LIVE EXPERIENCE PRODUCTION COMPANY · INDEPENDENT SINCE 2015
Live Stories
Remarkable Places
Real Connection
We create immersive gaming and live-action experiences in extraordinary places.
The Game Theatre develops and produces original and licensed live experiences combining storytelling, gaming, hospitality, and extraordinary places.
We also work with studios and production partners to translate worlds into participatory live experiences.
OUR PROPERTIES
Worlds you can enter
Owned and licensed experiences in active production. Each has its own player community.
OWNED
Tabletop RPG in a Castle
Our flagship. Multi-day tabletop adventures in extraordinary historic settings, with lodging, meals and community included.
LICENSED · PAIZO
Pathfinder in a Palace
Officially licensed Pathfinder weekends, produced under agreement with Paizo and run to Pathfinder Society standards.
LICENSED · CHAOSIUM
Cthulhu in a Castle
Officially licensed Call of Cthulhu weekends, produced under agreement with Chaosium. Historic rooms meld with mystery.
ORIGINAL IP · BETWEEN PRODUCTIONS
Dragon Thrones
Our original live-action fantasy property: a feast, a court, rival houses and a kingdom decided in a single evening.
Experiences people travel for
A decade of live production · 2,000+ guests given unique roles · Licensed partnerships · Events typically sell months ahead.
Licensors, Conventions & Venue Partners
WHY WE EXIST
We make the things a screen cannot replace
We create experiences that require people to be there—together, in a remarkable place, sharing a story they could not have had alone.
Every production is built around a complete story, talented storytellers, and guests who are given something meaningful to do.
Story
Original and licensed worlds designed for participation and a real ending.
People
Professional Game Masters and performers selected for the room, the players, and the story.
FOR STUDIOS, IP OWNERS & PRODUCTION PARTNERS
Bring the audience inside the story
We work with studios, publishers, IP owners, and production companies to translate established worlds into participatory live experiences.
That can mean licensed gaming events, interactive walkthroughs, character-driven experiences, gamified environments, or live-action productions—built around what the guest becomes, does, chooses, and remembers..
FOR VENUES & INSTITUTIONS
Remarkable experiences deserve remarkable places
Historic and distinctive properties deserve programming that uses the building rather than merely occupying it. Our productions bring their own audience, work well outside peak periods, and are designed around the operational and preservation needs of the venue.
Dates you want filled
Our productions work especially well outside peak periods.
A decade of care
We know how to operate in buildings where conduct, conservation, and reputation matter.
And everything else, handled
The guest experiences a weekend. The company absorbs everything that makes one possible.
Place
Distinctive buildings used as part of the experience, not decoration.
Hospitality
Lodging, meals, and guest service designed around the production.
Production
Scheduling, crew, atmosphere, and logistics handled behind the scenes.
WHAT IS ACHIEVED IS EVERLASTING
Real connection is designed, not accidental.
We think carefully about who shares a room, who leads it, and how people are invited into the story. The result is not just a better game—it is the kind of shared experience that creates friendships, return guests, and communities.
Give people a reason to be there.
Venues, publishers, partners and press: let's create something worth showing up for. For tickets, visit the property sites above.
About Us
The Game Theatre began in New York City in 2015 as an Off-Off-Broadway social entertainment company built around interactive storytelling, games, live performance, and audience participation.
Over the decade since, we have developed corporate experiences, original live-action properties, interactive productions, officially licensed events, and destination gaming vacations.
That history gives us an unusual perspective: we understand both sides of immersive entertainment—the story being created and the guest who has to play inside it.
Today, we develop our own productions while also working selectively with studios, IP owners, venues, and production partners to create distinctive live experiences.
Our motto is simple: Do what's best for the story.
We work with IP owners, venues, hospitality partners, and brands to create and produce distinctive live experiences.
Business & Partnership Inquiries → Info@TheGameTheatre.com