The No Proscenium Podcast

Artists Scott Hove and Baker's Son join host Noah Nelson, along with Think Tank gallery Creative Director Jacob Patterson and Arya Davachi--director of Rough Sleeper--which will be using the gallery's Break Bread installation as the backdrop for his show.The conversation waxes philosophical about the nature of collaboration and the intersection between art installations and immersive theatre. Rough Sleeper will play out on just two dates--March 3rd and 4th--at the gallery. The Break Bread installation will be open through March 13th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk a lot about Sleep No More and Then She Fell at the margins of this podcast. This week's guest--performer Haylee Nichele--has danced in both shows. We are lucky to count her amongst our friends. On this week's episode we step through the looking glass and see what the immersive life is like from a performer's point of view. We also nerd out a lot.Haylee's in Los Angeles these days, so Noah has the hosting duties this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the summer of last year Marike Splint, an incoming theatre professor at UCLA, reached out to us to talk about LA immersive theatre community. Now we visit Marike at her office on campus to talk about her experiences creating immersive performance and what the scene is like in The Netherlands, where she hails from.It's a fun talk. All that plus a blast of News Notes. (The fastest in ages... the coffee is working!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time out host Noah Nelson talks with Paul Stein, creator of The Car Plays and Moving Art's Lem Thornton about the origins of that show. Is it any surprise that there's a "necessity is the mother of invention" moral to the story?And STICK AROUND after the interview because our intrepid host FORGOT something cool in the News & Notes. Unless you are listening to this after Saturday Jan 30th. In which case: you're too late.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Noah Nelson talks with the folks at Play Collaborative Arts (Retrograde, Erotica)--Cole Rosner, Meredith Treinen, and Scott Monahan--about their take on devised work, making immersive theatre with an erotic charge, and the pitfalls of running an underground venue in LA's Arts District.All that, plus the usual news, notes, and a tease of what's to come. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 been a great year for immersive theatre and events, and the year ahead promises even more.ALSO: be on the lookout for the WEST COAST EDITION of No Pro--launching THIS WEEK! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 big--albeit tentative--housekeeping news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Dana Shaw (@thefakedana)--for a family style discussion that is probably way chiller than what happens at your Thanksgiving table. So come sit with us at the cool kid's table!Also: Noah waxes POETIC about The Industry's HOPSCOTCH, which Jeremy was kind enough to drag him to when all hope looked to be lost.  More Twitter handles than you can handle: @thinkwellgroup@theindustryopera@thebewcomedy@ablehorwitz All of which are there for a reason--just listen to the show already! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.