GOOD CULT - A New Play by River Donaghey | Next Session To Be Announced

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October 2026

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GOOD CULT

A new play from River Donaghey about the limits of transformation and the self-help seminar that raised him.

All October sessions sold out.
Future sessions to be announced soon.

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River Donaghey grew up in a cult.

Well, some people called it a cult. His parents called it a “personal growth seminar community.” The woman who led it called it “one big happy family.”

Good Cult is a solo show taking an audience back inside River’s family’s New Age seminar to understand how it changed some lives…

and ended others.

Venue	Studio 17, Manhattan, NY
Run time	Approximately 55 minutes, no intermission
Upcoming session	To be announced. Join the mailing list for early access.
Previous session	October 9, 10 & 11, 2026 · All three evenings sold out.
Credits	Written and performed by River Donaghey. Directed by Brittany Reeber. Produced by Roger Mancusi.

THE WORK

Each of us operates our life inside one of two contexts:

Survival	Source
In Survival, your focus is on staying safe. But to stay protected, you sacrifice your personal power. You blame the problems in your life on something (or someone) outside of yourself.	In Source, you don’t play the game of being right, of being good, of being in control. You realize that life isn’t something that happens to you. Life is something that happens from you.

Over the course of this five-day seminar, you will be given the opportunity to identify which context you operated under when you walked inside the room. And which context you want to have when you leave.

WHAT HAPPENED ≠ WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED

FIG. 1

THE PERSONAL CONTEXT ASSESSMENT

Each of us operates our life inside one of two contexts. Most of us have never stopped to ask which one. Answer each question honestly.

There are no right answers, only the answers you give.

Do not go back and change an answer. Notice if you want to.

1. When something goes wrong in your life, your first thought is usually:
Whose fault is this?
How did I create this?
It depends on what went wrong.

2. You arrive five minutes late to a meeting. The door is closed. You:
Knock. It’s five minutes.
Wait outside and consider what your lateness says about your integrity.
Go home.

3. Think of a relationship in your life that isn’t working. Who is responsible for it?
Mostly the other person.
We share it equally.
I am.

4. You make an agreement and break it. You:
Explain what got in the way.
Acknowledge it, without explanation, and recommit.
Avoid making agreements I can’t keep.

5. A friend tells you they’ve signed up for a weekend seminar. Your honest reaction is:
Concern.
“Is it a cult?”
Curiosity.

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FORM PC-7 (rev. 1994)

INTRODUCTORY LECTURE

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THE AGREEMENTS

Every participant makes the following agreements before the seminar begins:

1. I agree to arrive on time. The room is closed once a session begins.

2. I agree to remain in the room for the full duration of each session.

3. I agree to participate fully and completely. When I do this, I give the others permission to participate fully as well.

4. I agree to be heavy, deep, and real.

5. I agree that what is shared in the room stays in the room.

If you make an agreement and you break that agreement, what are you saying about the value of your integrity?

PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS

“It strips people down to a human level.”
— Janene B., graduate

“It might be a cult, but at least it’s a good cult.”
— Arthur D., graduate and volunteer

“Everything worth doing is a little dangerous!”
— River D., graduate

“In my opinion, a cult is never 100 percent benign. There is no such thing as a good cult.”
— Dr. Janja Lalich, cult expert

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