The No Proscenium Podcast

We've wanted to get Curtis Hickman, co-founder and chief creative officer of The VOID, on the podcast forever. This time out we finally get him, and we get Jake Zim -- Senior Vice President, Virtual Reality at Sony Pictures -- as part of a twofer. We talk about Sony and The Void's longstanding collaboration, the latest example of which is 'Jumanji: Reverse The Curse,' which is the most fun I've had at The VOID yet. Plus: we tease ticket info for the HERE Summit, but you can just click here to read it. And while you're at it: check out our 'Jumanji' review and the NoPro Holiday Gift Guide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did we get so lucky? Last week we sat down with Ben Snow (director of 'Vader Immortal'), Alyssa Finley (producer Ep. II and III), and John Nguyen (design director, Ep. III) of the ILMxLAB and Colum Slevin head of media in the AR/VR experiences team at Oculus to talk about Vader Immortal Episode III, the final chapter of the series. We dig into what the team has learned across the arc of three episodes, and so much more. Plus: two Noah rants. Woof. Show Notes - My review of Vader Immortal Episode III - Will Cherry's review of The Under Presents - Our bonus episode with Edward Saatchi of Fable Studio on Virtual Beings - And Ari Herstand's article about how California's new freelance laws are going to hurt independent musicians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show we travel up to CalArts and talk with Sam Dubois, the creator of Albany CA's The Avenue Adventure. Sam, now a sophomore at the University, got his start by creating the Albany Haunt when he was 12-years-old. He then ran it for five years. The Avenue Adventure was Sam's first crack at an Alternate Reality Game, and he managed to get the local Chamber of Commerce signed on. Look, what I'm saying to you is this: the next generation of immersive creators are here and they are going to run laps around everybody. Let's gooooo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Rheinwald-Jones & Katelyn Schiller are the co-writers of 'Safehouse '82,' a spy thriller that follows up on Rheinwald-Jones' 'Safehouse '77' which featured the two as actors. Since that show Schiller has become co-artistic director of the company Rheinwald-Jones founded, with the pair collaborating on this summer's 'The Pod' at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. We talked with the co-writers on the eve of the opening of the new show, at the safehouse itself in an undisclosed location in the shadow of Griffith Park. Note: there be cursing ahead. Plus: a note about how tickets to next year's HERE Summit are going to work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bernie Su is the multiple Emmy winning showrunner, co-creator, and executive producer of 'Artificial,' the first scripted narrative series on Twitch which also won Twitch its first Emmy. Bernie's been at this for a while, with 'The Lizzie Bennet Diaries' being one of the seminal works of the transmedia age. As live immersive and interactive creators look to expanding their work across mediums -- just check out our last podcast episode for an example -- we thought it would be a good time to check in on how the parallel track of online interactive storytelling has matured in the last half-decade. Plus: updates on our Patreon campaign and on the HERE Summit in 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As individual performers keight leighn (bedrumplai, snow fridge) and Elisabeth Stranathan (blackout, bedrumplaii)have an otherworldly intensity to them, as if they existed both in our reality and in a metareality just two steps to the left of our own. Together they form the G8B4 -- which so far specializes in one on one experiences for audiences in person and online. , their current offering, puts the audience into the role of a cheating spouse whose fling comes back for revenge. The whole thing plays out via email and Instagram's video messaging, creating a campy emotional thrill ride that can be experienced wherever you are. Show Notes: The rules for our Dismember The Alamo contest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor Alex Demers (The Johnny Cycle: The Living, The Blue Blade) joins us to talk about the craft of acting in immersive and his own journey into the immersive field. Plus: a big update on the 2020 Summit, as in DATES, LOCATION, and NAME and some notes on a new musical in LA -- CAGES. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Bushore of Marvel Studios and Ian Bowie & Michael Koperwas of ILMxLAB join us to talk about 'Avengers: Damage Control' the all-new collaboration between their companies and The VOID. The VR adventure is the biggest yet to hit The VOID's hyper-reality centers, and it puts you in the role of new recruits who must take the latest Wakandan/Stark tech and use it to help the post-Endgame Avengers defeat a resurgent evil. Read our review. