Derek Spencer and Meredith Treinen of Ceaseless Fun drop in with beer and pecan pie to talk about their most recent show -- Agnosia -- and the upcoming They Who Saw The Deep in Los Angeles. Don't worry, we save the pie for afterwards. But it is one of THOSE episodes thanks to the beer. In fact, it's officially an NoPro After Dark. We get into process in this one, so you know I love it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 13, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 144
John MacInnes and Remington Scott met while making Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare , kicking off a collaboration ( MacInness Scott) that is exploring the bleeding edge of photorealism. But these two are about more than brain melting tech that can turn Hollywood actors and politicians into digital humans: all that is just the groundwork for exploring the art of storytelling on the immersive digital frontier. Host Noah Nelson talks with John and Remington about the history of their collaboration, t...
Apr 06, 2018•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 143
The madmen went and did it. Last week the creative team behind The Tension & Lust Experiences announced that they were taking on new partners, a company called AGBO -- which is The Russo Brothers' new company. You know, the guys who are directing Avengers: Infinity War. So yeah, that's some big news. And Tension creators Darren Bousman, Clint Sears, and producer Gordon Bijelonic sit down with host Noah Nelson to talk about what all this means for The Experiences now and in the future. Oh, an...
Mar 30, 2018•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Our dear friend Bryan Bishop of The Verge has just come back from a once-in-a-lifetime experience at SXSW. There he was one of just two participants in an elaborate, four day long immersive experience called a "Simulife" by the creative think tank known as Interactive Deep Dive. Host Noah Nelson, who walks in clueless (What else is new?), journey's with Bryan into the heart of what made this so special. The answer: Soylent Green. (I mean, from a certain point of view.) Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Mar 23, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 141
Writer and director Edward Robles of Here Be Dragons drops by to talk about Dispatch , his episodic VR narrative for Oculus that debuted at Sundance. Well that and a wide ranging conversation about how he landed in the business, writing, and more. That plus a #NoProGoesPro campaign update. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 16, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 140
You may not know Justin Denton's name, but you certainly have heard of his work. He's the director of the much buzzed about LEGION FX activation at last year's San Diego Comic Con (which had an encore at FoST Fest in NYC) and part of the core team at Here Be Dragons , the production studio that has helped put VR on the map. Get ready, because Noah and Justin are about to have one of THOSE conversations. This is my favorite episode in a long while. Plus: we sing the praises of our SXSW crew, and ...
Mar 09, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Aaron and Austin Keeling of E3W Productions join Noah to talk about their new show Bitter at the End and how their surprise debut -- the absolutely wonderful In Another Room -- came together in the first place. Keep an eye on these guys, they're got the touch. Plus: the first part of our NoPro Goes Pro campaign BEGINS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 02, 2018•53 min
Kathryn sits down with Taylor Myers of Roll The Bones to talk about his storied career ( Sleep No More, Then She Fell, Grand Paradise ) and the upcoming narrative feature film Hamlet in the Golden Vale an adaptation of Shakespeare's play. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 23, 2018•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Actor, poet, and entrepreneur Terence Leclere joins host Noah Nelson to talk about how he became an immersive person, and just what he's up to with his company Metaforyou , which offers immersive and interactive services for hire in the LA area. Philosophy with a side of business. Plus: Noah totally gives a reading list at the end of the show. What? I know. Join the conversation at the NoPro Slack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 16, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Creator Nick Rheinwald-Jones & Creative Producer Lyndsie Scoggin of Safehouse '77 invite Noah to the safehouse for a chat about how the show came to be... and how it is returning to LA. That plus: a but about this week's LEIA Town Hall in LA, and a shout out to our friends at the A.R.T. Artist Real Talk podcast , who are kicking off their second season with a bang! Brought to you by our amazing Patreon backers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 02, 2018•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Alison S. M. Kobayashi joins Kathryn Yu to talk about Say Something Bunny , a feat of theatrical documentary that draws audiences into the lives of a New York Jewish family in the 1950s. It is quite unlike anything else on stage in NYC, and it drew the attention of our New York team. Plus: Noah without his coffee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 26, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Our friends from LA's Speakeasy Society return to talk about two -- or is it three??? -- upcoming projects including their take on The Wild Party , which is part of The Broad Stage's 10th anniversary season. Connect with us via Slack . This episode is dedicated to Prof. Mohammad Kowsar (1943 - 2018). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 19, 2018•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Surprise! Zay Amsbury returns to talk with Caitlin Cassidy and Geoff Kanick of Lubdub Theatre Company about The Doubtful Guest. Plus: Noah talks about the initial impact of the Immersive Design Summit . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2018•48 min•Season 1Ep. 132
This week we turn to YOU, the NoPro audience (and our team), to find out what you're looking forward to in the coming year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 29, 2017•32 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Ida Benedetto is the author of Patterns of Transformation: Designing Sex, Death and Survival in the 21st Century . That work came about thanks to years of practice as an experience designer, including being part of the legendary Night Heron speakeasy brain trust. She joins NoPro NYC curator Kathryn Yu to discuss her approach to experience design. This is one we've been waiting for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 22, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Tommy Honton wears a lot of hats: escape room designer, founding member of LEIA, and now the co-creator of The Museum of Selfies, a gloriously self-aware "Instagram Museum" which is opening up in the immersive-friendly SoCal city of Glendale. We talk with Tommy about the very real, and very tongue in cheek, themes of the Museum and about his upcoming escape room "Stash House," which is coming out of testing. Get ready for one of THOSE episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Dec 15, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Zay Amsbury, our man in New York City, is setting out for some traveling. Stepping into his shoes is Kathryn Yu, our not-so-secret-weapon. In this AFTER DARK episode that duo join Noah to talk about, well... whatever we want to talk about. It's one of THOSE episodes. (Which are a lot of fun.) Plus: what starts out as a media rant at the end of the show turns into something decidedly more, um, spiritual? