Episode 242: Shawn Taylor
The No Proscenium Podcast
Story Engineer Shawn Taylor, a founding author of www.thenerdsofcolor.org, and a founding organizer of the Black Comix Arts Festival, first hit my radar at the 2019 IDS thanks to Mikhael Tara Garver. Shawn brought a perspective that was rooted in pluralism and the power of story to move people to action... and at that moment I knew I had to get him on the show/get him back on our stage.
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Episode 241: The One Where The Gang Tries Discord
The No Proscenium Podcast
Noah and Kathryn are in both segments today, and for round one are joined by Ricky Brigante (Pseudonym Productions), David Spira (Room Escape Artist), and No Pro's VR correspondent Will Cherry.
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Episode 240: We'll get tHERE
The No Proscenium Podcast
A special edition of the podcast that addresses both the postponement of HERE and our craft's ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Episode 239: Everyone Agrees It's About To Explode
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We talk with actor Katie Peabody and actor/Ceaseless Fun company member Scott Monahan about the upcoming Everyone Agrees It's About To Explode, the new immersive show from Ceaseless Fun ('Agnosia,' 'Why I Want To Fuck Ronald Regan') set inside a cell of revolutionary activists. The show opens March 12th in LA.
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Episode 238: DTLA's Alamo Drafthouse Goes Immersive
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For years Los Angeles anticipated the arrival of Alamo Drafthouse, the Austin theater chain, and it seems to have been well worth the wait. From rowdy screenings of CATS which have since swept the nation to full-on ARGs there's something special happening at the DTLA Drafthouse. Host Noah Nelson talks with Ash Minnick, who handles the programming inside the Video Vortex, which we've come to think of as "LA's neighborhood movie bar" on the eve of their immersive EMMA. tea party.
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Episode 237: Jessica Creane of IKantKoan Games
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NoPro's Executive Editor Kathryn Yu speaks to multi-hyphenate artist Jessica Creane of IKantKoan Games, the creator of immersive shows such as Chaos Theory and Know Thyself.
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Episode 236: 20 Years of Survivor
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NoPro's own Anthony Robinson (Survivor: Fiji) is joined by Peih-Gee Law (Survivor: China and Survivor: Cambodia) and Room Escape Artist's David Spira to talk about the 20th anniversary of the reality show, escape games, and more.
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Episode 235: Exploring the New Frontier - Sundance 2020
The No Proscenium Podcast
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.
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Episode 234: Yuval Sharon of The Industry
The No Proscenium Podcast
This week Yuval Sharon, Artistic Director of The Industry and co-director of that company's upcoming opera Sweet Land, joins host Noah Nelson to talk about his approach to making opera. Yuval has created the seminal works Invisible Cities and Hopscotch here in Los Angeles, propelling the conversation about how audiences engage with opera forward and raising the bar for immersive creators of every stripe.
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Episode 233: Mister & Mischief Escape From Godot
The No Proscenium Podcast
We first met Jeff and Andy Crocker at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2018, where their piece Escape From Godot turned the festival on its ear for a whole day, only to fade into the night.
info_outlineThe LA immersive renaissance is really heating up, and choreographer Sophia Stoller is bringing some stunning dance chops to the table this month with her piece 'The Other Side,' which uses some infamous experiments in social control as her inspiration.
We dive into the inspiration for the show and Stoller's craft... and you get a nice dose of news, notes, and an old fashioned Noah rant after the interview proper.
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