The First Encounter is an approach to the text with either an activity or experience that primes the cast/crew for the show they are about to begin. Our First Encounter was an escape room board game called “Escape Room in a Box: Flashback” and featured a three-tiered approach to the game. Centered around a werewolf attack, the goal of the game was to create a magic amulet that would save everyone from said attack. The cast and crew were broken into three groups, blue, red, and purple, and were collectively given thirty minutes to solve their puzzles. Each puzzle had a combination lock that housed one part of the amulet. There was also a final puzzle that could only be solved if all three of the colored paths were solved first. Over the course of the thirty minutes, each group used teamwork and problem solving to attempt to solve their puzzle combination lock. Unfortunately for our group, only the red team solved their puzzle, thus “losing” the game and failing to prevent the werewolf attack. The objective of the night was to allow the cast and crew to place themselves in Detective Cioffi’s shoes, allowing themselves to feel like a real private investigator. Our First Encounter was an absolute success and was a positive first look at the world of Curtains for our cast and crew involved.