If Walls Could Talk
Created in collaboration with RJ Theatre If Walls Could Talk is an intimate immersive theater experience where audiences are guided through a house, uncovering hidden memories embedded within its walls.
Each room reveals a frozen moment inspired by real anonymous confessions — collected through an open call and reimagined by different creative teams.
What begins as a simple tour slowly transforms into an encounter with the private, unspoken lives that once occupied the space.
The Experience
The audience enters the house as potential buyers.
A real estate agent welcomes them into a Christmas gathering set in the 1970s.
As they move from room to room, time stops.
Each space reveals a memory —
each memory reveals a secret.
Closet 1940
Anonymous Confessions That Inspired the Scene
“Being single and lonely in New York for the holidays is the most depressing thing on the planet. I find myself in it so often that at this point, it's a pattern that forms me.”
“I hooked up with someone I really shouldn’t have.”
“I wanted to hurt myself when my husband was called to the military. I was alone for 267 days.”
Anita slips away from the noise of the Christmas gathering, almost without being noticed, and finds herself in the coat room, a space filled with things left behind, layers of other lives, traces of presence that no longer belongs. Matthew enters soon after, as if drawn by something unspoken, and for a moment neither of them explains why they are there. What begins as a quiet pause slowly shifts into something more intimate, as words are offered carefully, revealing fragments of loneliness, desire, and choices that were never meant to be revisited. The room, meant only for passing through, becomes a place where time lingers, where patterns repeat themselves quietly, and where two people allow themselves to stay just a little longer than they should.
Bedroom 1945
Anonymous Confessions That Inspired the Scene
“I slept with my math teacher.”
“When I was little I thought there were people living in my walls. I tried to find them.”
“I don’t think it’s possible to get over someone without using someone else in the process.”
Ruth moves through the world with clarity and precision, drawn to what can be understood, calculated, contained. In the quiet of the room, that certainty begins to dissolve. Mauricio remains composed, measured, aware of the line that exists between them and of the fact that it should not be crossed.
What unfolds is not sudden, but inevitable. A slow unraveling of distance, built on attention, restraint, and the tension of what is left unsaid. Their connection follows a logic that neither of them fully trusts, yet neither resists.
In a space defined by structure, something begins to shift. The boundaries hold, until they don’t.
Kitchen 1950
Anonymous Confessions That Inspired the Scene
"When I was little, I dreamed of being Barbie. I would lie on the grass for hours, staring at the sky, hoping my brown eyes would turn blue."
"I was sleeping with my dentist's wife for five years. During surgery, they put me under general anesthetic. The assistant mentioned it can act as a truth serum. I never found out what I said... But they are now in an open marriage."
"When I was little I constantly hoped my dad would beat me. I couldn't talk about emotional abuse. I wanted physical marks to show."
June, the daughter of immigrants, has built a life within a clearly defined structure. She is married to Tony, and devotes herself to being the woman she believes she is meant to be. Everything follows a familiar order, almost without deviation.
Their conversations move easily across the surface. They speak about everything – groceries, neighbors, work – yet something essential remains untouched. Feelings are not given shape. Desires are not spoken aloud.
Beneath the polished routine, a quiet loneliness lingers. A longing to be seen, to be exposed, to break for just a moment. But instead, everything stays composed, contained, almost too beautiful.
Between the sounds of dishes, the simmering of a pot, and the repetition of small gestures, an intimacy exists that never quite becomes connection.
Life goes on.
And the heart remains alone, even when no one leaves.
Artistic Directors: Emma Tadmor & Talya Dayan.
Creative Consultant: Suzanne Di Donna.
Produced by The Actor Launchpad & RJTheatre
Cast: Anika Meeusen, Chris Cavazza, Bea Corkhill, Elizabeth Rowland, Elliott Mallin, Malka Breier, Allison Aube-Martin, Amit Barnathan, Talya Dayan, Adi Lynton, Emma Tadmor. Directors: Talya Dayan, Emma Tadmor, Ishq Pradhan - Amor Films. Acting Coach: Suzanne Di Donna. DP: Juan Espinoza. Stylist: Adi Lynton. Production Designer: Adi Lynton. Experience Designer: Adva Dayan. Writers: Emma Tadmor, Ariella Carmell, Juan Espinoza.