Project Ascension

Project Ascension is a theatrical live action role-play experience that provides a 360° illusion of our cyberpunk vision of New York City. You’ll play characters called Stringers, both for their ability to string together conspiracy theories, and for the fact they’re all kind of strung out. Once, you were a fairly normal person, living a fairly normal life. However, you saw beyond that, got revoked, and now live in Purgatory. This criminal underworld is where you struggle to survive even as you frantically try to dig up more information on the Conspiracy that revoked you. This larp is the story of the last night of Project Ascension, when the Conspiracy closes in to end your collective existence once and for all. In Purgatory you found families, called crews. With your crew, you’ll struggle to survive the night. You’ll end up either discovering what Ascension means, escaping New York City entirely, or dying at the hands of the Conspiracy. The experience itself takes place on the Lower East Side, centered around a bar called the Underworld. On Friday, we’ll introduce you to the world through our onboarding and series of introductory scenes set in various locations nearby. You’ll also have the chance to meet the rest of your crew, other participant characters in Purgatory with you. On Saturday, you’ll enter the Underworld, an exclusive location used as center stage. We’ll support you with theatrical effects and a directed cast. Together, we’ll guide the story to a climax of your design. At midnight, we’ll learn the fate of all the characters, then wrap up our cyberpunk tale with a party until the early hours.