The Nitrate Town Talent Show

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

The Atacama Desert, 1931. Oficina Santa Rufina, a nitrate town in the driest place on earth, will close at the end of August, and its people will be put on the train south. Señora Inés Barra means to give it one last night in the theatre first: a talent show. She needs a stage manager, and she has picked you.

family comedyNewShort read

~43–44 pages · 5 chapters · 3 endings · 192 paths

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