Win the Opportunity to Save the World with Rick Bayless and Peter Sagal in THE LAST DEFENDER

WHAT: The House Theater of Chicago is auctioning off the opportunity to play The Last Defender with Rick Bayless Friday, Feb. 19 or Peter Sagal Friday, March 4

WHERE: The Chopin Theater Downstairs, 1543 W. Division St.

WHEN: The Rick Bayless ticket auction is Feb. 8—14

The Peter Sagal ticket auction is Feb. 15—21

The winners will play with Rick Bayless on Friday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. and Peter Sagal on Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m.

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MORE: There are seven pairs of tickets up for auction to each performance, which will go to the highest bidders. Bids and rankings will be updated each day. A leaderboard will be sent out with the top spots, as well as a link to rebid for those that have been knocked out of the running. Bidding closes at 5pm on the final auction day (Feb 14 and Feb 21). These lucky winners will get to play this live action game alongside the Marquee Player. With only 16 participants at each game time, each winner is sure to get an unforgettable experience solving puzzles with the Chef Rick Bayless or NPR Host Peter Sagal.

ABOUT THE LAST DEFENDER

Artistic Director Nathan Allen and Company Member and D.C. Comics artist Chris Burnham, have teamed up with some of Chicago’s best loved puzzle and game designers in this world premiere. Together, they created a wholly new experiment in immersive story and stagecraft call The Last Defender. It’s part performance, part puzzle hunt, and part live action game.

Set during the Cold War, The Last Defender draws on the era’s sense of paranoia, and fear of nuclear attack to give audiences a one-of-a-kind storytelling experience. Audience members become the heroes of the story in The Defenders’ underground headquarters. The United States and The Soviet Union are still mired in the Cold War. Artificial intelligence has been deployed alongside 8 bit arcade-style computer technologies to control our nuclear weapons.

The game will present teams of players with a classic “trolley problem” resulting in three possible endings based on their choices and actions: Nuclear War, which is easy to achieve. Nuclear Peace, which is very difficult, and a costly compromise scenario for teams who fail to reach Nuclear Peace but wish to avoid Nuclear War. Players will navigate their own paranoia, as well as the stresses of Mutually Assured Destruction to do the job of The Defenders. Everyone will work as a team to gather information, solve puzzles, and make increasingly difficult decisions in real time. All to complete The Defenders’ mission and save the world.

CONTACT: Jill Evans La Penna • SHOUT Marketing & Media Relations

312.533.9119 • jill@shoutchicago.com