Name: Lisa Joins a Cult at SteelStacks
Start: 2026-01-30T20:00:00-05:00
Location: SteelStacks

Lisa Joins a Cult
Venue: Bethlehem Visitor Center at SteelStacks pres. by Lehigh Valley Health Network
Venue/Event Rules: https://www.artsquest.org/event-rules/
Buy Tickets: https://www.artsquest.org/event/lisa-joins-a-cult/
Doors: 7 p.m. | Show: 8 p.m.*
*times are subject to change
Ages: 13+ (13-17 w/ parent or guardian only)
This show will contain adult language and/or situations. Seating will be assigned by ArtsQuest staff upon arrival into the showroom. Anyone coming in between the ages of 13 and 17 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No child 12 or under will be admitted. All performers and staff must adhere to our codes of conduct found here: https://www.artsquest.org/performing-arts/comedy/comedy-code-of-conduct/
Join cult enthusiast Lisa VanArsdale for an immersive evening of exploring religious cults, why they happen, and what keeps them going. From creation to revelation and from celibacy to polygamy, Lisa recounts her intimate experiences with culty groups from around the world through storytelling, videos, and her personal collection of literature and artifacts. Follow your cultiosity and maybe have your very own crisis of faith along the way! Hallelujah!
*No virgins were sacrificed in the making of this show.
**Doors open an hour before show time so that you can peruse all of Lisa’s cult artifacts that will be on display!
Lisa VanArsdale
Lisa VanArsdale is a comedian, podcast host, and cult enthusiast whose love of culty groups and curiosity about the divine has taken her to holy sites all over the world. Lisa’s years of visiting with these groups is what drives her podcast-turned-live-performance “Lisa Joins A Cult.” Lisa approaches the complexity of cults and the people inside these communities with tenderness and humor, sharing a side of humanity many outsiders don’t get to see. Lisa has performed standup on three continents, but mostly here in the Lehigh Valley. She is also probably the only human to own both Mormon underwear and a Moonie crown and she’s obnoxiously proud of that.