
Overheard on a Train (2025)
Overheard on a Train is an interactive experience that takes place on board Austin's metrorail.
Austin , TexasExperience hosted by Cheerful Secrets
So let’s say you’re on public transit, eavesdropping on a group’s conversation. (No shame—we do it, too.) You ever wonder what it would be like to live that life? To dip into their daily drama? Now’s your chance! Join us for Overheard on a Train, and see what it’s like to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. Except, you’re not walking—because you’re on a train. And also—it’s longer than a mile. And also—you wear your own shoes. Overheard on a Train is an interactive experience that takes place on board Austin’s metrorail. You and three friends will sign up as a ... Show More
Audience Role
You and three friends will sign up as a group, and receive a script when you board the train. During the journey, your foursome will read the script to each ... Show More
Content Advisories
No content advisories
All ages
Interaction Advisories
No physical contact with performers
Mobility Advisories
No mobility advisories
Event is wheelchair accessible.
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Cheerful Secrets
Hosting immersive events on EI since March, 2024
Throughout his various writings, Ralph Waldo Emerson celebrated conversation. He valued individuals who were “interested in thoughts”—their own and other people’s—and he applauded those who shared with others “the grand and cheerful secrets” that the human mind can compose. We adopted the name “Cheerful Secrets” because we also delight in conversation. And we hope that by creating conversation among people, everyone’s life becomes a bit more grand and full of cheer. We aim to foster conversation. We want to tell stories and create interactions so full of life that, according to Emerson, we “dispose all others irresistibly to good humor and discourse.” Whether ... Show More