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Category: Creativity

Join me at Emerald City Comicon 2017

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Cheryl

When I’m not designing, I’m usually performing – and as it turns out, most of my performing endeavours are pretty nerdy. As a result, I’m excited to appear in three panels – my biggest Emerald City Comicon yet! Each panel is on

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Acting, Seattle, Speaking

Launching “Giving Voice to Your Voice Designs”

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Cheryl
Cheryl Platz in a purple dress gesturing to a state in a voice design flow diagram projected in front of a workshop class.

I had the extreme pleasure of debuting my interactive workshop on voice user interface design, “Giving Voice to Your Voice Designs,” at Interaction ’17 in New York this February. Following the successful launch of this workshop, I am now accepting inquiries about

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Women in Technology

Improv Life: “A(n Improvised) Christmas Carol” 2016

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Cheryl

This holiday season marks my fourth year of performing the role of Belle/Mrs. Cratchitt in “A(n Improvised) Christmas Carol” at Unexpected Productions. (We typically double-cast, so I have been sharing the role with Sarah Scheller since joining the cast.) With opening night

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Acting, Seattle improv, performances, pop culture

Shadowrun #CorpSINs: Episode 34 Recap, “Calls of the Wild”

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Cheryl

Shadowrun #CorpSINs Episode 34: Wolves, wilderness and a very famous, very dangerous visitor await MMFEC in the Shasta Mountains. Shadowrun: Corporate SINs is a fully improvised role playing game that aired LIVE every Wednesday from 6PM to 9PM Pacific time on premium

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HyperRPG corpsins, shadowrun, twitch

Improv for Roleplayers: Starting Your Journey

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Cheryl

For the last 8 months (and counting), I’ve had the honor of improvising within the constructs of a roleplaying game live on Twitch every week on “Shadowrun: Corporate SINs” at Hyper RPG. Many of our fans see what we’re doing on the

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Acting, Games improv

Shadowrun #CorpSINs: Episode 33, “A Tale of Two Sisters”

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Cheryl

MMFEC’s relationships are as frayed as Cromwell’s optic nerves, but Miss J’s need of a BIG favor brings the team together again on a road trip southwards into political and physical peril. Shadowrun: Corporate SINs was a fully improvised role playing game

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HyperRPG corpsins, shadowrun, twitch

Shadowrun #CorpSINs: Episode 32, “Quarantined Well”

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Cheryl

MMFEC tries to take a stand to save a life, but time runs too short to do things by the book. Will Cromwell survive this turn of his moral compass? Watch all episodes of “Shadowrun: Corporate SINs” on our YouTube playlist; Ep

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Acting, HyperRPG, Speaking corpsins, improv, performances, shadowrun, twitch

Shadowrun #CorpSINs: Episode 31, “Runner’s Choice”

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Cheryl

MMFEC faces their greatest moral challenge yet: do the needs of millions suffering from VITAS outweigh the needs of one elderly woman taken against her will as a human sacrifice? Watch all episodes of “Shadowrun: Corporate SINs” on our YouTube playlist; Ep

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Acting, HyperRPG, Seattle corpsins, improv, performances, shadowrun, twitch

Shadowrun #CorpSINs: Episode 30, “Ritual Delivery”

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Cheryl

Ma1nfram3 attempts to rob a bank of data in broad daylight as MMFEC finishes their political mission. The team gets surprisingly busy during a month off (TWO of them have dates?), and gangs up to surprise Ma1nfram3 with a birthday party. And

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Acting, HyperRPG, Seattle corpsins, improv, performances, shadowrun, twitch

Shadowrun #CorpSINs: Episode 29, “Five Shadowrunners and a Cyberleg”

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Cheryl

Elsie and Fang try to get a prison inmate new cyberlegs in exchange for critical information. Ma1nfram3, Cromwell and Mordecai prepare for a bank heist, but not without a few bumps along the way. Watch all episodes of “Shadowrun: Corporate SINs” on

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Acting, HyperRPG, Seattle corpsins, performances, shadowrun, twitch
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