The stage RPG: a theatrical language proposal based on tabletop RPG, theater and animated forms

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/2595034702272022192

Keywords:

RPG, theater, playing, puppet theater, masks

Abstract

This article seeks to support the proposal of the stage RPG: a type of RPG and staging played on the theatrical stage in a spectacular way, based on tabletop RPG, conventional theater and puppet theater. The motivation for this research is based on doubts that settled in me during graduation and continue to be processed during postgraduate studies. Its theoretical basis starts from the study of the game as proposed by Huizinga, the act of playing being the origin of all archetypal activities of human culture, including games (and, in turn, RPGs) and theater. The stage RPG seeks to use animated forms as devices for connecting the two universes (real and ludic) to demonstrate the player-character and the fantastic-character on the scene, with the use of masks by the player-actors and with puppets, objects and shadows by the stage master.

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Author Biographies

Ricardo Vinícius de Carvalho Delgado, Federal University of Maranhão

Master's student in Performing Arts and Degree in Theater at the Federal University of Maranhão. Actor, director, dancer, RPG master and theater teacher. Research member of the Casemiro Coco Research Group and the CENACORPO Group. Collaborating member of the Improviso Theater Group and Companhia Oficina de Teatro (COTEATRO).

Tácito Freire Borralho, Federal University of Maranhão

PhD in Performing Arts from the University of São Paulo. Teacher, director, playwright and master puppeteer. Founding member of LABORARTE, Companhia Oficina de Teatro (COTEATRO) and the Center for Studies in Animated Forms Casemiro Coco. Professor at the Federal University of Maranhão by the Department of Performing Arts.

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Published

2023-03-03

How to Cite

DELGADO, Ricardo Vinícius de Carvalho; BORRALHO, Tácito Freire. The stage RPG: a theatrical language proposal based on tabletop RPG, theater and animated forms. Móin-Móin Magazine - Studies in the Art of Puppetry, Florianópolis, v. 2, n. 27, p. 192–210, 2023. DOI: 10.5965/2595034702272022192. Disponível em: https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/moin/article/view/23104. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.