Join us for an immersive and interactive experience that will challenge your strategic thinking, enhance your social skills, and unleash your creativity.

Dungeons + Dragons

  • Unleash your creativity with Dungeons and Dragons, a storytelling adventure where you create worlds and characters on the fly. As Jon Michaud puts it in his New Yorker article, "Dungeons and Dragons Saved my Life," this role-playing experience is like training for aspiring writers. It's a mental workout that's as stimulating as reading or weaving tales. Let your imagination run wild!

  • Dive headfirst into the world of Dungeons and Dragons, where players are introduced to a whole new vocabulary filled with mystical and intriguing words like “thaumaturge,” “homunculus,” and “basilisk.” With the intricate player's manual as your guide, you'll find yourself decoding text in a way that sparks your imagination and challenges your understanding.

  • Unlock your social potential! By playing this game, you'll hone your communication skills, problem-solving abilities, teamwork, and persuasion tactics, all while having a blast with your friends. It's like real-life socializing in a fantasy world!

  • Sharpen your math skills with this game! Prepare for a challenge as you tackle word problems, make multi-step calculations using dice, and work through operations that can take up to four or five steps.

Game Master Tom’s Schedule:

Thursdays | 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | high school

$75 per session

Min 3 students, max 5 students

Game Master Ryan’s Schedule:

Tuesdays | 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm | middle school

$62 per session

Min 3 students, max 5 students

Develop problem-solving skills by navigating complex puzzles and challenges within the game and explore imaginative worlds filled with magic, monsters, and mysteries.

Meet our Dungeon Masters

Tom Athey

Tom has spent his life chasing the dream of earning the title of “Renaissance Man.” It is just as likely to find him playing 3rd base for Team Cirque at the local softball diamond as it is to see him roleplaying Bomar Shadowaxe, the most interesting Dwarf in the World. In his 3 decades on this planet he has earned such accolades as band geek, historian, Eagle Scout, computer nerd, graphic designer, video gamer, mountain bike instructor, dungeon master, planeswalker, master bootfitter, and web administrator. He is a firm believer that traditional education, while important, is only one piece of the puzzle to gaining the skills for a successful life both professionally and personally. What he learned through his extracurricular activities and penchant towards complicated nerdy games has been just as valuable in his adulthood as his college degree. He loves sharing these passions with others and helping them gain confidence embracing the community, and creativity that can be established when you stop worrying about being cool and simply realize that fun, is cool.

Austin Ryan

Austin has been showcasing his talents as an actor and singer at the Jackson Hole Playhouse since 2017, stepping into the role of General Manager in 2021. With roots in New Jersey, Austin is a celebrated performer with a background in theatre arts, voice, and acting from Marymount Manhattan College in NYC.

His experience extends to teaching acting to high school and middle school students in New Jersey, including at his own former school, and contributing to the children's camp at the Jackson Hole Playhouse. Austin is passionate about leveraging his theatrical skills to develop nuanced characters and engaging narratives. He is dedicated to creating an atmosphere that nurtures creativity and expression, emphasizing the importance of teamwork, attentive listening, responsive interaction, and mutual respect.