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julia Henning, founder of The Halogen Company, is a familiar presence on the LA immersive scene. As an actor, she's performed with Just Fix It Productions (Haus of Creep), The Speakeasy Society (Johnny III), and in Darren Lynn Bousman's Lust Experience and Theatre Macabre. As Creative Director of Halogen, she's taken the company into both traditional and immersive endeavors, with One Exit, and the planned Sea of Odds. Show Notes: Inside Immersive: Haus of Creep (video) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, at VIFF Immersed, Ricky Brigante of Pseudonym Productions gave the opening keynote and our own Noah Nelson moderated the closing panel with the competition judges. So naturally, the night before, Ricky and Noah stayed up drinking and talking, and recorded it all for you. This after the back and forth of first Noah’s and then Ricky’s column on growing the audience for immersive. Recorded live in an awesome hotel room that the Vancouver Film Festival was kind enough to provide us with. East Coast meets West Coast all the way up in British Columbia! Plus: an update on Pseudonym's Dark Passage, a quick check-in on 2020 Summit plans, head's up on our Delusion Talk Back, and a brief shout out to the brilliant folks at Cross Roads Escape Games. All this brought to you by our Patreon backers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eric Gradman, CTO and Mad Inventor at LA's Two Bit Circus meets up with Noah at their DTLA headquarters to talk about the technical side of immersive and their all-new story room Dr. Botcher's Minute Medical School. Head's up: there's cursing. Show Notes: This week's Picks of the Week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Survivor: China and Survivor: Cambodia — Second Chance player Peih-Gee Law joins NoPro's Anthony Robinson (Survivor: Fiji) and Room Escape Artist's David Spira for a talk about how Survivor is the ultimate immersive experience for its players, and their shared love of escape games and puzzles. All to celebrate the premiere of Survivor: Island of the Idols. Originally scheduled as part of our Everything Else livestream series, this bonus episode heralds the beginning of new podcast programming initiatives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Henningsen, Artistic Director of LA's Thymele Arts sits down to talk with Noah about just what the performing arts incubator in East Hollywood is, its role in the immersive world, and the future of immersive in LA. Note: John very graciously gives us a desk in the co-working space free of charge, but that's not why we're talking to him. We're talking to him because he and Thymele are an integral part of LA's immersive scene. SHOW NOTES Those Who Play: Notes on Building An Immersive Audience Those Who Watch: Rediscovering the Alternate Reality Game Show Delusion: Alt-Delete - Preview Discount Codes & Talk Back VIFF Immersed Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Choreographer Koryn Ann Wicks stops by the studio to talk about her work exploring immersive in dance. Her I Love You So Much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATH is getting a remount at the Bootleg Theater this October in LA, and her and her team recently took home the grand prize of the LA Immersive Invitational for their work CASTING. We dive in on the language of dance and immersive in this one. Show NotesOur review of I Love You So Much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATHI Love You So Much, SQUEEZE ME TO DEATH fundraiser Daqri shutting downVenice VR: These Sleepless NightsKoryn's Instagram#bedrUmplaII(2) — [[bedroom play 2]] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Graham Wetterhahn, Founder of After Hours Theatre Company (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The Last Five Years: A Multisensory Experience) joins host Noah Nelson to talk about the founding of the company, their immersive-adjacent work, and the first LA Immersive Invitational -- which was a total blast. Show Notes: The 2019 Immersive Design Summit videos are here! Denver Immersive Retrospectacle highlights! Talking Spies with Nick Rheinwald-Jones. E.I. livestream on pop-ups. And bookmark next week's livestream on the stories of Star Wars Galaxy's Edge with Jeff Heimbuch (Horrorbuzz), Emmett Fuery (D&D, Ingress), and Anthony and Noah of NoPro. And as always: help us by reviewing the podcast, sharing the work, and pledging on Patreon (if you can). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The co-creator of Blackout Haunted House, Josh Randall, joins host Noah Nelson to talk about the storied show -- which has inspired many others in the horror genre -- and his storied career. "Each and every conversation I've ever had with Josh has challenged how I see our field, and this is no exception. I look forward to years more of them." -Noah Check out Blackout's Kickstarter. Show Notes: VIFF: These Sleepless Nights, NYFF: Convergence, Delusion: Alt-Delete, Haus of Creep, Without Walls Festival Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Jonathan Pedigo and Alex Leff, the co-creators of Bar of Dreams Los Angeles, join host Noah Nelson to talk about pranks, comedy, and creating interactive experiences. It's a fun conversation that goes in directions you don't quite expect. Plus: we check in with Scout Expedition Company about The Nest, the tickets for which went ON SALE today! And there are LIMITED DATES available