Make a Scene

05/27/2026

Can I DRIVE to the festival?
In the Midwest distance is measured in time. Minneapolis is 6hr from Chicago, 5hr from Milwaukee, 4hr from Madison, 3hr from Duluth or Des Moines, 90 min from Rochester, 1hr from St Cloud.

05/26/2026

MN locals, here's a playtest of a forthcoming scenario for our festival.

You are a group of musicians and producers trying to make art under an authoritarian regime’s censorship. Listen to and curate protest music, and talk about the impact music can have when performed. Shape your character’s story as you navigate the consequences of state censorship, grapple with the specter of self-censorship, and try to stay true to your artistic vision and your ideals–or perhaps change them, in the face of your experiences. Can you collectively organize a resistance strong enough to speak out against the Regime?

🗓️ Saturday June 13, noon to 5 pm
📍 Roosevelt Library, Minneapolis
😷 N95 respirator required

05/26/2026

MN locals, here's a playtest of a forthcoming scenario for our festival.

In Ready, Set, Switch! groups of players take turns playing the same character while multiple scenes play out in parallel, to explore some of the feelings and experiences, both negative and positive, that arise from discovering you exist in a plural system. How are you supposed to meet your goals, make friends, build relationships, when you’re missing out on 2/3rds of your own life?

🗓️ Saturday June 27, noon to 5 pm
📍 Merriam Park Library, Saint Paul
😷 N95 respirator required

05/23/2026

“My partner is immunocompromised and I want to participate in life and events as much as we can without endangering them. I’ve met a lot of people through masked events that I never would have connected with if I hadn’t made that choice. And because it’s ultimately something people do to protect the vulnerable people in their community, I find the people who do this are considerate and thoughtful around other needs as well.”—Behind the is Alex who posed for a documentary project Julie Lam 📸+ ✍🏼 initiated for at a Make a Scene event.

05/21/2026

Scenario Selection 2026

For those who’ve already registered for Make a Scene 2026, look for an email from us with the link to rank your favorites. There’s no advantage to filling out the survey earlier, as long as you do so before we close ticket sales August 2nd. If you haven’t gotten your tickets to Make a Scene yet, there’s still time to join us on August 14-16!

05/13/2026

Can I TRAINS to the festival?
Tickets from Chicago to Minneapolis via Amtrak are $100-150 round trip, plus an hour of bus travel to get to our venue from the train station. Based on train schedules you’d probably want to arrive Thursday night and depart Sunday afternoon.

05/11/2026

Laura Wood (they/them), whose scenario A Room Full of Voices will be premiering at Make a Scene 2026, is a British larper and larp designer. They are an organizer at Larps on Location. They have also designed several larps which have run in several countries throughout Europe including Inside, The Vision and Slimming Smartly. They love larp for its ability to explore relationships, ethics, and identity: and are currently interested in safety and risk, consent, and community building.

05/10/2026

A Room Full of Voices by Laura Wood is about a community choir ending and how characters mourn and grow from that loss. It's also about moving from isolation to interdependence and is designed to end on a note of realistic hope. It involves singing (no musical ability required).

To learn more about this and other larp scenarios premiering at Make a Scene 2026, check out: https://makeascenemn.org/en/premier-scenarios/

05/09/2026

Tony McGinn, whose larp scenario My Immortal: A Fanfic Adventure is premiering at Make a Scene 2026, is a 37-year-old biologist-turned-writer, living and working in sunny CA. He is happily married with two dogs, one son, and an Iron Man tattoo. He's a sommelier, cosplay nerd, book clubber, and hamster enthusiast who firmly believes that pineapple belongs on pizza.

05/08/2026

My Immortal: A Fanfic Adventure by Tony McGinn

It's the early 2000s, and at Woodrow High, several outcasts have found comfort writing angsty vampire fanfics with self-insert OCs. All of them were recently contacted by a mysterious figure who claims to have the ability to bring their work to life! But they only have one night to make it happen.

To learn more about this and other larp scenarios premiering at Make a Scene 2026, check out: https://makeascenemn.org/en/premier-scenarios/

05/06/2026