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Doctor Shakesbloom's Conservatory & Finishing School for Wayward Robots

Two robots have been collected from a batch of space trash knocked out of Earth's orbit by a geomagnetic storm. Liberated from both the planet's gravitational pull and their service jobs, these robots are now free to pursue their true dream: Shakespearean performance.

Modules (2 players)

Help these tempest-toss'd robots learn to tread the digital boards by playing theatre minigames.

Please decide who will play each of the following characters. You will choose your avatars next.

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Play the Knave is ready! Click "Start" to begin.

Play the Knave

A motion-capture Shakespeare game by the UC Davis ModLab. For help or more information, please go to playtheknave.org.

Credits

Project Directors

  • Gina Bloom
  • Colin Milburn
  • Evan Buswell
  • Nick Toothman
  • Michael Neff

Animation

  • Nick Toothman (lead)
  • Evanay McNeal
  • Michael Neff
  • Dylan Woods

Original Music

  • Ziad Asadi
  • Evan Buswell
  • Kam Meredith

Avatar Design

  • Gina Bloom
  • Yasmine Hachimi
  • Byron Jennings (3D Modeling)
  • Sawyer Kemp
  • Alison Tam
  • Nick Toothman
  • Emily West

Videography

  • Daniel Schooling (lead)
  • Dylan Woods

Sound Engineering and Design

  • Evan Buswell
  • Flagg Miller (Voiceover)
  • Linda Li
  • Mira Pranav
  • Allie Sousa

UX/UI Design

  • Gina Bloom
  • Evan Buswell
  • Colin Milburn
  • Yonna Zhong

Programming

  • Evan Buswell (lead)
  • Nick Toothman (lead)
  • Carl Glahn
  • Alexander Jungroth
  • Alexander "Jet" Lewis

Theater Modeling

  • Shawn DeSouza-Coelho (Queens' College Cambridge Temporary Stage)
  • Lazaros Kastanis, Ortelia (Rose Theater)
  • Angus Vail (The Container Globe)
  • The Stratford Festival (The Stratford Festival Stage)

Theater Games

  • Sawyer Kemp (lead)
  • Rachel Cowen
  • Jessica Egizii
  • Elisabeth McGowan
  • Fernando Monjaraz

Karaoke Scripts

  • Gienel Agcaoili
  • Caitlin Anderson
  • Alida Aracai (head intern)
  • Michael Arias
  • Raeanne Baird
  • Alison Blecman
  • Gina Bloom
  • Ofir Cahalan (head intern)
  • Cheryl Choo
  • Leah Daugerty
  • Tobi Foley
  • Rebecca Fong
  • Robert Fox
  • Michaela Frydman
  • Bradley Geiser
  • Yasmine Hachimi
  • Erin Hamilton
  • Sawyer Kemp
  • Michelle Lang
  • Linda Li
  • Holley Maassen
  • Nicole Mackes
  • Elisabeth Mcgowan
  • Gabriel Mulcaire
  • Prakruti Nadendla
  • Alicia Nguyen
  • Amanda Ong
  • Matthew Oshkimo
  • Mira Pranav
  • Karla Quezada
  • Annaliese Sanders
  • Rosa Lee Schwarz
  • Amanda Shores
  • Holly Simpson
  • Christopher Summers
  • Wesley Sweger (head intern)
  • Alison Tam
  • Danielle Taylor
  • Alexis Pena Tomasetti
  • Nick Toothman
  • Marissa Trujillo (head intern)
  • Melissa Valk
  • Drew Watson
  • Isabelle Williams
  • Karen Xu (head intern)
  • Gregory Yerumyan
  • Rebekah Zachariou

Research and Teaching Outreach

  • Yoon Ah Ko
  • Gina Bloom (lead)
  • Sarah Asnaashari
  • Jordan Azevedo
  • Claire Burke
  • Kirsten Burrell
  • Ofir Cahalan
  • Hannah Cadigan-Carranza
  • Raul Castellanos
  • Cheryl Choo
  • Rachel Cowen (head intern)
  • Jessica Egizii
  • Kristen Hartley
  • Natalie Hill
  • Mona Karimi
  • Sawyer Kemp
  • Jared Kohn
  • Abigail McCormick
  • Fernando Monjaraz
  • Mackenzie Nordahl
  • Meghan Palu
  • Mary Qin
  • Isabel Realvasquez
  • Daisy Robles
  • Samantha Ruffin
  • Mariela Sanchez
  • Amanda Shores (head intern)
  • Stephanie Siegle
  • Emily Stack
  • Kelin Tham-Graul

Publicity

  • Alida Araica
  • Gina Bloom
  • Allison Blecman
  • Cheryl Choo
  • Tobi Foley
  • Yasmine Hachimi
  • Sawyer Kemp
  • Amanda Ong
  • David Nessl (storyboards)
  • Daniel Schrimshire (graphic design)
  • Allie Sousa
  • Elle Luo
  • Holly Simpson
  • Marissa Trujillo
  • Gienel Agcaoili
  • Sarah Asnaashari
  • Alison Tam

Website

  • Gina Bloom
  • Samantha Moody
  • Colin Milburn
  • Marissa Trujillo
  • Jennifer Tononga-Valle
  • Sungmin Yi
  • Corina Zimmerman

Sponsors

  • Games Institute, University of Waterloo, Canada
  • Interdisciplinary Frontiers in the Humanities and Arts, University of California, Davis
  • Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • University of California Humanities Research Institute
  • Margaret Bowles

Special Thanks To

  • Jordan Carroll
  • Jason Clarke
  • Joseph Dumit
  • Folger Digital Texts
  • Anita Gaffney
  • Oliver Kreylos
  • Evan Lauteria
  • Katie Leveling
  • Josef Nguyen
  • Amanda Phillips
  • Neil Randall
  • Christine Samson
  • Jennifer Roberts-Smith
  • Emma Waldron
  • Calvin Wood
  • John Zibell