The No Proscenium Podcast

Before you go any further, we just want to remind you that puns were once considered the highest form of wit... What happens when you put old friends in a room and get them talking about theatrical games? This episode of No Pro, that's what. Noah sits down with Myles Nye and Greg Snyder of The Wise Guys--whose careers have involved building challenges for Survivor-- to talk about their upcoming immersive gaming event Heritage Scare: An Evening of Competitive Murder on Oct. 30th in LA.   Bonus: you can catch a preview of one of the games at the upcoming IndieCade: Night Games event on Oct 15th.   All that plus the usual News & Notes, and a coda about The Grand Paradise from Myles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

East Coast Represent! West Coast Represent! It's the return of the AFTER DARK podcast. Hosts Noah Nelson and Zay Amsbury plug in their microphones and open up the good stuff to get down to some no holds barred talking. Bad marketing, hidden burlesque shows, what drives us nuts and what keeps up turning up for show after show. Pour yourself your favorite drink and settle in. But only... After Dark. Brought to you by our friends at drafty-app.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Noah Nelson sits down with creator and performer Jenapher Zheng to talk about her "video game theatre" piece Oblivious, performing in immersive, movement-based work, and how gaming influences her sense of design.   All that plus the usual News & Notes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the Think Tank podcast studio in DTLA comes the latest episode of NO PRO. Host Noah Nelson is joined by Think Tank's Jacob Patterson to talk about Traphouse.la, the art show/escape room/immersive venue that Think Tank is popping up for Spooky Season in LA. Annnnnnd to announce the advent of Think Tank's own podcast A.R.T.- Artist Real Talk, which is bowing this week. All that plus the News & Notes-- featuring the announcement of No Pro's involvement with IndieCade's NIGHT GAMES event on October 15th, and our BRAND NEW THEME MUSIC by Chris Porter. So, you know, just your average episode. ;-) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jonathan Josephson, Paul Millet and Jeff Rack are the creators of the perennially popular WICKED LIT in Altadena--a triptych of literary adaptations that provide an immersive twist on Halloween fun. The team, best known as Unbound Productions, sits down with host Noah Nelson in the Think Tank Podcast Studio to talk about this year's Wicked Lit, the history of the company, and the non-Spooky Season shenanigans they get up to. All that plus the News & Notes, and Noah makes the case for why you should be backing No Pro on Patreon. (Hint: because we need you to!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE TIME OF THE HARVEST IS UPON US! ALL SHALL... oh, sorry. Wrong podcast. THIS WEEK ON THE SHOW: Mike Fontaine & Russell Eaton of My Haunt Life join us to talk about the best that LA's Spooky Season has to offer. We go IN on haunts large and small, extreme and home. If you want to know what to do in LA for Halloween scares THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE. All that plus a whole lot more. (How "a whole lot more" is even remotely possible, I don't know. But it is!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the past few months in Los Angeles a mysterious cult has been up to no good... or so the makers of The Tension Experience would have you believe. After months of speculation and rumors the cat was finally let out of the bag when what appeared to be an Alternate Reality Game turned out to be the lead up to: an immersive horror experience.  So that's a two-fer for NoPro. Our interest was piqued. Yet there was still little in the way of information on just who was behind all the cloak and dagger shenanigans. That is, until today. The Tension Experience pulled back the curtain for the LA Times and revealed its creator as Darren Lynn Bousman, director of Saw II, III, IV and of Repo! The Genetic Opera.  We were lucky enough to sit down with Bousman a couple of weeks back to talk about The Tension Experience, how a filmmaker finds himself doing immersive horror, conspiracy theories, and his deep passion for immersive theatre. Oh, and we also talk about how hard it is to get a show up and running in LA. This is one of my favorite interviews in the who series so far. I hope you dig it too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one's for the record books. John Rosenberg of the (currently) Culver City-based Hella Fresh Theater joins host Noah Nelson for what can only be described as a late-night dorm conversation about high school theatre, putting plays on in your own living room, and the living legacies of the worst people ever.  Not exactly the usual chit chat.   All that plus News & Notes on this, the 60th episode of No Proscenium.   (Contains strong language.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last year play collaborative arts venue, one of the producers of immersive and interactive shows in LA, was shut down by the vice squad for running a DIY performance venue. For the past month Noah--our host--has been helping out the campaign to "legitimize play" and bring performing arts back to the space that until now has been zoned as an art gallery. You've probably heard us talk about it on the show. In this episode Noah talks with the power trio at play--Nicole Rosner, Meredith Treinen, and Scott Monahan--about how the campaign came to be, the obstacles they've faced in bringing the space back, and more.  Check out the play IndieGoGo campaign at https://igg.me/at/playdtla/x/7051521 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the experimental Think Tank podcast studio Noah sits down with Ben Taylor of Escape Authority--a new site focusing on escape room games--and calls up Ben's partner Chris Moschella in Orlando to talk about their new site and what makes a great escape room. All that and a Noah riff on the VRLA Expo that took place this weekend in LA as part of the News & Notes.   Brought to you by our friends at Drafty, the lighting, projection and sound design tool for theatrical designers: drafty-app.com.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.