THE WAITING ROOM An AI-Powered Immersive Experience Begins At Mabou Mines In May

Angry Fish Theatre and The Ally Artists Group wil present The Waiting Room, an AI-driven immersive experience previewing in NYC May 28–June 1 at Mabou Mines, ahead of its 2025 world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Building on the success of its sold-out performances at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, The Waiting Room returns with a new narrative and upgraded custom AI technology that personalize each participant's experience in real-time. This minimalist interactive space places the audience's imagination at the center of the story.

ABOUT THE SHOW

The Waiting Room is an immersive theatrical event that blends interactive storytelling, generative AI, and game mechanics to explore the consequences of human choices and the futures we may be heading towards.

Participants enter a liminal “waiting space” and receive a confidential message from their future self. As generative AI unveils alternate histories and imagined futures, each decision reshapes a personalized audio-led story layered with moral dilemmas, global crises, and existential dreams.

Part theatre, part game, part philosophical mind trip, The Waiting Room invites audiences into a one-of-a-kind journey where no two experiences are ever the same.

Trigger Warnings: Themes of war, loss, and existential questioning.

NYC PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Previews: May 28–June 1, 2025
Venue: Mabou Mines, 150 1st Ave, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10009

Showtimes:
Weekday Evenings – 6:30 PM, 7:30 PM, 8:30 PM
Weekend Matinees – 4:00 PM

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