Austin, TX
Overheard on a Train (2025)
Overheard on a Train is an interactive experience that takes place on board Austin's metrorail.
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 group, and receive a script when you board the train. During the journey, your foursome will read the script to each other, out loud. (It’s a “table read,” and you are the actors!) Your collective story will unfold as you turn each page and deliver each line. Choose which storyline your group likes best, such as THE BAND, or THE BACHELORETTE PARTY, or THE BANK ROBBERS—and we’re now offering THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, for kids and families!
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 other, out loud.
Ages: All ages
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About Cheerful Secrets
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 through immersive theatre, speaker engagements, visual arts, social events, or facilitated discussion—there are many ways to create conversation, and we’re ready to explore them all.