Education
Current Workshop Offerings
Designing Immersive Gatherings
Zoom Workshops w/ Zach Morris
Third Rail Projects & Atlas Obscura
Fall Session A: Wednesdays 8 - 9:30 pm ET October 30, November 6, 13, & 20.
$215 for 4 Sessions
ON ZOOM
In this 4-part workshop, explore the ethos and attributes of immersive experiences and begin designing one of your own.
Immersive experiences have taken center stage over the past several years, whether as escape rooms, festivals, pop-ups, and performances. But what does it mean for an event to be truly immersive, and what does it take to create one?
In this four-part seminar, acclaimed immersive theater director and experience designer Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects will walk us through the elements of immersive gatherings and guide us through the process of designing our own. Drawing inspiration and practical points from past notable immersive events, we’ll delve into the details of creating such gatherings—focusing on environment, interaction, the experiential arc, and guest-centered design. Each week, Zach will offer optional exercises geared to help participants envision and develop their own concepts outside of class. This course is designed for everyone; whether you’d like to design a celebration or social event, create a memorable product launch or branded event, make a conference more engaging, or fold elements into a performance—this class will offer something meaningful for you and for those you're gathering.
For any questions about this workshop, please reach out to experiences@atlasobscura.com
Writing for Immersive Theater & Experiential Performance
Zoom Workshops w/ Zach Morris
Mondays 2 - 5 pm ET November 25, December 2, 9, 16
$300 for 4 Sessions
ON ZOOM
Creating scripts and scenes for immersive/experiential performance is, in some ways, a fundamentally different endeavor than writing for more traditional stage or screen projects. Explore the questions and considerations that arise when creating coherent, compelling scripted material without a fourth wall.
In this four-part workshop, participants will look at techniques that come into play when script-writing for immersive theater, trying out ways to convey narrative, thematic, and dramatic action while simultaneously creating invitations for audience participation. In a welcoming, warm, and relaxed Zoom atmosphere, Zach will offer insights and perspectives on the week’s topic. Over the four weeks, we’ll investigate practical tools and techniques for the creation of monologue/story-telling scenes and scenarios where a performer is in dialogue with audience members. We will also discuss considerations around crafting individual scenes within the context of longer-form performance experiences and how to create cohesion in works that feature non-sequential or multi-linear action. Each workshop will include in-class and out-of-class writing exercises, and participants will have the option to share their work and receive feedback from classmates if they wish. A performance or writing background is not required, and these gatherings are open to anyone who wishes to work, play, and/or learn more about writing practices.
NOTE: This is a four-part series that will build cumulatively and participants will sign-up for the full series (all four dates) to participate.
Subsidized rates for those experiencing financial hardship: $200
Enter code WITEP at checkout
For those who would like to contribute to making more or deeper subsidies available, there is an option to donate at checkout. All donations received on workshops tickets will go toward underwriting additional subsidy and scholarship opportunities.
Zoom sessions are each 3 hours long
For any questions about this workshop please reach out to boxoffice@thirdrailprojects.com
Educational Offerings
Workshops | Lecture Presentations | Residencies
Our education program reflects twenty years of experience as storytellers and crafters of audiences experiences across many platforms. Designed to welcome artists and creatives from a variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and communities, our
TRP Immersive Performance Workshop
educational offerings are available both privately and to the public through various organizational partnerships. We cultivate positive environments where collaboration, inquiry, and experimentation are integral to the learning process.
Creative Process Intensive at Gibney Dance
Chinook Festival
Private Offerings
We offer private workshops and lecture presentations for arts organizations, academic institutions, and companies representing a wide variety of industries. These customized engagements are tailored to meet the specific interests of each unique group and range from half or full-day workshops to multi day intensives.
Control Group Productions, Denver
Future of Storytelling Workshop, NYC
Brandeis University, Massachusetts
Our private engagements are currently being offered remotely through Zoom and are available nationally and internationally on mutually agreed upon dates, times and intervals.
Connect with us at edu@thirdrailprojects.com to schedule an offering for your group.
Chaney High School, Ohio
Lincoln Center Young Patrons NYC
Devised Work Panel, Denver
Materials for the Arts, NYC
MindPark 2018, Shenzhen
Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation
Academic & Partner Residencies
For a comprehensive Third Rail educational experience, we offer residencies that take place over a span of weeks or months and culminate in a performance project. Residency participants are encouraged to bring their unique voices and perspectives into a collaborative creative process, experiencing this approach to art-making first-hand as an integral aspect of Third Rail Projects’ work. Our residencies are
Past Residency Projects
Olin College of Engineering
Texas A&M University
customized for each institution and may take place in one concentrated time frame or be spread over several intensive periods. Final projects range in scope from informal class showings to fully realized productions.
To discuss a creative residency with Third Rail Projects, connect with us at edu@thirdrailprojects.com
Wesleyan University
Florida State University
Princeton University
Albany Park Theater Project