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 08, 2017•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Sean T. Cawelti, Chelsea Sutton, and Lori Meeker of LA's Rogue Artist Ensemble stop in to talk about Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin. We dig into the long gestation process, and lessons learned from the Rogue's first foray into large-scale immersive work. Plus: Rolfe Kent of The Unmarked Door stops by to talk about their first show, 'The Heart of Winter' which debuts in Culver City this month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 01, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 127
Louis Changchien and Steven Klein of the LA and immersive premiere of the Obie-Award winning CAUGHT (currently at Think Tank Gallery in DTLA) join Noah for a look into the twisty reality of this barnburner of a play. Spoilers abound! But you still have two weeks to catch (accidental pun) the show at Think Tank Gallery, then come back here and listen to this deep dive into the history of the production. THIS. IS. A. GREAT. SHOW. JUST. GO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Nov 25, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Before he was the Vice President of Experiential Global Entertainment for Westfield -- yes, that Westfield -- Vance Garrett was a producer on 29 Rooms and The Museum of Ice Cream. Before THAT he was a key player in the opening of the McKittrick Hotel, home of Sleep No More. On this episode of the podcast we take a trip down memory lane with Vance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 17, 2017•51 min
Eva Anderson and Michael Cassady, the co-writers of 'Amos: A Play With Music,' join us to talk about the EDM infused, site-responsive musical that audiences in LA are eating up. Plus: Steve Boyle of Epic Immersive joins us to make a VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT about The Immersive Design Summit, which is coming up in San Francisco this January. (Applications are OPEN NOW, and they CLOSE THIS SUNDAY!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 10, 2017•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Get ready for some brain-twisty-ness on the latest episode. First: we have Lin Bo, of China's dissident Xiong Collective joining us for a hot second at Think Tank Gallery where he is hanging their new collaboration 'District 798.' Lin Bo is the subject of the show 'Caught,' which is also making its bow at Think Tank. How does that work? We have no idea. Then it's time for one of THOSE episodes, as we sit down with Derek Spencer of Ceaseless Fun (and the League of Experiential and Immersive Artis...
Nov 03, 2017•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Just a quick check in with a few announcements about some upcoming events! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 27, 2017•13 min
London based immersive producer Venetia Harpin joins Noah to talk about the scene in London, her work in experiential marketing and the way that world and the world of immersive theatre overlap. All that plus more on this January's Immersive Design Summit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 20, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 121
This week: the creative team at Hall and Mirrors -- creators of the $5000 a ticket, one guest at a time show YOU -- sit down with us to talk about upending the traditional theatre market, making art for one, and what led to the creation of this audacious experiment. Writer-producer Edward Tucker, director Daniel Student, and actor Lola Kelly join host Noah Nelson for a lively discussion. Plus: a tease of this January's Immersive Design Summit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Oct 13, 2017•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 120
This week David Ruzicka, the Artistic Director of Creep LA , joins us to talk about his career path in immersive -- from his earliest days as a kind of haunt prodigy (my term, not his) to working operations and then design in the theme park industry. And then, of course, teaming up with Just Fix It Productions for The Willows and now Creep: Lore . It's a great conversation with a great guy. And then Noah ruins it all by rambling for ten minutes at the end of the show. Like always. Hosted on Acas...
Oct 06, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 119
This week Zay sits down with Woodshed Collective’s Artistic Director Teddy Bergman (K-POP) to talk about the storied NYC group's approach to immersive theatre. Bergman and Woodshed's The Confidence Man was Zay's intro into the realm of immersive, so he's been looking forward to this one... and I've been looking forward to listening to it! --Noah Plus: some rambling thoughts from our master of ceremonies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 29, 2017•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 118
This week on the show: a kind of psychological sequel to last week’s episode on physical safety. We have sex-positive psych Dr. Liz Powell -- a licensed therapist and coach who specializes in LGBTQ/Poly/Kink-Friendly therapy joining us to talk about the mental side of safety and emotional risk. Plus Elan Lee -- co-creator of Exploding Kittens and former Chief Design Officer at Xbox joins us to talk about his passion for escape rooms. Head's up: strong language and frank discussion throughout! Ho...
Sep 22, 2017•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Immersive productions can be challenging, both physically and mentally for creators and audiences alike. Even when they are challenging, there is a reasonable expectation that they are safe. That every effort has been made to make sure that even experiences that seem dangerous are, in fact, not dangerous. That the risks that are being taken by audience and performers are the agreed upon ones -- not one of shoddy construction and poor design. What sort of mindset should creators have when taking ...
Sep 15, 2017•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Two of our favorite creators in the Southland, Jeff Leinenveber and Jarrett Lantz return to talk about lessons learned from their first show: the very much beloved The Nest . Before that: Meredith Treinen talks about her upcoming debut work grief . Before that: Noah formally announces the formation of LEIA: The League of Experiential & Immersive Artists. Before that: we address the safety issues raised last weekend at one show in LA, and what we're going to be doing about it as a community. ...
Sep 08, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 115
