The No Proscenium Podcast

In the past year actress Karlie Blair has become a mainstay of the LA immersive theatre scene. She's performed in such shows as Whisperlodge, the original production of Safehouse '77, and The Lust Experience. With actress Keight Leighn she co-founded DR3AMLOGiKK, which has presented the improvised experience Snow Fridge, and a workshop production Broken Clocks. She's also one of the leads in Shine On Collective's Echoes in the Dark. We caught up with the busy lady to talk about her work and her background as a graduate of UC Berkeley's theatre program. Brought to you in part by The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, who are seeking faculty candidates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We met Amanda Rose Villarreal at the Denver Immersive Summit, where we shared a panel with her and Jenny Weinbloom of Meow Wolf Denver on Consent & Agency in immersive. Amanda Rose is getting her Ph.D in Theatre Arts at Colorado University at Boulder, and her practice involves training "police officers, lawyers, and counselors to use effective communication and de-escalation techniques during crisis intervention and conflict management." Amanda Rose is both a practitioner and a researcher, so we're getting a full spectrum look. That work has given her incredible insight into the challenges facing immersive creators around issues of agency and consent, and we dig into that on today's episode, recorded live in the field at The Molecule Effect cafe in Denver. This week's episode brought to you by listeners like you and The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.   Content Advisory: language and mature themes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You might know Tad as the actor who played the dad, and whose own childhood informed Drycraeft LA and Capital W's Rochester 1996, or you might know him as a gentle seeker whose life got caught up in The Society and who is now working for the group that is unraveling the mystery of the Wolf Trail. Tad is all this, and more.  Get ready for a special in-the-field edition of No Proscenium as we join Tad on the Wolf Trail, where we've encountered a Moonglow. This episode is brought to you by listeners like you, with the support of The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathryn Yu moderates and This Is Not A Theatre Company's Erin Mee is the featured guest in this talkback session for Cafe Play recorded on September 30th, 2018. Featuring guest appearances by the cast of the show, Alyssa Kim, Christy Casey, and Andrew Hoepfner. Plus: Noah rambles a bit about his recent trip to Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Odyssey Works is a legendary company that started in San Francisco around the turn of this century. They're best known for making elaborate, immersive pieces of theatre for one. Ayden LeRoux is an installation artist and writer who is a part of Odyssey Works' team of collaborators, and she joins NoPro's Kathryn Yu in NYC to talk about her work and Odyssey Works.   ALL NEW: EVENT SCHEDULE   Are we coming to your town soon?! Find NoPro at these upcoming events! #SantaFe: 10/22: The Art of Presence by Noah Nelson http://bit.ly/2OzHyjK #LA: 11/5: Meet the Press featuring Bryan Bishop, Juliet Bennett Rylah, and Noah Nelson http://bit.ly/2S0VFNq #NYC: 11/5: Everything Immersive meetup http://bit.ly/2P08chW #Denver: 11/10: Denver Immersive Summit, featuring Noah Nelson http://bit.ly/2QX75RI   And applications for the Immersive Design Summit are OPEN.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shine On Collective's writer-director duo Anna Mavromati and Marlee Delia join host Noah Nelson in LA to talk about their latest work Echoes in the Dark, a 2018 update of the Frankenstein story, and how their collaboration has evolved over the last two years of work. Plus: we touch on a bunch going on in LA right now, like the amazing Spatial Reality gallery exhibition, Delusion, CreepLA: Awake, the upcoming workshop from Tara O'Con and Marissa Neilsen-Pincus, and much much more. Support us via Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yvonne Chang and Jae Lee of NYC's Wildrence join guest host Kathryn Yu to talk about their unique storytelling space and consulting studio on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Plus: quick notes from Noah about the beautifully constructed site-specific work Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden currently in Southern California.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From NYC: Kathryn Yu talks with Carlo D'Amore, founder of interactive theatre company Live In Theater, about their latest work, the Nordic LARP influenced This Is When We Rest. Carlo is a Drama Desk Nominated director and he and LIT have been re-imagining the mystery genre since 2009. This year he was part of the Interactive PlayLab's Deep Dive team in Austin. Meanwhile, in LA: Noah is on Tylenol with codeine. Uh oh. Also: be sure to check out this week’s edition of Everything Immersive This Week. Always a doozy! And follow us on The Gram! To learn more about Deep Dive Austin and the SimuLife project, check out our previous podcast interviews with Bryan Bishopand Jeff Wirth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Dorado's Drunken Devil has been a fixture of the LA immersive scene for years now. Starting out as a haunt, the company transitioned to nightlife events with a flair for horror themes and immersive elements.  This Spooky Season the company will present the next in its series of deadly sin themed soirees: Bacchanalia, a trip back to Rome sans togas. (No one wants togas.) Dorado sits down at NoPro headquarters with host Noah Nelson to talk about the company's origin story and what's on tap this Fall. CONTENT ADVISORY: we discuss the lives, and actions of serial killers -- the subjects of To Live and Dine In LA -- in this episode. There are details, including discussion of sexual violence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Wally, Chief Creative Officer of Mycotoo --the design firm that collaborated with marketing agency Giant Spoon on the SXSWestworld and InkHole activations -- joins us to talk origin stories: of the Westworld activation, Mycotoo, and his own journey from filmmaker to theme park and immersive designer. Oh, and he's ALSO the director of the annual Dark Harbor haunt at the Queen Mary to boot. Get ready for a deep dive. Plus: a slew of announcements including The Immersive Design Summit venue, LEIA's latest organizing efforts in LA, and a few thoughts about value and transparency around costs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.