The No Proscenium Podcast

This week we heading to heaven and a galaxy far far away… sort of. The Heaven is Cowboix Hevvven , currently being built inside Meow Wolf’s RADIO TAVE in Houston, and we’re talking to Cole Bee Wilson, the creator of this new space which is Meow Wolf’s first fully functioning dive bar inside one of their exhibitions.  We talk to Cole from just outside the worksite, in the middle of a busy buil...

Another double header! First up, today is iPhone pre-order day, and that makes it a great day to drop my interview from July with Adam Lisagor, the man behind Sandwich — the firm that got its start making ads for apps and companies big and small because of the the original iPhone and has gotten BACK into the app development game for the Vision Pro with the apps Television and Theatre — with the la...

We kick off our Spooky Season 2024 coverage with an LA double header. First up: Justin Fix , Stephanie Turek , and Daniel Montgomery of JFI Productions are here with us to talk about the return of CREEP — the show that started it all for JFI and which has been one of the foundational rocks of LA’s Spooky Season for nearly a decade now. This year’s CREEP is a collaboration with the CBS series GHOST...

This week a doubleheader: Stephen Dobbie and Colin Nightingale of A Right/Left Project whose ORIGIN - A DEEP LISTENING EXPERIENCE is returning to London this September as part of London Design Week join us first. Stephen and Colin have been collaborators for two decades now, including their work with Punchdrunk stretching back to the early days of the storied companies. As a Right/Left Project the...

This week we’ve got a really unique edition of the podcast because a year ago I messed up! Last August I interviewed Doug North Cook , the CEO & Creative Director at Creature a new VR video game studio & label that draws upon the team's deep roots in both video games and VR, and is using a model that means indie studios can get the benefits of working with a larger publisher without giving...

We’re celebrating this milestone the best way we know how — by getting members of NoPro’s esteemed Review Crew together to wax philosophical about the state of things in the immersive cosmos.  This time out associate producer Parker Sela, New York City correspondent Nicholas Fortugno, and New England Curator Leah Davis join host Noah Nelson for a discussion that touches on the notions of...

This week: we’re back to the double header groove, first with a stop to chat with Aaron Blanton & Este Olivia, owners The Ghoulish Sanctuary , a Haunted Mansion inspired Airbnb in Kissimmee, Florida and then we look to the future with Corvas Brinkerhoff, one of the co-founders of Meow Wolf to talk about his new venture the in-development SUBMERSIVE , an immersive art spa that is planned t...

Listen in on host Noah Nelson's first conversation ever with legendary ARG designer Adrian Hon as they talk about game design, escape games, defining immersive, training actors and more. It’s a winding conversation between two folks who love this stuff more than anyone reasonably should. SHOW NOTES Adrian Hon Edinburgh Fringe Immersive Creators Meetup w/Adrian Hon Zombies Run! Perplex City Hosted...

This week on the show we have another double header, this time focused on escape game companies with a theatrical flair… or is that theatre companies who got the escape game itch? First: Tina Keenan , Managing Director of Toronto’s Secret City lets us on on their secrets: from their days of working with SCRAP to bring the escape game pioneer’s work to Toronto all the way to THE PERFECT BITE , thei...

This week on the show: NoPro London Curator Shelley Snyder talks with Parabolic Theatre's Owen Kingston about the return of Bridge Command to London . Plus: Majestic Repertory Theatre's Troy Heard , writer & director of the new immersive adaptation of Jane Austen's EMMA and actress Coco Lane Rigbye (Emma) join host Noah Nelson to dish on the new production that opens this week in Las Vegas . S...

This special edition of the podcast features NoPro's Nicholas Fortugno , Parker Sela , and Noah Nelson along with special guest Jeff Crocker (Mister & Mischief) as they trade notes on Julia Masli 's ha ha ha ha ha ha ha , in full Spolier Cast mode. SHOW NOTES ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (Boston) ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (Washington D.C.) Julia Masli Escape From Godot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

Sometimes the timeline just makes you break format, which is what we're doing this week as an avalanche of projects have been unleashed. This week's episode sees us covering work in the fields of theatre, VR, escape games, and role playing games. Let's break it down: First up, Jef Aldrich & Jon Taylor , the creators of the Düngeonmeister series of books of unconventional tabletop roleplaying g...

This week a double feature double dip with two segments on Neotropolis , the cyberpunk festival in California's Mojave Desert that invites revlers to shed their mundane lives and embrace a neon soaked, cybernetically enhanced alternate reality. We kick things off with a panel featuring NoPro’s own Anthony Robinson , Reality Escape Pod co-host Peih-Gee Law , and Live Action Attraction’s Brett Jacks...

