The No Proscenium Podcast

Think Tank Gallery impresario Jacob Patterson invites Noah over to the studio to share the scoops on Think Tank's latest projects in LA. They've got three big shows opening in the next few weeks, including the Sea-Saw residency on the Santa Monica Pier which will feature local favorites like The Guest & The Host , #Metaforyou , and Lola Kelly. Plus it's Jacob and Noah, so you know the convo gets o...

Once upon a time Sean Stewart was a science fiction novelist. Then, one day, he got a call asking if he wanted to take part in a little world-building project. One based around a Steven Spielberg movie.  That movie was A.I. and that project would become known as "The Beast," the first Alternate Reality Game. Now Sean works for Magic Leap, the secretive company in Florida that is working on augment...

Last week your host, Noah Nelson, was in Qingdao, China for the Sandbox Immersive Festival . This week he's back, solo, to talk about some of what he observed there and about the emerging thinking around XR -- the term being given to all of immersive technology -- and how that relates to live immersive. This being Noah talking into a microphone, you know that we get into a few tangents, including...

At the heart of many an immersonaut's journey is #SOMEDND, the "DND" being Dungeons & Dragons, and as it just so happens that hashtag stood for a recent livestream extravaganza called the Stream of Many Eyes.  Now, why is NoPro talking about live-streaming D&D? Well for one, the lead up to the stream was a multiverse hopping alternate reality game (#NoStoneUnturned) that called upon the powers of ...

Our hard-hitting reporters have revealed a nest of bloodsuckers in the beating heart of Los Angeles. This den of the undead appears to the outside world as the lobby of one of those new fang led "escape rooms" co-owned by a woman named Rachel Foti. Our intrepid host dares to enter this lair of sin and uncover the secret origin of this nefarious gathering point for a "micro-community" of the vampir...

There's something magical going on in Downtown Los Angeles. Something simple, and oh-so-needed in this day and age. It's called The Silent Play Experiment, and it is exactly what it says on the tin. Host Noah Nelson sits down with its co-creator Olivia Hamilton to talk about the experience, the company that gave birth to it, and the road to embracing play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Negin Singh has been a lot of things: founder of Cartel Arts Collaborative LA , leader of the Inspiration team at AR pioneers  DAQRI , and now she's the Executive Director of the Santa Monica Pier . She's bringing her experience as a producer of immersive and interactive events to one of the biggest travel destinations in all of Southern California, and taking our friends at Think Tank along for t...

This edition replaces the messed up original file. Lisa & David Spira of Room Escape Artist and Michael Andersen of ARGN.com join us to talk about how we talk about this immersive thing of ours.  From how to handle spoiler discussions online to designing for discovery after the fact, this conversation is all about the unique problems that face immersive entertainment of every form -- from live the...

It's no secret that we have LARP roots here at No Proscenium, specifically VAMPIRE LARP roots. So when we heard that there's a "blockbuster" (aka bespoke) Vampire LARP coming to Texas in November -- part of the relaunch of Vampire: the Masquerade which is happening all year long -- we got very, very intrigued. Which is how we ended up talking to Matthew Webb of Jackalope Live Action Studios , the...

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Director Spencer Williams ( Walk The Night ) and music producer Andrew Heringer have created a unique music experience in the form of The Guest & The Host: Make Music, which will be debuting alongside the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June in LA. Plus: Noah's initial thoughts on the Oculus Go.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when two immersive theatre companies meet at a bar in San Francisco? They make a show in LA, that's what. Rochester, 1996 is a collaboration between Capital W and DryCræft Los Angeles that will be hitting this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival . We talk with Lauren Ludwig & Monika Miklas of Capital W, and Thaddeus Shafer of DryCræft Los Angeles whose life as the son of a pastor provide...

Every fan of immersive in Los Angeles know the name Jon Braver: he's the creator of the wildly popular Delusion interactive horror theatre company. Each instance of Delusion is an event into and of itself, and Jon has been creating his dark wonderland in our reality for years now. This week Delusion goes virtual, with the cinematic VR version of Delusion: Lies Within debuting at The Overlook Film...

