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!

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. With years of visiting these groups, 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 in the Lehigh Valley, PA. She is also probably the only human to own both Mormon underwear and a Moonie crown and she’s obnoxiously proud of that.