already. Note: while the interview with Jeff & Jarret of Scout is squeaky clean, there's some explicit language in the Bar of Dreams interview, which starts about 19 minutes in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jacob Patterson of Think Tank Gallery and Bobby of the Pizzaboyzzz join us as we visit the Tank at the edge of the Arts District in DTLA. The current show is Nothing Cheezy, a pizza-themed collaborative art show that acts as both a parody of the ubiquitous "selfie palaces" and, well, it's also a selfie palace. The show has been extended through mid-September and features special events pretty much every night for the price of admission. Get ready for a freewheeling discussion about street art, selfie palaces, and the often complicated relationship between the two. Plus: we announce a special auction of a pair of invitations to The College of Extraordinary Experiences, that has a shot at powering us through the end of the year. Content Advisory: strong language and sensitive subject matter. Listener discretion is advised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three interviews from the floor of the world's biggest computer graphics conference that explore the state of the art of immersive tech: From Magic Leap Studios, Dan Lehrich VP of Production; the CEO of Glassbox Technologies, Norman Wang; and the Chief Creative and GM of Intel Studios, Diego Prilusky. Augmented reality, virtual production, and volumetric filmmaking are our topics of the day, so get ready to go into the future on this episode of the NoPro Podcast. Want to keep the show going? Join our Patreon. Show Notes: the interview with Meow Wolf's Caity Kennedy that I mentioned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jackalope Live Action Studio's Matthew Webb rejoins us to talk about their latest forays into making blockbuster LARPs. We talk Night City, their Cyberpunk 2020/2077 game (check out some awesome photos of the event along with us at the top of the show), and the revamp of The Night In Question, the Studio's successful Vampire: The Masquerade game which has led to their announcement at GenCon this week of The Elysium Chronicles, a serialized immersive LARP launching in 2020. For more from Matthew, including an in-depth discussion on blockbuster LARP and the state of the art, check out Episode 149 of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathryn Yu sits down with Jordan Chlapecka and Kendra Slack of Linked Dance Theatre to talk about Remembrance, their 11th site-specific, immersive show coming soon to a historic house on Governors Island in NYC. In Remembrance, audiences will have the ability to explore the fading memories of a woman with Alzheimer's Disease as they enter her home as guests during her 65th birthday party. The three discuss the company's approach to blending movement, text, and live music; what they’ve learned throughout their journey; the illusion of audience agency versus actual agency; their approach to narrative, on-boarding, and casting the audience; what it's like to make their first sandbox show; the power of immersive theatre to connect; using immersive to explore social issues; and their Kickstarter campaign for Remembrance. Plus: a bonus lightning round where Kathryn forces Jordan and Kendra to choose their favorite children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join host Noah Nelson and guest Dan Rutstein, president of immersive technology company Laduma, as they talk about the current frontier of immersive tech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathryn Yu sits down without Ricky Brigante and Sarah Elger of Pseudonym Productions who have recently moved their immersive theatre company from Orlando to Philadelphia. The three of them have a wide-ranging conversation about Sarah's background in architecture and theme park design and Ricky's background in theme park journalism, the forming of their immersive theatre company, creating their first show, running an immersive theatre business in a place like Orlando, their recent experience going through the Creative Startups accelerator program, the future and impact of immersive design as a field, as well as their thoughts on Disney’s influence on immersive, including the brand new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Read Interactive, Intimate, Experimental: The Impact of Immersive Design 2019 by Ricky Brigante [PDF]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Managing Editor Kathryn Yu is joined by members of the NYC team --Allie Marotta, Asya Gorovits, Blake Weil, and Cheyenne Ligon -- to talk about what they've been seeing and what's on their minds: including the Great Gotham Challenge, which had some issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing our 2019 Overlook Film Festival coverage, we sit down with two of the creators of the fest's immersive offerings. First up is Ava Lee Scott, the veteran immersive performer, who crafted Home of Enchantments -- a piece that blew everyone who saw it away. Then we check in with Andrew Preble of Delaport Ventures, the creator of Saintsbone, and the internationally known 'Escape My Room' in New Orleans. That's right: it's a double feature show. Advisory: some explicit language. