New Immersive Chekhov-Inspired Play Turns Audience Into Employees at a Tech Startup

The Whole Sky All Diamonds is a new immersive theatrical experience written by Bixby Elliot and directed by Jack Dentinger. Presented inside a fully realized office environment at Loft Story, the production runs August 12-22. Audience members act as newly hired employees at a rapidly growing tech company.

Inspired by the worlds created by Anton Chekhov, The Whole Sky All Diamonds is set inside a tech company, Füfl, on the verge of explosive success or possible collapse. As a new hire upends the orbit of everyone at the company, romance, betrayal, and heartbreak spread through the office.

Created by an artistic team that includes veterans of other immersive productions such as Sleep No More and The Death of Rasputin, The Whole Sky All Diamonds invites audiences to become part of the company’s daily life, checking in as new hires moving through the workplace and experiencing the story from constantly shifting perspectives.

The cast features Adam Griffith as Mickey, Zoë Laiz as Jumee, Jake Ryan Lozano as Forrest, Eric Wiegand as Far, Lucy York Struever as Dara, and Aigner Mizzelle as Elena.

The creative team also includes associate director Yesenia Ayala, production designer Olivia Vaughn Hern, video and installation designer Geoff Bailey, choreographer Ahmad Simmons, intimacy director Maria Hubbard, and mime master Timiki Salinas.