The No Proscenium Podcast

Choreographer Koryn Ann Wicks stops by the studio to talk about her work exploring immersive in dance. Her I Love You So Much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATH is getting a remount at the Bootleg Theater this October in LA, and her and her team recently took home the grand prize of the LA Immersive Invitational for their work CASTING. We dive in on the language of dance and immersive in this one. Show NotesOur review of I Love You So Much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATHI Love You So Much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATH fundraiser Daqri shutting downVenice VR: These Sleepless NightsKoryn's Instagram#bedrUmplaII(2) — [[bedroom play 2]]   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Graham Wetterhahn, Founder of After Hours Theatre Company (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Last Five Years: A Multisensory Experience) joins host Noah Nelson to talk about the founding of the company, their immersive-adjacent work, and the first LA Immersive Invitational -- which was a total blast. Show Notes: The 2019 Immersive Design Summit videos are here! Denver Immersive Retrospectacle highlights! Talking Spies with Nick Rheinwald-Jones. E.I. livestream on pop-ups. And bookmark next week's livestream on the stories of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge with Jeff Heimbuch (Horrorbuzz), Emmett Fuery (D&D, Ingress), and Anthony and Noah of NoPro.  And as always: help us by reviewing the podcast, sharing the work, and pledging on Patreon (if you can). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The co-creator of Blackout Haunted House, Josh Randall, joins host Noah Nelson to talk about the storied show -- which has inspired many others in the horror genre -- and his storied career. "Each and every conversation I've ever had with Josh has challenged how I see our field, and this is no exception. I look forward to years more of them." -Noah Check out Blackout's Kickstarter.   Show Notes: VIFF: These Sleepless Nights, NYFF: Convergence, Delusion: Alt-Delete, Haus of Creep, Without Walls Festival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jonathan Pedigo and Alex Leff, the co-creators of Bar of Dreams Los Angeles, join host Noah Nelson to talk about pranks, comedy, and creating interactive experiences. It's a fun conversation that goes in directions you don't quite expect. Plus: we check in with Scout Expedition Company about The Nest, the tickets for which went ON SALE today! And there are LIMITED DATES available already. Note: while the interview with Jeff & Jarret of Scout is squeaky clean, there's some explicit language in the Bar of Dreams interview, which starts about 19 minutes in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Patterson of Think Tank Gallery and Bobby of the Pizzaboyzzz join us as we visit the Tank at the edge of the Arts District in DTLA. The current show is Nothing Cheezy, a pizza-themed collaborative art show that acts as both a parody of the ubiquitous "selfie palaces" and, well, it's also a selfie palace. The show has been extended through mid-September and features special events pretty much every night for the price of admission. Get ready for a freewheeling discussion about street art, selfie palaces, and the often complicated relationship between the two. Plus: we announce a special auction of a pair of invitations to The College of Extraordinary Experiences, that has a shot at powering us through the end of the year. Content Advisory: strong language and sensitive subject matter. Listener discretion is advised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three interviews from the floor of the world's biggest computer graphics conference that explore the state of the art of immersive tech: From Magic Leap Studios, Dan Lehrich VP of Production; the CEO of Glassbox Technologies, Norman Wang; and the Chief Creative and GM of Intel Studios, Diego Prilusky. Augmented reality, virtual production, and volumetric filmmaking are our topics of the day, so get ready to go into the future on this episode of the NoPro Podcast. Want to keep the show going? Join our Patreon. Show Notes: the interview with Meow Wolf's Caity Kennedy that I mentioned.       Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jackalope Live Action Studio's Matthew Webb rejoins us to talk about their latest forays into making blockbuster LARPs. We talk Night City, their Cyberpunk 2020/2077 game (check out some awesome photos of the event along with us at the top of the show), and the revamp of The Night In Question, the Studio's successful Vampire: The Masquerade game which has led to their announcement at GenCon this week of The Elysium Chronicles, a serialized immersive LARP launching in 2020.   For more from Matthew, including an in-depth discussion on blockbuster LARP and the state of the art, check out Episode 149 of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathryn Yu sits down with Jordan Chlapecka and Kendra Slack of Linked Dance Theatre to talk about Remembrance, their 11th site-specific, immersive show coming soon to a historic house on Governors Island in NYC. In Remembrance, audiences will have the ability to explore the fading memories of a woman with Alzheimer's Disease as they enter her home as guests during her 65th birthday party.  The three discuss the company's approach to blending movement, text, and live music; what they’ve learned throughout their journey; the illusion of audience agency versus actual agency; their approach to narrative, on-boarding, and casting the audience; what it's like to make their first sandbox show; the power of immersive theatre to connect; using immersive to explore social issues; and their Kickstarter campaign for Remembrance.   Plus: a bonus lightning round where Kathryn forces Jordan and Kendra to choose their favorite children.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join host Noah Nelson and guest Dan Rutstein, president of immersive technology company Laduma, as they talk about the current frontier of immersive tech.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathryn Yu sits down without Ricky Brigante and Sarah Elger of Pseudonym Productions who have recently moved their immersive theatre company from Orlando to Philadelphia.    The three of them have a wide-ranging conversation about Sarah's background in architecture and theme park design and Ricky's background in theme park journalism, the forming of their immersive theatre company, creating their first show, running an immersive theatre business in a place like Orlando, their recent experience going through the Creative Startups accelerator program, the future and impact of immersive design as a field, as well as their thoughts on Disney’s influence on immersive, including the brand new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.    Read Interactive, Intimate, Experimental: The Impact of Immersive Design 2019 by Ricky Brigante [PDF]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.