What is it?
- Nightclub meets absurdist behavior lab
- Dramaturgical glitch swarm
- Interpersonal derangement LARP
- Language mutation boot camp
- Nursery for whole and half wits
The Fifth Place
The Fifth Place is an invitation-only space for experimental interaction. A clandestine gathering for high-level play between strangers, guided by engineered rules of communication and behavior.
You arrive alone. For 90 minutes, you're embedded in a constructed world with its own alien logic for how to speak, move, signal, and collide. The system of roles twists instincts and suspends the habits of your everyday self.
Created in 2023 and devoted to irrationality, invention, and behavioral poetics, each session is devised by the Director of Behavior, sometimes in collaboration with special guests. Events unfold inside selected spaces across New York City, often without the venue's awareness.
Attendance is free. Capacity is limited. Location disclosed upon invitation.
Director of Behavior: Michael Portnoy
Inquiries: director@thefifthplace.org
Complete the form below to be placed in an upcoming gathering.