It’s another mad busy week here in Immersive Land… and we’ve still got all the news out of Disney’s Theme Parks tomorrow. We’ll be discussing all that on our first edition of the Everything Else livestream this Monday at 7pm Pacific on the NoPro YouTube channel. (And we’re working on the audio issues that plagued the first Everything Immersive live stream. If anyone is an OBS whiz, drop me a line.)
Speaking of new channels, we’re going hard on Instagram these days. First: Briana Roecks has jumped on board as our LA social media correspondent. She’s going all out on her own instagram account for us — including on IGTV where there’s interviews stacking up — and we’re archiving and cross posting that on our Insta.
Our profile there is also where you’ll find a massive archive of the TAKEOVERS that we’ve been doing for months now. Immersive creators around the country have been taking over our Insta-stories — usually a couple of times a week — and documenting their work behind the scenes. If you want to get a first hand look at what’s going on in Immersive Land around the country there is no better resource. Follow our account to keep up with the latest, and help grow the audience for all things immersive!
Oh, and I was on the INVERSE GENIUS podcast this week. Check it out!
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ON THE PODCAST THIS WEEK
This week Jonathan Pedigo and Alex Leff, the co-creators of Bar of Dreams Los Angeles, join host Noah Nelson to talk about pranks, comedy, and creating interactive experiences. It’s a fun conversation that goes in directions you don’t quite expect.
Plus: we check in with Scout Expedition Company about The Nest, the tickets for which went ON SALE today! And there are LIMITED DATES available already.
Note: while the interview with Jeff & Jarret of Scout is squeaky clean, there’s some explicit language in the Bar of Dreams interview, which starts about 19 minutes in.
FROM THE WIRE: SHOWS, EVENTS, & EXPERIENCES
Montreal: The Riot Ballet
Sturbridge, MA: The Sleepy Hollow Experience
Tarrytown, NY: The Sleepy Hollow Experience
NYC: Basic Principles of Incantation, Build and Destroy, Turn of the Screw, Broken Bone Bathtub, NYFF Convergence 2019, House of SHOWFIELDS
East Hampton, NY: Broken Bone Bathtub
Asheville, NC: The Happiness System
Atlanta: Frankenstein’s Funeral, The Edgar Allan Poe Experience
Serenbe, GA: The Sleepy Hollow Experience
Colgate, WI: Double Cross
Chicago: Home Invasion
Austin: Ether Junk
Boulder, CO: The Virtue of Reality: An Immersive Experience
Seattle: Violet’s Attic: A Grand Ball for Wicked Dolls, The Riot Ballet
Las Vegas: The Oakey Family Supper Club
Los Angeles: CREATURE, The Ritual, The Nest, ROBOT REMIX Immersive XR
National Rollout: Nicodemus: Demon of Evanishment
Online: Kingdom of Oz
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REVIEWS
From No Proscenium:
On Selling Lotion, Vitamins, and Toothbrushes: How ‘House of SHOWFIELDS’ Sells Itself ShortAn immersive theatre-meets-shopping experience that we don’t quite buy intonoproscenium.comLiving With the Dead in ‘The Johnny Cycle’ (The NoPro Review)The Speakeasy Society’s tour de force resurrects Dalton Trumbo and his tortured creation from ‘Johnny Got His Gun’noproscenium.comThree Intertwined Mysteries Cast Killer Shadows Over ‘NOIRTOWN’ (The NoPro Review)NYC’s WITNESS rethinks the iconic film noir archetypes of a Private Eye and Femme Fatalenoproscenium.comExploring the Past with ‘Those Before Us: Nolan Park’ (Review)Rebis Experiences invites audiences to study site-specific histories through sound and movementnoproscenium.com
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
Ghost Ship Murder Mysteries’ Space Smugglers was a murder mystery game that revolved around role-playing, searching, deception, and deduction. Ghost Ship Murder Mysteries are among the most under-appreciated immersive experiences in New York City. — Lisa Spira
STORIES
From David & Lisa Spira of Room Escape Artist:
What is the mark of an advanced escape room player?
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From Michael Andersen of ARGN:
Last week, The Game returned to the East Coast with Miskatonic University, a puzzle rally that took place in Boston. Eric Berlin wrote up a summary of his experiences at the event.
THE DISCOURSE
Discussions and posts from Everything Immersive & Twitter:
NOW FUNDING
Blackout 10NYC
Provide direct support for the payment of actors in an immersive horror theater project designed for guests to walk through alone.
Carte Rouge, A Puzzle in 52 Parts
via Michael Andersen of ARGN
Daemonologie: Smoke & Mirrors
An immersive game theatre experience where you will decide a woman’s fate.
The Ode at Pint’s End
Chicago’s Birch House preps an immersive folk tale
The Ode at Pint’s End, written by Lauren N. Fields and Janie Killips, is an epic folktale that features traditional Irish music and new music by Janie Killips.
As they celebrate a full year on dry land, three Irish sailors recount the story of a shipwreck that changed their lives and the secrets they found at the bottom of the sea that still haunt them. Their tale unfolds in increasingly magical ways with the help of the mystical Merrows, the sailors’ wives, and the audience. The Ode at Pint’s End explores the journey from ambition to wisdom, the weight of our choices, and how we learn to let go.
PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Jobs, Grants, Gigs, and more
Sundance New Frontier Story Lab Applications
The VIFF Immersed Co-Production Market
Got an XR project in-development? Looking for co-financing?
Kaleidoscope is putting together “Canada’s foremost XR creators and industry leaders with their international counterparts in order to co-produce and co-finance the next wave of great XR projects. Are you a Canadian XR creator looking for international support? Or are you developing an XR project outside of Canada and looking for a local co-production partner? If this sounds like you, then submit your work below and join Canada’s premiere XR market.” Submissions now open. Deadline September 3rd.
Immersive Design Residency
Applications accepted year round. Fall session: November 8–13, 2019
Virtual Being Developer Grants
Deadline September 17th
Anaheim, CA — Cross Roads Escape Games: The Séance
Now casting for their newest interactive theatre experience, The Séance! Looking for a female lead and puppeteer. Double cast. Hourly compensation. Headshots, reels, and resume can be sent to: Madison@CrossRoadsEscapeGames.com
(Everything Immersive Discussion Thread)
Los Angeles — Give Up the Ghost Crew and Casting Call
An expansion of the award-winning, audience and critically-acclaimed interactive play One Last Thing Before You Go from the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018 by Kirsten Hageleit & Aaron Vanek. Stage managed by Emmy-award winning producer Jenni Powell (The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, lonelygirl15, Emma Approved)
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