The No Proscenium Podcast

After a too-long hiatus we are BACK and this time out we've got a special ALL CURATOR edition of the podcast. Noah (LA) and Zay (NYC) are joined by the all-new curator of the SF Edition: Albert Kong. Together they form Voltron. Just kidding. That takes FIVE curators. Together they review the Best of 2015, the biggest surprises of last year, and look forward to what 2016 is going to bring. It's bee...

Host Noah Nelson shares a little bit of the regional news, and then big parts of the plan for 2016 for No Pro--including the revised fate of No Proscenium SF! PUBLICATION NOTE: Both the podcast AND the LA newsletter are taking a break next week. We'll be back in FORCE before Christmas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The creators of LA's living, experiential literary journal Enter>text, Henry Hoke and Marco DiDomenico, join host Noah Nelson to talk about bringing some immersive spice to the world of literary readings. Enter>text is a fascinating beast, that proves that you can approach the open frame of immersive work from just about any angle in order to create compelling experiences.   All this, plus some bi...

Noah travels to the offices of the Think Well Group--experience designers extraordinaire--to talk about the shared worlds of immersive theatre and theme park design with a group of people who are passionate about both. Vice President of Creative Development Dave Cobb ( @DaveCobb ) is joined by members of the creative brain trust--Kate McConnell ( @AntiKate ), Jeremy Thompson ( @jkthompson72 ), and...

Zay pops in from NYC to interview director Erin Mee ( Versailles 2015 , Ferry Play ) about her immersive work and transforming public spaces into performance venues through unconventional means.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Four core members of Los Angeles' The Speakeasy Society--Genevieve Gearheart, Julianne Just, Matthew Bamberg-Johnson and Chris Porter--join host Noah Nelson to talk about their recent seasonal special show 'The Hollow.' Staged at Golden Road Brewery's own Speakeasy--Chloe's--'The Hollow' is an exploration of the work of Washington Irving centered on his classic 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' that m...

Miranda Wright, founder of Los Angeles Performance Practice and the Live Arts Exchange Festival in LA comes by No Pro HQ to talk with Noah about contemporary performance, producing, and the ways in which the relationship between performers and audience members are changing.  Wright--whose credits include not only LAX but The Day Shall Declare It and multiple shows at REDCAT--and her producing part...

Get ready for a big episode as we sit down to talk about the crown jewels of Spooky Season--Haunts--with filmmaker Jon Schnitzer. His new documentary 'Haunters' is headed towards a release next year and has begun offering behind the scenes looks at the work ahead of release.  Also joining us on the podcast is host Noah Nelson's housemate, writer Priscilla Spencer, who shares with Noah and Jon her...

Our man in New York, Zay Amsbury, sits down with Andrew Hoepfner--creator of Houseworld--to talk about the surrealist immersive show. Meanwhile, in LA, Noah has the news and something like a short rant about ethical behavior regarding ticket sales. Because, you know, he gets cranky sometimes. All this plus the usual nonsense. Hi Abel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No Pro travels this week to La Jolla and the bi-annual Without Walls (WoW) Festival of immersive and site-specific performance. There we talk with Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director of both the Festival and the La Jolla Playhouse.  This is a can't-miss episode for the theatre makers in the audience. All that plus the usual news and notes from Noah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Host Noah Nelson sits down with Matt Soson, founder of Crooked Grin (formerly A Working Theatre, a Sliver Lining) a production company working in both immersive theatre and virtual reality for a nice, ambling chat complete with cat visitations. Hey: you don't win Best of LA Awards without a few cat visitations. All that plus some news and notes! This one contains swears. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Zay Amsbury, our man in New Amsterdam--that's New York City, if you're not into Dutch Colonial American History--come through with a short and sweet one with BBQ Films' Gabriel Rhoads. These purveyors of immersive cinema are gearing up for the BLADE RAVE--an immersive showing of BLADE complete with a recreation of the iconic, bloody vampire rave. That will be going down on October 9th as part of N...

What happens when you make a call for comments for an Open Forum about failure? You get a very meta-episode where no one calls in. So instead: some news and notes from our host Noah Nelson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heidi Duckler, the founder of LA’s site-specific dance company Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre, joins host Noah Nelson to talk about her company’s 30th anniversary season including the upcoming Sophie & Charlie: a dance telenovela that runs for four weeks and culminates with a gala event.   All that plus the usual news and notes.   NEXT WEEK: Our second Open Forum episode. Listen for details, and send...

Sam Roberts--the festival director of Indiecade, the independent festival of games-- knows a thing or two about theatre. He’s been directing and designing it for two decades now. Sam sits down with host Noah Nelson to talk about how game design can—and already does—influence immersive theatre in this thoughtful, philosophical chat. Honestly, we could have gone on for hours. Program note: the first...

So, time to come clean: last week's episode was "in character." A kind of epilogue to the fantastic  Hamlet-Mobile produced at this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival.  This episode is a real--no really--interview with the cast and  actual creators of  Hamlet-Mobile.  Producer Monica Miklas and writer-director Lauren Ludwig join the actors-- Heather Ann Gottlieb, Lizzie Prestel, Hunter Seagroves, JB...

Long time listeners of the podcast--we've only been around for four months, so not that long--know that there is a special place in our hearts for  Hamlet-Mobile , the immersive theatrical installation from this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival that took place in a van. In this very special episode of No Proscenium host Noah Nelson talks with the members of The Moving Shadow-- Lizzie, Heather Ann,...

You know what, this is  your show, and for all the talk we talk about "audience agency" it is about time that we went ahead and opened up the "phone lines." This is our first, and hopefully not our last, Open Forum episode featuring reviews and comments from the community. We'll be doing another one of these next month, so find out where the Voice Memo app is on your phone or fire up GarageBand an...

This minisode--recorded in a car and at the Oculus Story Studio's press event for  Henry --features some clips from Oculus' Edward Saatchi, producer of the Story Studio, on how his team views  their exploration of immersive entertainment. (Oculus, for those who don't keep up with tech stuff, is the company that makes virtual reality headsets and has captured the imagination of the tech world.) Nex...

Hey gang, just a few quick notes this week before we head up to the SF Bay Area.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The heads of No Pro East and West meet up to talk about the ellusive "I" word, what keeps them passionate about this whole "open frame theatre movement" and just what the hell goes on in their heads when they are putting together the newsletter. If you're a producer looking to know what it takes to make the cut: this one is for you. If you're an enthusiast looking to understand some of the intrici...

Juliet Bennett Rylah (LAist) and Abel Horwitz ( Urban Death at Zombie Joe's Underground Theater) join host Noah Nelson to talk about Escape Rooms and Haunts in the LA area and what makes a good interactive show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready to dig in. Host Noah Nelson gets into the nuts and bolts of the creative process that drove writer Annie Lesser's  Getting To Know You , one of the sleeper surprises at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival. All that plus a quick update on the world of immersives this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brent Bushnell co-founder and CEO of Two Bit Circus--a motely crew of Entertainment Engineers--joins host Noah Nelson. Bushnell isn't just involved with immersive entertainment professionally, he's also the LA area's number one fan of the work. Listen is as he and Noah dig deep into what's exciting in the world of immersibve and interactive experiences today.   Plus the usual news, and more. Two B...

A quick episode this week (with a little set-up) as Lauren Ludwig and Monica Miklas, producers of  Hamlet-Mobile at the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival join host Noah Nelson to talk about their interactive, immersive, and mobile show. It's like a food truck... for Hamlet. All this plus the usual updates from the immersive world.   Follow Hamlet-Mobile on Twitter (@hamletmobile). Catch up with No Pr...