothing but our wits, your prop, and your suggestions. No script. No net.
Generated by A.I.
A full play written by artificial intelligence from those same prompts — performed live, one night only, just for this room.
At the end of the night, the audience votes on which show actually won.
HOW THE NIGHT WORKS
Four steps to a verdict.
You set the terms
Shout out prompts and hand over a prop — something safe and replaceable.
Man performs
Long-form improv, fully live and unscripted, built from your suggestions.
Machine performs
The A.I.'s play, staged one night only from the very same prompts.
You vote
The room decides the winner. Bragging rights are on the line.
THE VENUE
Dog Story Theater
An intimate black-box theater in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids — exactly the right room for a fight between humans and machines.
340 STATE ST SE · GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503