The No Proscenium Podcast

This episode was recorded LIVE at The Roguelike Tavern in Burbank.Joining us were Matt Bamberg-Johnson and Chris Porter of LA’s The Speakeasy Society who came to share word about Winter Fest OC, coming up later this month in Costa Mesa and featuring all new immersive work from the beloved LA theatre collective.Then we pull John McCormick, owner of The Roguelike Tavern, away from the bar to tell The Roguelike's origin story of the bar and spotlight the immersive & interactive attractions available on site.Finally Scarlett Kim, producer of the upcoming Worlds in Play gathering at Arizona State University in Mesa this January, previews this upcoming event which will gather play practitioners from around the country and brings word of the Worlds for Change Challenge which is offering scholarships to ASU's XRts graduate degree program.SHOW NOTESWinter Fest OCThe Speakeasy SocietyThe Roguelike TavernWorlds in PlayWorlds for Change ChallengeThe Immersive ImmersiveLDIXLIVEXLDI -The Immersive Experience Round UpUse code SPEAKER23 to get 20% off VIP, Conference, and Expo Hall Pass for LDI.Special thanks to Black Ax Media for capturing video of the recording. Keep your eyes peeled! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show we’re taking a look at SPOOKY SEASON here in Los Angeles with members of the LA Review Crew — Kevin Gossett, our LA Reviews editor, No Pro Arts Editor and Squirrel Mode practitioner Laura Hess, and after years of being our roving correspondent Martin Gimenez joins the podcast for the first time.On the docket: Reign of Terror, Haunted Hayride, Halloween Horror Nights, Knott's Scary Farm, The Willows, Fangs!, and Angel of Light.SHOW NOTESReview Rundown for 10.17.23Love & Board Games: ‘The Morrison Game Factory’ Posts A Curiously Sweet Puzzletale (The NoPro Review)Particle Ink is Coming BACK to Vegas in a BIG way (NEWSWIRE)Call Sheet for October 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week our guests are Barry Threw, the Executive and Artistic Director of Gray Area and Vanessa Chang, curator of the CripTech Metaverse Lab and director of programs at Leonardo. Both are here to talk about the upcoming GRAY AREA FESTIVAL coming up in San Francisco OCTOBER 19th — 22nd of which the Metaverse Lab is a part. It’s a great conversation about tech, art, access, and the changing cultural landscape of the SF Bay Area.SHOW NOTESGray AreaGray Area FestivalLeonardoRecoding CripTechThe Whole of the Whole Earth Catalog Is Now Online (Wired)Whole Earth Index Immersive Review Rundown for 10.10.23‘STAR CHOIR’s Message Is Lost in a Bottle of Space Dust (The NoPro Review)COMING SOON: NIGHTCRAWLERSLA Immersive Meetup & NoPro LIVE Taping Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’ve gathered a special panel filled with members of our team and community from across the U.S. all to say farewell to Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, the AHEAD OF ITS TIME immersive experience created by Walt Disney Imagineering that the Disney company closed at the end of last month in Orlando after a year and a half of voyages.Joining us this week are theme park and Infinite Rabbit Holes designer Dave Cobb, Emmy Award winning interactive storyteller Jay Bushman, magician & immersive experience producer James Lopez, NoPro’s own Leah Davis & Anthony Robinson, and returning guests from our NoPro Goes to the Galactic Starcruiser episode immersive creator Jessica Creane, director of gaming pathways at City College of New York Nicholas Fortugno, and former NoPro Executive Editor Kathryn Yu.So, you know, just a few friends.SHOW NOTESNoPro Goes to the Galactic StarcruiserBatuu PrideTogether As One - by Dave CobbFull Agency Storytelling - Johanna Koljonen, CEO, Participation Design Agency (Talk at IDS 2019)The Experience Design of Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser — Immersive and Interactive, Personalized and Communal - Kathryn YuNoPro Call Sheet for October 2023Immersive Review Rundown for 10.3.23Philadelphia Fringe Diary 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show, Jessica Kubzansky, the writer & director of Measure STILL for Measure, which is currently in its premiere run at Boston Court Pasadena