What does it take to survive?

In AntiMatter Collective‘s show The Tower, that question, in the context of the winter in the mountains for the Donner Party in 1846-47, becomes an allegory for American individualism & imperialism. And it’s done through an immersive staging, complete with a guide, edibles, gore, and dance numbers.

It’s quite a trip, if you’ll pardon the pun.

Listen in as producer/playwright Adam Scott Mazer and producer/director Philip Gates discuss accepting offers from the performers, making assumptions, psychedelic breaks in your play, and how knowing where you’re headed can help you build your show.

“It’s like the dark side of the American Dream…what is the sacrifice that America is making, to be America?”

AntiMatter Collective presents

The Tower

written by Adam Scott Mazer
directed by Philip Gates

through December 19, 2015
Tuesdays–Sundays @8:30PM
Sundays @4:30PM

HERE
145 Sixth Avenue
Manhattan

tickets: $18, available via OvationTix

photos by Sam Kusnetz