Last week we got the forecast: an early Spring, and judging by what’s happening in LA, that is very, very true. Check it:
On MONDAY a new E3W Productions show goes on sale. It’s called Where the Others Are. If you’re not familiar with E3W it’s probably because their shows sell out nearly instantly and usually have very low throughput: just three guests a piece for their In Another Room series. This time out it is two guests at a time. Listen: if you’re in LA, you want to be online at 10AM Monday when the tickets go on-sale. Full stop. Don’t miss your chance.
We also have Elsewhere at the Madcap Motel, a new 17,000 sq. foot installation piece opening up in the Arts District in March. Plus The Pod is currently running, Safehouse ’82 is coming back, and Night Fever opens this week. And that doesn’t even take into account The Industry’s Sweet Land, which opens this month as well. What month is it again?
Up in SF Immersive Design Week is coming at the end of this month, and for those of you who are into online work, Keight Leighn has an all new piece: A.I.U..
Plus we’ve got the HERE Summit at the end of March, back here in the Southland. This week we added Sarah Ellis, Director of Digital Development for the Royal Shakespeare Company, to the speaker lineup. There’s still 3-Day badges left, so it’s not too late to join us at the center of the immersiverse this Spring.
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HERE SUMMIT & FESTIVAL
Pasadena — March 27–29, 2020
The center of the immersiverse is HERE.
Pre-Registration Open; 3-Day Badges On Sale
ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
Last week we were fortunate enough to have two of our staff at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, exploring all the XR goodies at the New Frontier.
XR correspondent Will Cherry and our host Noah Nelson trade notes on a very exciting class of 2020. The verdict: VR storytelling is maturing rapidly alongside the tech, thanks to pieces like The Book of Distance, Scarecrow, Atomu, and All Kinds of Limbo.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
NYC: The Futureverse
Toronto: The WOW Collection
Cincinnati: Pride, Prejudice and Yoga
SF: Immersive Design Week, Three Sisters, What a Riot!, What Alice Found There
LA: Where the Others Are, Elsewhere at the Madcap Motel, Blackbird Pie, The Poetry Brothel’s Tongue Tied Valentine, Lucio Fontana Walking the Space: Spatial Environments, 1948–1968
Remote: A.I.U.
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REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
Like all of our favorite Cold War anti-nuclear proliferation fiction, Ice Station Zero at Mass Escape in New Bedford, MA was funny and grim.
Club Drosselmeyer 1942 was the finale to a 4-part annual saga that was introduced in 2016 (or 1939). At this year’s Club Drosselmeyer, the band was on fire, the stage was gorgeous, the drinks were flowing, and the puzzles were plentiful.
STORIES
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
Combining genres of immersive and puzzle entertainment, this year’s MIT Mystery Hunt featured an audio escape room-themed puzzle that was as brilliant as it was hilarious.
THE DISCOURSE
Discussions and posts from Everything Immersive & Twitter:
An intro to how tech is being used in immersive theater featuring Lance Weiler, Bricolage Production Company, Scout Expedition Co., Capital W Denver Center for the Performing Arts, META, and No Proscenium.
This guide is being released in conjunction with source code for The Raven being made available on Github.
Disney has announced that Reservations for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser — the new multi-day vacation experience coming to Walt Disney World Resort — will open later this year!
Meow Wolf has started publishing a behind the scenes look at how they made The House of Eternal Return in YouTube.
Blooloop dives into the upcoming AREA15: an immersive retail and immersive art center opening soon in Las Vegas.
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Article discussion thread on E.I. Facebook group.
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From last week: E McNeil is one of the original indie developers in this wave of VR, and an incredibly nice guy to boot. E’s shipped seven games already, with many of them either starting off in VR (DarkNet) or getting an adaptation.