joins us to talk about making a site-specific meta-theatrical play out of one of Shakespeare’s problem plays about a very problematic theatre production.Yes, that’s right, it’s a theatre nerd episode and we really, really go there. SHOW NOTESMeasure STILL For MeasureCarving Out a Slice of Theatre Life at ‘Measure STILL for Measure’ (The NoPro Review)SoCal Spooky Season 2023 Review Rundown SpecialReview Rundown: NYC Heats Up, Toronto Blasts Off, and ABBA Take London… wait ABBA?NYC Immersive Meetup (Oct. 9th)The Incomplete CollectionThe Immersive Immersive in Denver (Nov 13-15) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show we talk with NoPro's Toronto curator Katrina Lat about her coverage of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023, where she caught 57 of the 3553 shows that sprung up around the city this August. You can check out her written coverage in the show notes.Plus: in the back matter host Noah J. Nelson goes long on LA's Angel of Light & Knott's Scary Farm's 50th Anniversary.SHOW NOTESEdinburgh Festival Fringe Diary 2023: Festival OverviewThe Best Immersive at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023Review Rundown: Music Fairs and London NightsCarving Out a Slice of Theatre Life at ‘Measure STILL for Measure’ (The NoPro Review)NYC Immersive Meetup (Oct.)Lucid Immersive Summit (Singapore)Angel of Light (LA)Knott's Scary Farm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week an old fashioned double header as we cover two very different events in the Southland.First, Carey Lovelace, Founder of Visions 2030 will be on hand to talk about Vision 2030 Earth Edition Festival, which is unfolding on the campus of CalArts in Valencia.Then Sarah Mann of Madmann’s Playground and performer & poet Katie Rediger join us to talk about Van Helsing’s Dracula, their upcoming collaboration which mixes circus arts and dining, and turns the Dracula story on it’s head. SHOW NOTESVisions 2030: Earth Edition FestivalVan Helsing's DraculaSeptember Call SheetEdinburgh Festival Fringe Diary 2023: Festival OverviewPhiladelphia Fringe Diary 2023The Immersive 5 with Katie Rediger, Co-Creator of ‘Van Helsing’s Dracula’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show we’re joined by Terry Pettigrew-Rolapp & Tommy Wallach, the owners of Hatch Escapes and the creators of Lab Rat, here in Los Angeles, the boxed puzzle story experience Mother of Frankenstein, and the long anticipated The Ladder, also in LA and on the set of which we spoke with the pair.SHOW NOTESHatch Escapes (Lab Rat, The Nest, The Ladder)Mother of FrankensteinEverything Immersive This Week (LinkedIn)Call Sheet September 2023Everything Immersive (Website)Lucid Immersive Summit (Singapore)Visions 2030 Earth Edition Festival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Venice Immersive, the biggest festival showcase of augmented & virtual reality projects in the world, has returned as part of the Venice International Film Festival and so too has our annual check-in with programmers Michel Reilhac and Liz Rosenthal to talk not only about the festival's line-up but the state of digital immersive as a whole.Show NotesVenice Immersive LineupSen (Venice Immersive)Complex 7 (Venice Immersive)Fatboy Slim – Eat, Sleep, VR, Repeat (Venice Immersive)Everything Immersive This Week (LinkedIn)Everything Immersive This Week (Web)Review Rundown for 8.29.23Innovating Immersive Theater In Japan (Feature - NoPro) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the past year immersive creator Jessica Creane has become one of my favorite people to talk shop with. The creator of Chaos Theory and the co-creator, with Yannick Trapman-O’Brien, of Fair Trade, Creane’s new work – Tea Party at the End of the World — will debut in the Philadelphia Fringe next month.In this episode of NoPro we talk about how that show is coming together, tackling themes like grief, and just what immersive experiences excel at on the interpersonal level.SHOW NOTESTea Party at the End of the WorldIKantKoan (Jessica Creane's site)Review Rundown for 8.22.23Everything Immersive This Week (LinkedIn)Everything Immersive This Week (Web)NoPro Newsletter SignUpCall Sheet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.