Working Theater: Immersive Experience

Working Theater Dept: The off-Broadway company Working Theater is presenting an immersive experience that's as timely as it is powerful: Its play about immigrants sneaking across the border is being staged inside a 48-foot-long cargo container, according to Calgary Herald. "At the end of the show, you are feeling slightly stifled that is intentional," says Mark Plesent, Working Theater's producing artistic director. "It's part of the experience to really make people understand the trial and tribulations of people crossing the border." NEW YORK, N.Y. - The air inside the theatre gets heavy. It gets hot, too, and the seats are not comfortable at all. By the time the show is over, you walk out thankful for a breeze and solid ground. That's the point. Audiences at "La Ruta" only 30 can fit per show sit in the parked trailer on cardboard boxes as actors tell the story of a harrowing crossing for three people hidden in the freight trailer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.