The No Proscenium Podcast

This week host Noah Nelson is joined by esteemed members of the NoPro New York Review Crew: Curator Allie Marotta, East Coast Editor at Large Blake Weil, and Senior Correspondent Nicholas Fortugno for an often feisty conversation about what's happening in the NYC immersive scene in what has been a very busy year. (I mean, look at those Show Notes!)But first the gang digs into the recent, and somewhat controversial announcement of a new Punchdrunk production destined for the Wynn Al Marjan Island, the first casino to be planned for the United Arab Emirates. We dig into what it means for the Punchdrunk brand and a whole lot more as the punches are not pulled.SHOW NOTES Wynn Al Marjan Island Announces Landmark Partnership with Punchdrunk, the Global Pioneers of Immersive TheaterConwell Coffee & Cocktail HallThe CircuitThe Circuit (Review)Lunch DancesTempest Tossed (Review)Hamlet/The FuriesHamlet/The Furies (Review)Woyzeck (Coming Soon Article)ClinamenBalloon MuseumRadiohead Motion Picture HouseMarina Abramović's Balkan Erotic Epic Big FeelingsWhisperlodgeGrowing Takes TimeFestiValle (The thing in Sicily Blake talks about)13th Hour Escape RoomsRip Van Winkle's JourneyEvery Brilliant ThingCats The Jellicle BallLegendary (TV Series)The Rocky Horror Show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show, a very Season One style episode wherein host Noah Nelson talks to Ellie and Alex DiBerardino of Say Nothing and Leave, the creative team behind the Test Pilots series, along with their oftentimes collaborators Sarah Lew and Danthony, the director and creator of Baby Man. All of which was at Second Place Studios at the Hollywood Fringe Festival last month.We get into what makes the shows work, how the four met up in the underground immersive scene – yes, we still have one of those; no, we will not explain – and other elements of what comes with taking part in something like 40 different runs during Hollywood FringeSHOW NOTESSay Nothing and LeaveTest PilotsChange Your MindDanthonyBaby ManSarah LewEnormous Things: The MusicalReally Big SpoonHollywood Fringe FestivalSecond Place StudiosMirth Arts Foundation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we're talking about the state of XR -– from what's happening with the new tech to the out-of-home experiences that are actually drawing audiences – with a ridiculously talented panel of practitioners, professionals, and press.Joining host Noah Nelson in the virtual NoPro studio Scarlett Kim (Center for Unclassifiable Technologies and Experiences) , Ray Mosco (General Immersive), Rory Mitchell (Mercantile), and NoPro's Toronto curator Katrina Lat.SHOW NOTESScarlett KimRaymond MoscoRory Mitchell - Mercantile AgencyKatrina LatSony Pictures Invests $100 Million in Cosm, Shared-Reality Venue Owner (Variety)LIVE from AWE 2026 ft. Malia Probst, Mary Matheson, and Shelley Peterson (The AI XR Podcast)Tender Claws: Body ProxySiggraph 2026AWE NiteThe Immersive Experience Institute Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the show host Noah Nelson is joined by The L.A. Times' Todd Martens, ARGNet owner Michael Andersen, and NoPro's own Kathryn Yu to spin stories from Knott's Ghost Town Alive, do some close reading of a new Harvard Business Review article on immersive experiences, and react to the big Sphere-related news of the week.SHOW NOTESMr. Todd's Wild Ride (L.A. Times)ARGNet‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Set to Screen at Sphere Las Vegas in 2027 (Variety)Why The Best Immersive Experiences Succeed (Harvard Business Review)Understanding The Immersive Audience (Immersive Experience Institute)Knott's Berry Farm's Ghost Town AliveOne of the Best Larps I Ever Played Was at a Theme Park (ARGNet)Pageant of the Masters (Festival of the Arts - Laguna Beach)Museum of Make Believe (Laguna Beach)KcymaerxthaereTest Pilots (Hollywood Fringe) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Out of the blue, we're back, with season 2 of the podcast.This summer we're catching up with our favorite folks, hanging out and talking what we've seen, what they've been making, and generally celebrating the fact that immersive is here and not going anywhere.To kick us off in the new era we're joined by: associate producer of the podcast, and an immersive creator in her own right Parker Sela, Executive Editor Emeritus of No Proscenium and co-founder of The Immersive Experience Institute game designer Kathryn Yu, and Artistic Director of After Hours Theatre Company Graham Wetterhahn.The topics du jour are the Without Walls Festival and L.A.'s immersive scene which has been really hopping this year.SHOW NOTESThe Immersive Experience InstituteAfter Hours Theatre CompanyWithout Walls FestivalTea Party at the End of the WorldSuzikAgain AgainThe Apple Avenue Detective AgencyHandle With CareNight WatchL.A. Immersive SceneDatalandDark Library: The Time MachineYou Must Be Here For The ReadingHatch EscapesUndersignedDrowned Out ProductionsConfessionThe Elysian's Spaghetti FestivalBrassroots DistrictHollywood FringeYoko Ono: Music of the MindHospital of EmotionsGhost Town AliveBeyond L.A.The Still PointMasquerade Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.