CuRRENT & UPCOMING SHOWS
The Waiting Room
A Musical Theatre Showcase
Friday, August 14, 7-8:30pm
The Waiting Room is a 75-minute musical theatre showcase conceived and produced by Rouge Productions. The production features four singer-performers who find themselves stranded together in the reception area of a psychiatry office when the doctors fail to arrive. Before anyone can leave, a shelter-in-place alert is issued: an apocalyptic event is unfolding outside. Trapped together with nowhere to go, four strangers who came seeking help are left only with each other.
What follows is an intimate, darkly comedic, and deeply human journey through the stages of grief told through song. Drawing from contemporary musical theatre, classic Broadway, and arranged pop, the evening moves from irreverent humor to quiet reckoning, arriving somewhere true. A mix of solo, duet, and full ensemble numbers, The Waiting Room is equal parts concert, character study, and meditation on what it means to be alive at the end of everything.
The Waiting Room is Produced by Katie Lavelle & Lizzy Cole with Music Direction from Billy Blair and Stage Direction from J.D. Amentt. It stars Lizzy Cole, David Marmanillo, Sarah Ferro, and Tal Marcello Zamir.
master-plan presents
First President of Japan and OK King
Thursday, August 20, 7-11pm
Do you like your rock music up close and in your face?
Are you looking to get your blood pumping and your head spinning?
Then you need a heavy dose of First President of Japan and OK King, two of the most colorful and engaging bands on the local scene. We guarantee this show will rule.
Doors at 7pm
Show at 8pm
master-plan.rocks is a nonprofit for rock n' roll. We provide funding to create and produce intimate live recordings, studio time, and the production of vinyl for the bands we love.
New York Immersive Invitational
Sunday, August 23, 1-8pm
Experience the inaugural New York Immersive Invitational, a one-night festival celebrating the boldest ideas in immersive theatre.
Five immersive creators from across New York City have accepted an extraordinary challenge: conceive, design, build, rehearse, and premiere an entirely new immersive experience in less than 48 hours. The result is an evening of daring, unpredictable, and wholly original work that can only exist for this moment.
The New York Immersive Invitational is both an incubator for immersive art and a celebration of the creative process itself. Audiences have the rare opportunity to experience ambitious new work at its earliest stage—to step inside ideas before they evolve into fully realized productions. Some pieces may never be seen again. Others may go on to become the next acclaimed immersive experience.
Following five successful editions in Los Angeles and a recent expansion to Denver, the Immersive Invitational makes its New York debut, bringing this unique creative challenge to one of the world's most vibrant immersive theatre communities. Each iteration showcases a new lineup of local artists, ensuring that every Invitational is a one-of-a-kind celebration of the creativity and innovation that define its home.
Whether you're a longtime fan of immersive theatre or discovering the art form for the first time, the NYC Immersive Invitational invites you to experience five original immersive worlds—all in a single unforgettable evening.
Performances at: 1pm, 4pm, and 6:30pm
PERFORMING ARTS At Culture Lab LIC
Culture Lab LIC is passionate about supporting emerging artists and fostering ambitious work. Over the past four years, our directors have helped produce over 25 professional productions. We have supported original and in-development work, presenting the premiere productions.
We have provided rehearsal space for over 20 theatre/dance and music groups and produced hundreds of events. In 2024 alone, we donated over 1,000 hours of rehearsal space to local theatre and dance companies. Over the past three years, we have created an amazing space for performing artists to learn, grow, take risks and make work. We are proud to create affordable opportunities for our local artistic community here in LIC!