New York City

by Noah Jacob Nelson· July 7, 2025

Immersive City USA
New York City

Welcome to Now Playing: New York City, curated by the NoPro team.

NYC is the North American capital of immersive theatre, and home to NoPro's original expansion team the Brawlin' Brooklynites. (Wait. Wut?)

Below you'll find the events & experiences we are keeping an eye on.

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COMING SOON

In this love letter to independent artists everywhere, we follow solo performer Siobhán O’Loughlin in the final stretch of a years-long immersive tour in other people's bathtubs. As the world’s capacity to deeply connect becomes increasingly compromised, Siobhán's journey...

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

We are in a crisis of imagination! We live in soldifying imaginations that we’ve been told are true and scarce. In this immersive theatrical experience, The Greenhouse asks audiences to reach into the future and project into it. Can...

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

On a legendary production poised on the brink of glory, a film crew’s patience wears dangerously thin. Presiding over them is the Alchemist, a poetic wonderworker and disaster provocateur whose delusions of grandeur have brought production to a standstill....

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

What May Come Immersive & Culture Lab LIC present Playground: Immersive works in Progress. Each night, audiences will play through excerpts from three different in-development works and have the opportunity to offer feedback. The night will culminate with a...

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

NOW PLAYING

Feel your way through a labyrinthine world as an unseen narrator recounts a story of lost innocence and unleashed obsession.

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

Saturdays throughout the summer, we will RERUN one of our three most renowned challenges: Hudson Yards Hunt, Terminal Time Trial, and Central Park Sprint. Each experience lasts 1.5-2 hours, and will feature our signature immersive experiences, Cluemasters, and clever...

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

De Niro, the city, the myth. De Niro, New York transforms decades of iconic film into a living, immersive experience. In this bold collaboration from Tribeca Studios, Little Cinema, and Mercer Labs, visitors are invited to step inside a...

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

Dive into 60 minutes of epic gameplay at Squid Game: The Experience! Take on beloved—and dreaded—challenges from Netflix’s iconic series, plus a handful of brand-new games exclusive to New York in this high-stakes competition. Outsmart the eerie Young-hee doll in...

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

Created by Joseph White and HERE Arts Residency Program artist Gelsey Bell, the composers who brought you Cairns (included on the New York Times “Best Theater of 2020” list), Meander encourages listeners to watch, listen, and reset their clocks to...

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025

CAN'T MISS WHILE IN NYC

A NO PRO PEAK EXPERIENCE

A narrative Audio Walk through Central Park.

That's all we're going to tell you. Just trust us. (Free.)

Booking Through: Sunday, July 13 2025