Derek Spencer and Meredith Treinen of Ceaseless Fun drop in with beer and pecan pie to talk about their most recent show -- Agnosia -- and the upcoming They Who Saw The Deep in Los Angeles. Don't worry, we save the pie for afterwards. But it is one of THOSE episodes thanks to the beer. In fact, it's officially an NoPro After Dark. We get into process in this one, so you know I love it. Hosted on A...

John MacInnes and Remington Scott met while making Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare , kicking off a collaboration ( MacInness Scott) that is exploring the bleeding edge of photorealism. But these two are about more than brain melting tech that can turn Hollywood actors and politicians into digital humans: all that is just the groundwork for exploring the art of storytelling on the immersive digital...

The madmen went and did it. Last week the creative team behind The Tension & Lust Experiences announced that they were taking on new partners, a company called AGBO -- which is The Russo Brothers' new company. You know, the guys who are directing  Avengers: Infinity War. So yeah, that's some big news. And Tension creators Darren Bousman, Clint Sears, and producer Gordon Bijelonic sit down with hos...

Our dear friend Bryan Bishop of The Verge has just come back from a once-in-a-lifetime experience at SXSW. There he was one of just two participants in an elaborate, four day long immersive experience called a "Simulife" by the creative think tank known as Interactive Deep Dive. Host Noah Nelson, who walks in clueless (What else is new?), journey's with Bryan into the heart of what made this so sp...

Writer and director Edward Robles of Here Be Dragons drops by to talk about Dispatch , his episodic VR narrative for Oculus that debuted at Sundance.  Well that and a wide ranging conversation about how he landed in the business, writing, and more.  That plus a #NoProGoesPro campaign update. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You may not know Justin Denton's name, but you certainly have heard of his work. He's the director of the much buzzed about LEGION FX activation at last year's San Diego Comic Con (which had an encore at FoST Fest in NYC) and part of the core team at Here Be Dragons , the production studio that has helped put VR on the map. Get ready, because Noah and Justin are about to have one of THOSE conversa...

Aaron and Austin Keeling of E3W Productions join Noah to talk about their new show  Bitter at the End and how their surprise debut -- the absolutely wonderful In Another Room -- came together in the first place. Keep an eye on these guys, they're got the touch. Plus: the first part of our NoPro Goes Pro campaign BEGINS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathryn sits down with Taylor Myers of Roll The Bones to talk about his  storied career ( Sleep No More, Then She Fell, Grand Paradise ) and the upcoming narrative feature film Hamlet in the Golden Vale  an adaptation of Shakespeare's play.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor, poet, and entrepreneur Terence Leclere joins host Noah Nelson to talk about how he became an immersive person, and just what he's up to with his company Metaforyou , which offers immersive and interactive services for hire in the LA area. Philosophy with a side of business. Plus: Noah totally gives a reading list at the end of the show. What? I know. Join the conversation at the  NoPro Slac...

Creator Nick Rheinwald-Jones & Creative Producer Lyndsie Scoggin of Safehouse '77 invite Noah to the safehouse for a chat about how the show came to be... and how it is returning to LA. That plus: a but about this week's LEIA Town Hall in LA, and a shout out to our friends at the A.R.T. Artist Real Talk podcast , who are kicking off their second season with a bang!   Brought to you by our amazing...

Alison S. M. Kobayashi joins Kathryn Yu to talk about Say Something Bunny , a feat of theatrical documentary that draws audiences into the lives of a New York Jewish family in the 1950s. It is quite unlike anything else on stage in NYC, and it drew the attention of our New York team. Plus: Noah without his coffee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our friends from LA's Speakeasy Society return to talk about two -- or is it three??? -- upcoming projects including their take on The Wild Party , which is part of The Broad Stage's 10th anniversary season. Connect with us via Slack . This episode is dedicated to Prof. Mohammad Kowsar (1943 - 2018). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.