This week: Chip Giller and Amy Seidenwurm  of AGOG: The Immersive Media Institute a new organization whose mission is to helping creators and nonprofit leaders harness the power of extended reality (XR) to imagine a better future for all. Then we pivot from XR to IRL as Adipat Virdi , the creator of I AM OTHER — which is headed to the Edinburgh Fringe this August and has a two night stan...

Life & Trust – the upcoming show from Emursive, the NYC presenters of Sleep No More & proprietors of the McKittrick Hotel – is the subject of much rumor & speculation, something our Review Crew is not immune to! Join NoPro's NYC curator Allie Marotta, East Coast Editor at Large Blake Weil, NYC correspondents Nicholas Fortugno and Penelope Ray along with host Noah Nelson as they di...

A double header! First: What If...? — An Immersive Story Design Director Ian Bowie of ILM Immersive and Director & Executive Producer Dave Bushore of Marvel Studios join us to talk about the new release for the Apple Vision Pro. Then: the first of our Hollywood Fringe 2024 shorts as Jacob Zorehkey & Ashley Busenlener of LAST CALL THEATRE pop in to tell us about Last Call’s upcoming Hollywo...

This week we’re joined by  Cesar Hawas , producer of Particle Ink: House of Shattered Prisms , the spectacular creation of the Light Poets that has moved into the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and is wowing audiences in this follow up run to Particle Ink’s fabled run in Vegas’ Arts District.  SHOW NOTES Particle Ink Particle Ink: House of Shattered Prisms The NoPro Review of the...

This week we are joined by the dynamic Achinta S. McDaniel , Founding Artistic Director of Blue13 Dance Company whose all new work Soliloquy: Immersive Experience comes to LA's Heritage Square Museum May 31 - June 2. This marks Blue13's return to Heritage Square after the triumphant Shaadi in 2021, a highlight of that year. We get into the themes of the new show, how working in immersive & sit...

Michael Epstein, founder of Walking Cinema, joins us to talk about The Fillmore Eclipse. While Walking Cinema is well known for their intricate audio based walking history experiences, this is their first fully staged immersive performance based experience… one that like all of their work taps into the local history of the setting. SHOW NOTES The Fillmore Eclipse Walking Cinema Life & Trust Ho...

This week on the show Rory Mitchell of The Mercantile is here to talk with us about his new Augmented Reality narrative experience The Tent , which made a splash at SXSW this year and is now on the festival circuit. SHOW NOTES The Tent The Mercantile Broken Bone Bathtub Documentary/LA Meetup BBB Doc NoPro Patreon Backer Discount Info Meow Wolf supercharged the way we experience art. Is L.A. r...

David Rosenberg & Glen Neath, Artistic Directors of DARKFIELD return to the podcast to talk about their latest work, the interactive audio experience ARCADE. A twist on the company's signature immersive audio storytelling formula, ARCADE features a branching narrative as you guide your avatar through a world ravaged by endless war. SHOW NOTES ARCADE DARKFIELD The Los Angeles Immersive Invitati...

This week on the show NoPro’s Chicago curator Patrick McLean hops into the host chair for a conversation with Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Co-Executive Director of Chicago’s own Albany Park Theater Project and Jennine Willett, co-artistic director of the NYC based Third Rail Projects about the two company’s ongoing collaboration over the years and its current incarnation — the immersive theatre experie...

We're joined this week by Robert Farid Karimi – whose work of late has included a series of interactive analog immersive game experiences involving topics such as community-police relations and the illegal detention of Central American immigrant youth – and who is the co-director of the Public Practice + Generative Play StudioLab and serves as Assistant Professor in the Music, Dance and Theater de...

This week it’s an AFTER DARK style episode featuring host Noah Nelson and NoPro Arts Editor Laura Hess as they have a conversation that covers the AI works in the LA Art show, the use of AI in Immersive, a bit on the Wonka debacle because we recorded this like three weeks ago, and the overall nature of immersive work particularly as it applies to the art world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

This week on the show we’re joined by  Ivan Carić  and  Emily Carding of The Key of Dreams , the follow up to the hit overnight immersive experience in the Welsh countryside which was reviewed for us last year by Ellery Weil, who also joins us on the pod for the first time. The Key of Dreams draws on the literary tradition of weird fiction to create a strange and thrilling experienc...