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I first met Robin Arnott, CEO of Andromeda Entertainment, at E3 many moons ago when he was showing an audio-based thriller game Deep Sea at the Indiecade booth. It was a true oddity -- a video game without video -- an immersive experience before we were throwing that term around as we now do. In the years since Robin and I have crossed paths on his home turf of Austin -- when I was working a story on indie games for NPR -- at GDC, and Indiecade. In my mind he's always been one of the "weird art kids" making games in the space beyond the horizon. So it was a shock when I was at an event months ago and learned that he had become the CEO of a start-up that was looking to redefine just what games could be. Robin? A CEO? Get ready for an adventure as we catch up, road trip style, from the heart of DTLA to the Hollywood Hills -- and from Austin's indie game scene to the philosophical frontier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join NoPro's Senior AV Content Producer/Festival Correspondent Cara Mandel and Founder Noah Nelson as they trade notes on the 2019 Overlook Film Festival Game All of Them Witches, plus some notes on the festival's other immersive offerings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two. Hundred. Episodes. Two hundred. So how do we celebrate? By getting the gang together -- that being the senior editors -- Kathryn Yu, Anthony Robinson, Jessica Lachenal, and Kevin Gossett together to just chat. Here's to 200 more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spoiler Warning: elements of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge discussed in the open and close. Host Noah Nelson talks with Victoria Rege conference chair for AR/MR/VR and Maxwell Planck, VR Theatre Director for Siggraph 2019 about upcoming immersive elements at the world's premier entertainment technology conference, which returns to LA July 28 - August 1. Show notes: Otherworld interview, The Why interview. The NoPro Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NoPro managing editor Kathryn Yu sits down with Evan Neiden, the creator behind Candle House Collective. The group has been creating ephemeral immersive experiences -- usually for an audience of one -- both in-person and remotely. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We visit Facebook's LA campus to talk with the team behind Vader Immortal, the launch title for the Oculus Quest that finds you captured by the Dark Lord of the Sith and set on a task only you can accomplish. Director Ben Snow, narrative designer Mohen Leo ILMxLAB and Oculus' Colum Slevin (Head of Media, AR/VR Experiences at Facebook) join us to talk about the brand new adventure which debuts this month. Plus: host Noah Nelson's hands-on impressions of Vader Immortal and the Oculus Quest. Read our review of Vader Immortal on the NoPro site. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NoPro Executive Editor Kathryn Yu speaks to creators at the Tribeca Film Festival, exploring three different pieces currently showcasing at the Virtual Arcade through May 4. She sits down with Kevin Cornish of Moth + Flame to talk about 2nd Civil War, where participants have the power to change the narrative of the VR film using a voice interface; they also go through an immersive theatre one-on-one with a performer before and after the VR experience. (Note: this interview took place in a busy cafe area.) She also talks to Brandon Padveen, Associate Producer at MWM Immersive, about War Remains on the rooftop of Spring Studios; he discusses working with Dan Carlin of Hardcore History to create this “immersive memory” and designing the free-roaming VR experience, which includes a large set, realistic props, wind effects, rumbling floors, and more. (Read her War Remains review.) Then she chats with immersive creator and director of the Columbia University Digital Storytelling Lab Lance Weiler to talk about his latest project, Where There’s Smoke. The work is an immersive experience for four people exploring Lance’s relationship with his father (a former volunteer firefighter and hobbyist fire photographer), his father’s battle with cancer, and two mysterious fires that happened during Lance’s childhood. He describes the project as a non-linear documentary, an immersive theatre piece without performers, and an escape room without any escape. (Read her Where There’s Smoke review.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Friend of the show Landon Zakheim and host Noah Nelson head to a park on a sunny Easter Sunday to talk about horror... um, kinda? We dive into the immersive lineup at the 2019 Overlook Film Festival, which is full of fun surprises this May 30th - June 2nd in New Orleans. Plus: Noah has some personal news. Also: check out the LEIA Immersive Intensive, and a Behind The Scenes essay from Peter Billington of Fable on working with Third Rail Projects on 'Wolves in the Walls,' currently at Tribeca! