The trade off is we are asking those who can to give. There is a GoFundMe up right now raising funds directly for NYC immersive workers who are out of work. This is an important tool to show performers and staff how much you appreciate the talents and gifts they have shared with you over the years. So many people are financially hurting right now and we all have the power to help. ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE GOFUNDME GO DIRECTLY TO AFFECTED WORKERS!!!

Please visit today and give! Visit our website to find out more! Follow us on Instagram to keep up to date of show info and see all the surprises ahead first! Spread the word and we look forward to seeing you all on October 30th!

“Friends of the Lost Halloween,

Big announcement!

We are moving our goal to $30,000 today, with about a week left until The Lost Halloween showcase on October 30th. We’re absolutely astounded by the generosity of the immersive community. With NYC theater on hiatus until at least June 2021, it couldn’t come at a better time.

Every day, we receive new requests for emergency funding. A good number of requests are from immersive performers, but we’ve received just as many from stage managers, stewards, costume and wardrobe, house managers, music directors, and bartenders. An entire industry has been put out of work.

Many of these folks don’t have access to other emergency artist funding and/or are not eligible for SAG-AFTRA or the Actor’s Equity Association. We’ve heard stories about housing insecurity, inability to access necessary health care, months-long unsuccessful attempts to receive unemployment benefits, and getting unemployment checks that aren’t enough to cover rent let alone other basic needs.

What we are doing together to support immersive professionals is such a small act of solidarity in the long run. Yet it’s deeply impactful--moving strings-free cash funds directly to the bank accounts of folks who need it and who have worked to create art that’s meant so much to us. We can’t stop now when there’s so much more we can do!

Please, let’s mobilize together and dig deep. I firmly believe we can reach $30k by October 30th if we do it together. I am so honored to be in community with each of you and so very, very proud of what we’ve already accomplished together.

Please continue to spread the word, follow our auctions and updates on Instagram, and give if you can. I have complete faith that we’ll meet this new goal together and show the beautiful humans behind immersive works that we care and we’re here for them.

All my best, KaeLyn on behalf of the Lost Halloween committee”

It’s time for immersive fans to give back.

Immersive theater lays bare our need and longing for authentic human connection. NYC’s eclectic galaxy of immersive theater productions has entertained and moved millions of audience members. From intimate experiences built for one person to six-story buildings built for 400 guests, in candle-lit closets, reimagined historic buildings, and surreal fantasy landscapes sealed into old warehouses, immersive shows help us connect to our deeper truths. Today, however, the people who lovingly made these experiences a reality for us are struggling.

For the sake of image loading...these posts are going to split into parts. Here are the performers in the Lost Halloween, Part 3!

Halloween is almost upon us and if you are anything like we are, you are wallowing in sadness about a party that will not be. With all NYC theater closed for the foreseeable future it’s clear the McKittrick’s Halloween party is not happening. That said, all is not lost! 

Join us for the Lost Halloween show this year. Tickets will be available soon at no cost. What’s the catch? While there is cost for the tickets, we are asking people to contribute to this fundraiser instead. We realize some people may truly not be able to afford a show ticket right now and that’s OK. Many of us in the fan community are employed and able right now so we ask that those folks contribute generously. Take the money you would have spent on travel, show tickets, and party tickets and make a gift to the fundraising page. Theater is closed and will likely be one of the last sectors to open back up. Please support the people who have brought the worlds we all love to life in a time many of them are struggling to pay rent and buy groceries.

ALL funds raised will be given directly to NYC immersive performers and staff. 

IT IS TIME. 

Tell us what immersive theatre means to you!