Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern National Tour
Madelyn Murphy, David Carpenter, Diego F. Salinas, Michael Fell, and Conner Marx spoke with me about the show after their panel at FAN EXPO Chicago 2025.
Those interviews are below.
Madelyn Murphy is an actor, reprising her role from the Off-Broadway production.
To listen to the interview with Madelyn Murphy, click the play button below (or click here to open the audio player in a new tab/window).
David Carpenter is the show's creator and executive producer, as well as the founder of "Gamiotics", the software that drives the show's audience pariticpation.
To listen to the interview with David Carpenter, click the play button below (or click here to open the audio player in a new tab/window).
Diego F. Salinas is an actor, who previously appeared in the Off-Broadway production.
To listen to the interview with Diego F. Salinas, click the play button below (or click here to open the audio player in a new tab/window).
Michael Fell is the show's director and creative director.
To listen to the interview with Michael Fell, click the play button below (or click here to open the audio player in a new tab/window).
Conner Marx is an actor, best known for his work on NBC’s New Amsterdam
To listen to the interview with Conner Marx, click the play button below (or click here to open the audio player in a new tab/window).
Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern will be at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago, Ill. through September 28, 2025.
More information, including tickets, can be found on the Broadway in Chicago website.
Information about other stops on the tour can be found on the official website for Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern.
Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, their respective logos, and the dragon ampersand, are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. © 2025 Wizards of the Coast. All rights reserved. © 2025. “The Twenty-Sided Tavern” and its logos are trademarks of Curious Hedgehog II, LLC. Other trademarks are used with permission.
Mike Reflects
I was torn on how I wanted to handle this reflection.
On one hand, this was the first time I ever coordinated an interview with a panel-only guest (or, rather, panel-only guests) at FAN EXPO, and that’s a story unto itself.
On the other hand, I’d be doing this show a disservice if I didn’t take this opportunity to talk about how it is, without a doubt, the most fun I’ve ever had in a theatre—and that’s really saying something, because I tend to have great fun in theatres.
So, ultimately, I decided I’d try to interweave the two together.
I hadn’t yet seen the show when I conducted these interviews. All I’d known of the show was what I had seen/read online or what they’d talked about in the panel immediately preceding these interviews.
Funnily enough, the interviews were actually supposed to be before the panel, but, in doing interviews like this, one needs to be ready to pivot and adapt, as things can easily change on the fly.
I had intended to start with David, to get his take on how the show was conceived and what it went on to become, before moving on from there.
But, again, one needs to adapt and pivot. Maddie went first, because she was in that evening’s show and had to leave as quickly as possible to get back to the theatre.
And having gotten to see her perform, I was all the more impressed that she went from the panel to the interview to that in such a short span.
While I had an idea of what the show was, the sheer scale of what it means to perform in this show was something I had to see to fully understand.
I honestly wish I could better describe what this show is, but, instead, all I can do is give my strongest recommendation that you check it out to see it for yourself, because no combination of words (or even photos or videos) can do justice to what it is—or, more importantly, the sheer joy brought by watching it.