it ant . ▁During ▁a ▁two - month ▁trial ▁period , ▁Butler ▁challeng ed ▁Bos ▁and ▁Th ure en ' s ▁established ▁group ▁dynamic ▁by ▁requiring ▁them ▁to ▁art ic ulate ▁to ▁him ▁their ▁ideas ▁which ▁the ▁pair ▁ultimately ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁useful ▁to ▁their ▁process . ▁The ▁company ▁proper ▁came ▁into ▁being ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁and ▁is ▁based ▁in ▁Brook lyn , ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁They ' ve ▁worked ▁with ▁design ers ▁such ▁as ▁set ▁designer ▁Laura ▁J ell inek , ▁cost ume ▁designer ▁Sydney ▁Mar es ca , ▁light ing ▁designer ▁Mike ▁R ig gs , ▁and ▁sound ▁design ers ▁Ben ▁Tru pp in - B rown ▁and ▁M . L . ▁Dog g . ▁ ▁Process ▁and ▁style ▁The ▁Deb ate ▁Society ▁is ▁a ▁de vised ▁the ater ▁company . ▁Their ▁name ▁came ▁as ▁a ▁product ▁of ▁their ▁process ▁which ▁is ▁research ▁int ensive ; ▁Bos ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁" a ▁n erd y ▁way ▁of ▁working ". ▁Bos , ▁Butler , ▁and ▁Th ure en ▁begin ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁play - cre ation ▁by ▁f les hing ▁out ▁a ▁world ▁in ▁which ▁each ▁story ▁takes ▁place . ▁They ▁then ▁find ▁some ▁element ▁of ▁that ▁world ▁that ▁exc ites ▁them ▁and ▁attempt ▁to ▁the atr ical ize ▁that ▁element . ▁Their ▁the at erm aking ▁process ▁includes ▁acting ▁exer cis es , ▁list making , ▁and ▁int ensive ▁research . ▁ ▁Ex perimental ▁the ater ▁director ▁John ▁Collins ▁described ▁the ▁a est h etic ▁of ▁the