The Last Resort invites audiences to immerse themselves in creepy hotel purgatory [Video]

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You’ve never experienced the Waldorf quite like this before.

Dreamqueen Collective’s The Last Resort, taking place at the Hotel at the Waldorf, is an immersive theatre experience set in 1971. 

Audience members enter the story as guests at a peculiar Bermuda Triangle hotel, where a group of cruise ship passengers are stranded. The cast of zany characters includes a showgirl, a washed-up movie star, and a thorough concierge.

Creator Fairlith Harvey, known for her immersive and imaginative productions, drew inspiration from her time as a funeral attendant for this show, which explores themes of life, death, and the in-between. With over 13 hours of artistic content to uncover, audience members can choose their level of engagement, following different characters as they weave through this creepy resort.

“An immersive world invites an audience to step in, surrender, and curate their own artistic experiences,” Harvey shares in …