{"id":166,"date":"2026-02-06T17:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/act-vi\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:36:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:36:33","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/act-vi\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"166\" class=\"elementor elementor-166\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb54d6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cb54d6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edf0643 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edf0643\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6><span style=\"font-size: 15.68px;\">Why ACT VI?<\/span><\/h6><p><span style=\"font-size: 15.68px;\">Shakespeare\u2019s plays follow a five-act structure \u2014 exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15.68px; text-indent: 0em;\">ACT VI is what comes next.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15.68px;\">We are a six-person team exploring the future of live performance \u2014 pushing beyond traditional storytelling into new forms of audience interaction, technology, and experience design.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15.68px;\">ACT VI represents:<br \/><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-size: 15.68px;\">The next evolution of theatre<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 15.68px;\">Our six-member team<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-size: 15.68px;\">A step beyond the traditional narrative structure<\/span><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ded2c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ded2c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-416d773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"416d773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6>Project overview<\/h6>\n<p>ACT VI is a project exploring the intersection between AI and theater. We seek to consider the possible applications of AI in different roles and elements on theater, and discover through experimentation and iteration where AI belongs in theater, or if it even belongs at all.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, we are creating a live theatrical play with room for improv, featuring one human actor and one character controlled by AI (represented by an object). Our current challenge is trying to train AI to become an improv actor through a carefully crafted narrative that requires AI to take on a curated personality and act as the character we designed for it. We are currently using OpenAI to receive voice input from the human actor and have the AI respond accordingly, following the rules of improv and theater.<\/p>\n<p>While this is our current exploration, we are also constantly evaluating how our current direction aligns with our original goals for the project. 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