Third Rail Projects NYC

10/07/2025

Several of Tom’s collaborative works will serve as references, including recent works like Yours To Lose, UN-[TITLED], and This Between Shadow. Other works through the Global Performance Studio as well as techniques derived from site-specific and immersive projects including Ikaros, Then She Fell, and The Grand Paradise, and others will be discussed.

Thursdays 7:00 - 10:00 pm ET November 6, 13, 20, & December 4

Renata Zhigulina for the Global Performance Studio; Photo by Tom Pearson

https://ci.ovationtix.com/35034/production/1250608?performanceId=11690722

09/23/2025

Thursdays 7:00 - 10:00 pm ET November 6, 13, 20, & December 4

This workshop series proposes a methodology developed through Tom’s work with the Global Performance Studio and in other partnerships for cultural listening and learning, seeking ways to make good use of our creative inventions to ally with artists and partners, exchange viewpoints and create works we can enter into for shared experience—so that we may dialogue around a topic from embodied perspectives of analysis and care.

Jeff Sykes and Benjman Freedman in The Grand Paradise; Photo courtesy of the Pekoe

https://ci.ovationtix.com/35034/production/1250608?performanceId=11690722

09/09/2025

Thursdays 7:00 - 10:00 pm ET November 6, 13, 20, & December 4

We will look at the art of devising and directing from the audience perspective and working with models that support works that can address social issues through storytelling, personal experience, and poetic devices.

Andrew Broaddus, Justin Lynch, Mary Madsen in Ikaros; Photo by Jim Carmody

https://ci.ovationtix.com/35034/production/1250608?performanceId=11690722

09/03/2025

Thursdays 7:00 - 10:00 pm ET November 6, 13, 20, & December 4

In this four week, four part series, we will dive deep into the tools and methodologies used by Tom Pearson and Third Rail Projects to create meaningful immersive theatrical experiences, specifically in collaborative, cross-cultural, and community-based projects.

Jenny Larson in "Yours to Lose"; photo by Stephanie Tacy, courtesy of Freedom Forum

https://ci.ovationtix.com/35034/production/1250608?performanceId=11690722

06/05/2025

Did you guess DCPA Off-Center’s next immersive show?! From the award-winning creators of Sweet & Lucky comes its long-awaited companion, Sweet & Lucky: Echo! 📦🌊

This groundbreaking new work of immersive theatre by Zach Morris/Third Rail Projects is a story of collective remembrance with a world built LIVE around YOU! 🙇 Are you ready for it??

06/03/2025

We're just feeling kinda lucky... see you on the 5th! 😉💙

05/07/2025

“My experience in Zach Morris’ course was illuminating, mind-bending, and creatively stimulating. He is an approachable, respectful, and talented educator in addition to being a world-renowned artist. Zach’s curriculum was meticulously constructed with entry points for all levels of expertise... A must for any creative.”

https://ci.ovationtix.com/35034/production/1106809?performanceId=11600726

05/01/2025

"We will 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."

04/29/2025

"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."

04/23/2025

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.

04/18/2025

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.

02/08/2025