Now he’s developing the thing we all want: MULTIPLAYER SWORD FIGHTING. — Noah Nelson
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Jobs, Grants, Gigs, and more
NYC Workshop: Immersive Performance Skills: Soft Bodies, Hard Surfaces W/ Marissa Nielsen-Pincus
Feb 23, 2020 11a-2pm
At The Kingsland Ward
Taught by Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Associate Artistic Director of Third Rail Projects, this three-hour workshop will share skills and methods to create movement in site specific and immersive environments, investigating how to yield into, counter, locomote over, and explore what is possible when moving on architecture and furniture. This workshop will delve into the questions that arise: How do we take care of our bodies? How do we take safe risks and make bold choices? How do we make movement that is organic to the particular structure we are working on? Open to all skill levels. A dance or theater background is not required, but a willingness to move and explore is a requisite.
TCG’s Rising Leaders of Color (RLC) Program
Deadline: March 10, 2020
TCG’s strategic plan includes a multi-year Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative (EDII) to transform the national theatre field into a more equitable, inclusive and diverse community. The Rising Leaders of Color (RLC) Program is part of that initiative and is an expansion and re-envisioning of TCG’s Young Leaders of Color Program (YLC) which launched in 2008. Alongside TCG’s SPARK Leadership Program, RLC is changing the face of the theatre field by nurturing and supporting an intergenerational network of leaders of color at various stages in their careers.
LA: Directors Lab West 2020
Dates: May 16-May 23, 2020
Deadline: Feb 21, 2020
The Lab is an 8-day summer intensive for stage directors and choreographers. Part conference, part workshop, part focused discussion, all theatre, and all fun! The Lab provides a place for directors and choreographers to meet and exchange ideas.
NYC: New Play Submissions, EMit Theatre
Emit wants your young audience focused interactive work!
Deadline: June 1, 2020
Fee: none
Emit Theatre seeks submissions for new, interactive plays for young audiences. We are accepting original scripts that have not been previously produced, as well as concepts for devised pieces, from NYC-based artists. This production will be performed for public audiences in Fall 2020 and subsequently toured to schools and community groups. The selected applicant will be compensated with a stipend.
TROY, NY: TROY FOUNDRY THEATRENow Accepting Play Submissions for 2020 March Session of Dark Day Mondays Free Reading Series
Deadline:
Saturday, February 15, 2020
No Fee
The selected plays will be presented in staged reading format with the possibility of being considered for full staging. Please see below for details and submission directions.
NYC: RAVE THEATRE FESTIVAL: SUBMISSIONS OPEN
This year’s festival will run July 24-August 9.
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2020
FEE: $49
We believe the world is a better place if there’s more theater in it. So we created a platform for more theater productions to be produced.
We will be selecting roughly 25 plays, musicals, multimedia and cross-disciplinary projects, and family shows, which will each receive up to five performances at one of our partner theaters.
Design Challenge: Las Vegas students & local designers — Projection Mapping@AREA15
Submissions are due by Sunday, March 1 at 11:59 p.m.
Must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
The challenge: Bring the walls of AREA15’s indoor event space to life. Based on the theme of “Technology” and the file parameters provided (see submission form), build a video animation design that will transport visitors to a reality that DOES NOT EXIST.
INDIECADE 2020
Early Deadline: Feb 15
Regular Deadline: May 15
Fee: $75 for first event, $25 per additional event
SUBMISSIONS ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN at indiecade.com/submissions! It would be great if you could share this post so that we reach maximum eyeballs and can find as many game-makers as possible.
This year we have one application for opportunities to showcase at multiple events throughout 2020, including E3 in June and IndieCade Festival in October! We’ll also be adding additional opportunities in the coming months so stay tuned. Thank you! — IndieCade 🧡
JOB: Play Lab Experience Designer @ IDEO
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Experience designers create memorable, engaging, multi-sensory events for a wide variety of audiences. Designing across physical spaces and digital technologies, experience designers at IDEO bring a human-centered lens to designing unforgettable moments.
HOLLYWOOD FRINGE: REGISTRATION OPEN
FEE: $50–300, depending on type of event
The long Fringe winter is over. Fringe has begun! Participant Registration for The 11th Annual Hollywood Fringe Festival is now open.
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