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Writer/Director David Ruzicka (Creep: Lore, The Willows) and creative producer Eric Vosmeier join host Noah Nelson to talk about their dark fantasy confection, I want to live in your mouth, that has transmogrified North Hollywood's Zombie Joe's Underground Theater into the stuff of childhood fever dreams. It's a conversation where we dig in deep into the various flavors of horror in immersive, and lessons learned over years of producing. You can also read our own Kevin Gossett's review of the show. Head's up: there's some cursing at the start (my bad) but most of the episode is clean. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Nest -- which blended elements of escape rooms and podcast dramas -- was one of our favorite shows of 2017. The show's two LA-based creators Jeff Leinenveber and Jarrett Lantz, aka Scout Expedition Co., are bringing the piece back in an extended format this year. This week they launched a Kickstarter campaign that will help with that effort, and they're on the show to tell us about what they have up their sleeve. Show Notes: LA Times Festival of Books: Noah's talk. The Scout Expedition talk. The Unsent Podcast. Dr. Alex Avila's Love University show. The LEIA Immersive Intensive - April 27th in LA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Co-creators Christoff Visscher (Cantrip Candles) and Spencer Williams (Walk The Night) join host Noah Nelson to talk about their new collaboration Tales By Candlelight. This scent guided storytelling experience mixes the best of tabletop roleplaying with an olfactory journey to create an artifact of a place that never was. A place drawn from your imagination. Join us on the trip. Also: if you're in LA this month don't miss our talk at the LA Times Festival of Books or LEIA's Immersive Intensive. (Plus Noah rambles on about whatever at the end of the show.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this very special episode, No Proscenium accepts an invitation into the home of a 'The Willows.' Special thanks to Melinda DeKay, Misha Reeves, and Daniel Montgomery of Just Fix It Productions for helping us unravel the threads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Managing Editor Kathryn Yu goes on the road to Baltimore for a conversation with four of the folks at Submersive Productions: co-artistic directors Glenn Ricci and Ursula Marcum, as well as artistic associates Susan Stroupe and Lisi Stoessel. Join us as we dig into topics like their devising process, making open world shows, the care and feeding of the audience, telling history “at a slant,” getting the audience to feel complicit during a piece, focusing on diversity and inclusion while making immersive work, and making their productions more accessible. We discuss their past shows such as The Mesmeric Revelations of Edgar Allan Poe; H.T. Darling’s Incredible Musaeum Presents: The Treasures of New Galapagos, Astonishing Acquisitions from the Perisphere; their episodic series The Institute of Visionary History which included an eight-hour durational performance called A Horse By the Tail in the Night; plus their upcoming movement-based large-scale participatory piece MASS/RABBLE which is coming April 3—14 to the Baltimore War Memorial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when two Shakespeare nerds decide to ditch the proscenium and start incorporating their love of Dungeons and Dragons, board games, and video games into interactive and improvisational theatre projects? That's the story of Ian McNeely and Austen Anderson of Broken Ghost Immersives who are the co-creators of experiences like The Wake, The Bunker, and Rogues' Gallery. NoPro's Managing Editor and NYC Curator Kathryn chats with Ian and Austen about procedural narrative, putting the audiences into the heart of a story, what happens when you give participants a lot of agency, controlling multiple characters remotely, how Henry V relates to The Bunker, writing your own comic book origin stories, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the halls of the Immersive Design Summit to your ears! Guest hosts KJ Knies and Michaela Holland tag in to interview Fri Forjindam of Mycotoo, and we follow that up with an interview of Jenni Cook of Dreamscape Immersive by KJ. It's the first in what will be a handful of episodes emerging from the 2019 IDS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NYC Curator and NoPro Managing Editor Kathryn Yu tracks down the always busy Kellian Adams Pletcher and Brian Pletcher of Green Door Labs for a wide-ranging conversation about the collision of immersive theatre and game design. They discuss Kellian and Brian's work on shows like Club Drosselmeyer and Save the Munbax and how their approach to audience agency and interactive storytelling has changed over the years, as well as touching on topics such as designing diegetic puzzles, allowing the audience to choose their level of engagement, incorporating different types of game mechanics, designing experiences for both the general public and "super-puzzlers," writing bad endings on purpose, and much, much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seasons change, time passes, friends move away... or up the street. Think Tank Gallery is moving from its home at 939 Maple, the site of many a memory for immersive LA, to a new space at the edge of the Arts