Jessica Creane & Yannick Trapman-O’Brien

Jessica Creane (Fair Trade) is a game and immersive experience designer who believes that the things we take most seriously in the life are the things we ought to be most playful about. She is the founder of IKantKoan Play/s, Professor of Game Design at Drexel University, and a 2022 Arctic Circle Artist-in-Residence. Her work has been presented at Caveat NYC, ArsNova, HERE Arts, Fastaval, SXSW, and Tanween Creativity Festival. She has spoken at TEDx, The World Economic Forum, and NPR, BeyondOpera, and been featured by NYTimes and NoProscenium. Her work ranges from single-player games to epic events.

Yannick Trapman-O’Brien (Fair Trade) is a performer, theater-maker, and creative hand for hire. His practice centers on exploring the exchanges and spaces we are willing to make with strangers, and seeking unorthodox applications for performance. Past credits include The Walnut Street Theater, Theater Mitu, Witness Relocation, Interactive Playlab, The American Czech Theater, New Light Theater, and performances at the Franklin Institute, Morris Jumel and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums. He is an alumnus of NYU Abu Dhabi (Theater, BA) and an ongoing collaborator with Monument Lab. He is also the creator of The Telelibrary, a critically acclaimed telephone performance for audiences of one.