ArtsWest Presents New Immersive Show THE AMERICAN IDIOT EXPERIENCE
Equal parts house party, opera, rock concert, and theater, ArtWest's immersive, environmental staging of Green Day's American Idiot explodes beyond the traditional theatre space as a group of lost young Americans at the crossroads of their lives take over an entire building and use it to tell their story. ArtsWest's production gives the audience two distinct ways to engage with the story: the observational and immersive experiences.
The observational experience is what theater-goers know as "traditional theater"" You choose your own seat, sit back, and let American Idiot come to you - all around you. The immersive experience is unlike any other production of American Idiot and unlike any other performance at ArtsWest. Audience members are on their feet, guided through multiple spaces in the building, up stairs, down hallways on an intimate journey, and into the lives of Tunny, Will, and Johnny.
"Unconventional theater is not a gimmick, but rather a refreshing and vital way to reintroduce today's theater audience to a completely unprecedented experience, something that live theater does better than so many other art forms," says Director Eric Ankrim. "American Idiot already set out to push boundaries in its original format. The music, the volume, the content - it all challenged us to identify what we believe, and why we believe it. This piece of art set out to be a rebellion and a revolution of sorts, and we are embracing the rebel inside of our artistic selves in our outside the box and ambitious production."
SEPTEMEBER 10-OCTOBER 11, 2015
Wed - Sat 7:30 pm
Sun 3:00 pm
$39.50 Adult
$35 Senior |65+
$19 Student
$15 under 18
Run Time
90 Minutes
Content Advisory:
strobe lights
profanity
drug and sex references
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