District and Little Tokyo. We get together with Jacob Patterson of Think Tank in the podcast studio at the Old Tank one last time to reminisce, talk about ongoing relations with the city of LA, and what's next for Think Tank. Content Advisory: we curse. As we often do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Managing Editor and NYC Curator Kathryn Yu catches up with Tom Pearson, one of the Artistic Directors of Third Rail Projects (Then She Fell, The Grand Paradise, Ghost Light, Behind the City) in New York City as the company prepares to launch a new show in DC, Confection. They discuss the creation of Then She Fell, its influence on immersive creators, as well as Tom’s work as an immersive educator, as a poet with The Sandpiper’s Spell, as a documentary film producer on Between Yourself and Me, and also with TRP’s Global Performance Studio in Russia and China. (Tom also hints at an upcoming Third Rail Projects’ show that is currently in development and planned to premiere in late 2019.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Little Cinema is a fixture in New York City's art scene, bringing films to life at the House of Yes and the Brooklyn Museum. They've also spread their wings to Bonnaroo, and have crafted a number of immersive premieres for television series from TNT. The latest of these for the series I Am The Night, which debuted this week on the network. We talk with founder Jay Rinsky about the company's arc, the striking work at the heart of the I Am The Night premiere, and forging a path between art and commerce. Also: creators should take note of the industry survey the Immersive Design Summit is conducting for an industry report to be released -- for free -- during the summit to the public. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A somber lead topic this week, as we talk about the escape room fire in Poland that left five teenage girls dead earlier this month with our collegues from Room Escape Artist: David & Lisa Spira. That plus notes on their upcoming tours, the immersive Industry Survey we're compiling for an upcoming Industry Report to be released for free during the Immersive Design Summit, and a bit about a special moment at a recent event in LA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kathryn gathers up part of the New York City team -- Leah Ableson, Edward Mylechreest, and Michaela Holland -- for one of our patented After Dark episodes. Come along as we meet the team! Then, in LA, Noah finally gets down to an old fashioned rant about price/value. Welcome back! NoPro is a labor of love supported by our amazing Patreon backers, with office facilities provided by Thymele Arts in Los Angeles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our fifth anniversary, we wanted to do something special, and we maybe went a little over the top. We hit up Two Bit Circus, where Josh Randall (Blackout) co-ordinates immersive experiences and got ahold of Club 01... and kicked the tires on a "late night" format. Brent Bushnell and Eric Gradman - the founders of Two Bit Circus are our first guests. Followed by Lauren Ludwig and Monica Miklas of Capital W, birthday boy Josh Randall (no, really, it was his BIRTHDAY and he did this for us), Stashhouse LA's Tommy Honton, and Steve Boyle of Epic Immersive who came down from SF. Anthony Robinson announces. Chris Porter does the music live. Ian Momii jumped in to run the soundboard at the last minute, and Noah Nelson is your host. Recorded live (so expect bumps) and listener discretion is advised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Carl Choi is the founder and CEO of The Great Company, an experiential studio which in the past few years has emerged as a leader in producing and creating space for immersive work in LA. GreatCo teamed up with Jon Braver to produce Delusion and recently played host to Chained: A Victorian Nightmare. Like us, GreatCo is all in on immersive -- keeping the engines running by whatever means necessary while getting great projects out the door. We've been meaning to get Carl on the show for a while now, and sat down for a good long chat before the holidays. This episode is brought to you by listeners like you and Thymele Arts in LA, which provides office facilities for NoPro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts Noah Nelson (LA) and Kathryn Yu (NYC) are joined by NoPro's Anthony Robinson (new title: Features Editor) to close out 2018 on this hella long After Dark episode. What? It's a WHOLE YEAR. Warning: Noah curses. We digress. A lot. There's talk of Star Wars land and video games. By EVERYBODY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Samantha Gorman is the co-founder -- along with Danny Cannizzaro -- of Tender Claws, a groundbreaking digital studio that mixes tech, art, and a wry sense of humor to create virtual and augmented reality works that push the narrative boundaries of the medium while maintaining a real heart. No small feat, that. We talk with Samantha about what goes into making their work, focusing on their latest Tendar, and AR app currently available on the Google Play store. Brought to you by listeners like you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.