Immersive Theater Thrives on Closeness. Where Does It Go From Here?

It’s 9:30 pm on a Thursday night in November; my eyes close as I hear the familiar, haunting notes of the closing music for Then She Fell. Music I’ve heard thousands of times before. Eerie, swelling strings that have signaled the beginning of a dinner break with fellow castmates, or the end of a long […]

Weird Is Good: Inside an Immersive Theater Audition with Third Rail Projects

“Auditions are weird anyway,” says Zach Morris, co-artistic director of Third Rail Projects. “So let’s double down on the weirdness.” It’s mid-October, and Then She Fell, the company’s wildly successful immersive theater production riffing on Victorian hospital wards and Lewis Carroll’s Alice books, is looking for one male performer to fill a very specific role. […]