Lauren Liedel dabbles in a variety of interests from immersive theatre to game design to slam poetry. Following her involvement with LA’s Altar Collective, she joined the creative team of Free Gumbo, an avant-garde interactive production company. Before leaving Los Angeles, her final collaboration culminated as co-director of the immersive mind-bending thriller Basement Admission. Now in New York she hopes to continue her involvement by starting the Free Gumbo NY branch and interactive poetry lounges.