an immersive experience created by Alexandra Palocz
February 7—22, 2026
Provenance is an immersive narrative experience for one to two people. Sitting in the dark, you are invited to engage your surroundings by touch, fitting pieces together and becoming part of the story as it unfolds. Follow the voice of a girl who finds a mysterious artifact stolen by birds, and join her adventure as she sets out to discover its true home. Living somewhere between the worlds of interactive fiction, audio play, and escape room, Provenance is an exploration of darkness, a journey of discovery, and a meditation on finding where things belong.
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Alexandra Palocz (Creator) is a multidisciplinary storyteller, experience designer, and creative technologist. She recently finished a masters degree at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU Tisch, where she studied interactive narrative, collaborative creativity, and learning through play. She likes speculative fiction, tangible metaphors, and thinking about new storytelling forms.
a new play by Drew Paskovich
directed by Stephen Santa
sound and foley design by Angela Baughman
My Husband is Good at Dying is an audio driven psychological thriller about a Foley Artist working in Los Angeles who must craft the perfect soundscape for the death scene of her late husband’s final film. Jean processes the loss of Boston, her A-lister husband whose career was launched thanks to his signature ability to die on screen. However, Jean becomes obsessed with finding the most realistic sound possible to capture death on screen. As her obsession and spotlight grows, Jean turns to darker, more violent measures to get closer to perfection.
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Drew Praskovich (he/him) (Playwright) is a Hunter MFA Playwriting candidate (‘27) and 2024 LAMBDA Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices Playwriting Fellow. He had his NYC playwriting debut at AMT Theater with a reading of his play, The Ecstasies. His work has been commissioned by the Omaha Community Playhouse and Jumping Jack Theater. He has a BFA in Cinema Production from Point Park University. He wrote and directed, Seahorse, a short film about a pregnant boy and his fame-obsessed mother that was an official selection at some of the world’s largest LGBTQ+ film festivals and won an Audience Award at NFFTY (‘19). His writing has appeared in them Magazine, TAX Magazine, Qburgh, and more. He is a proud Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School Literary Arts graduate and a City Theatre Young Playwrights alum. He likes eggs.
Stephen Santa (he/him) (Director) is an award-winning theater director whose work has been seen across the United States and internationally. Stephen is the co-founder and former Artistic Director of Jumping Jack Theater- a children's theater production company that creates original sensory theater experiences for audiences with developmental disabilities and sensory sensitivities. He received the “Stand Out Moment” Award in 2019 from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society for his work with the company. New York credits include Abduction: A New Musical Comedy for the New York Musical Festival (NYMF), which received a fully produced production in 2021. TEETH (concert presentation) by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael R. Jackson and UNCHARTED: The Music of Anna K. Jacobs, both at the famed Ars Nova Theater. Santa was the assistant director of the Flashdance National Tour, the North American premiere of The Monster in the Hall, and POP! A New Musical choreographed by Billy Porter at CITY Theatre, respectively. His critically acclaimed Dani Girl a New Musical production traveled to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, where it received multiple five-star reviews. Stephen is an associate member of The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. You can learn more about his work by visiting www.stephensanta.com
the cell’s Artist in Residence Program is a selective program that develops new works by artists from across all disciplines throughout an annual cycle. Chosen applicants receive space, funding, guidance, and other developmental resources. The length of the residency may be anywhere from 1-5 weeks and the residency stipend ranges from $1000 - $5000 depending on project requirements.