The No Proscenium Podcast

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.