The No Proscenium Podcast
by Noah Nelson/No Proscenium
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Exploring the renaissance in immersive theatre and interactive events. Hosted by Noah Nelson, creator of No Proscenium, a free events listing newsletter in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. Visit NoProscenium.com to sign up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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- Rehearsing With Ghosts - Daniel Montgomery & Misha Reeves · 1 h 9 min · Season 2 Episode 12This week on the show — two of the brightest stars in the Spooky Season Sky here in Los Angeles — actors Daniel Montgomery and Misha Reeves – are here to talk with us all about…
- Minisode for October 9, 2026 · 10 min · Season 2This week on the show: a quick check in on what's on the site and what's to come on the podcast for the season. SHOW NOTES • The Other Kind Of Trauma Ward: 'Below' Haunts The…
- Let's Start A Startling Spooky Season! · 1 h 23 min · Season 2 Episode 11We kick off our Spooky Season podcasting with a visit from Juliet Bennett Rylah and Kevin Gossett who have been exploring SoCal's horror and haunt realm for us this Fall. We dive…
- Kat At Venice Immersive 2026 · 1 h 11 min · Season 2 Episode 10This week our own Katrina Lat reports back from Venice Immersive 2026 where she shares her highlights -- mostly -- of the festival's grand collection of XR experiences. SHOW…
- Review Crew in Edinburgh; Festival Fringe Interviews; and more! (Bonus) · 1 h 22 minMartin Gimenez and Thomas Jancis report from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on what they've been up to, and Martin interviews Sauna Theatre co-founder James Grieve along with…
- Prom Night '99, Las Vegas & Midsummer Scream · 1 h 45 min · Season 2 Episode 9This week we're joined by Majestic Repertory Theatre's Troy Heard whose Prom Night '99 was recently attended by NoPro team members Briana Roecks & Anthony Robinson, as well as…
- Minisode: August 2026 · 15 minThis week just a quick minisode with some program & event updates! SHOW NOTES • The New York Immersive Invitational • Melodramatic Delights On The Dance Floor: 'Prom Night ’99'…
- Understanding The Immersive Audience w/Kathryn Yu · 1 h 11 min · Season 2 Episode 8This week on the show, Immersive Experience Institute co-founder Kathryn Yu joins host Noah Nelson to talk about her ongoing series Understanding The Immersive Audience, which…
- Onward To Edinburgh! · 1 h 16 min · Season 2 Episode 7This week on the show we're joined by a delightful panel of immersive creators who are headed to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe — the largest performing arts fest in the world…
- A One-on-One Chat with Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha's Julia Masli · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 6This week we take a detour to have a one-on-one with an artist we've wanted to talk to since season one: Julia Masli, the creator and performer of the incredible Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha…
- The New York Crew Gets Feisty · 1 h 19 min · Season 2 Episode 5This 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…
- After The Hollywood Fringe - Test Pilots & Baby Man · 1 h 23 min · Season 2 Episode 4This 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…
- An XR Snapshot For Summer '26 · 1 h 11 min · Season 2 Episode 3This 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…
- Time For A Little Calico Chaos · 1 h 58 min · Season 2 Episode 2This 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…
- Home Again, Home Again · 1 h 28 min · Season 2 Episode 1Out 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…
- The Future of Storytelling w/Charles Melcher · 1 h 1 minOur guest on this special edition this week is Charles Melcher of the Future of Storytelling who you might know from his own podcast and who is the author of the new book The…
- Hanging Out At The 20-Sided Tavern · 41 minThis week, a visit to Dungeons & Dragons The 20-Sided Tavern in Los Angeles – where the show is wrapping its current stand this weekend before heading off to Scottsdale, Arizona…
- A Visit To The Willows Estate (2025) · 57 minWe're still on hiatus, but we recently got a chance to visit the new home of The Willows in LA and talk with Justin Fix and Stephanie Turek of JFI Productions as we toured the…
- Episode 500 Part 9: The Last Word (Coda) · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 500We've reached the end. Of Episode 500 and Season One. Which means one last word from our host. See you in Season Two. (But don't act too surprised when we pop up a few times…
- Episode 500 Part 8: Launch Party (Bonus) · 1 h 45 min · Season 1 Episode 500This one is for the diehards. On Friday, August 29th, 2025 we held a Launch Party for Episode 500 in the NoPro Discord. We had no idea who would show up. To our delight Jacob…
- Episode 500 Part 7: An LA Immersive Joy Ride · 3 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 500We start Part 7 off where the show began, way back in Episode ZERO, which we first released on SOUND CLOUD as a pilot for a potential series, with an interview with Annie…
- Episode 500 Part 6: The Last Review Crew of Season One · 1 h 23 min · Season 1 Episode 500And now is the part of the Episode 500 Marathon where we get to some lasts. In this case, the last Review Crew of Season One. For this one, which was the last we recorded, and…
- Episode 500 Part 5: An Unstructured Conversation About Immersive Theatre · 1 h 41 min · Season 1 Episode 500Welcome to PART FIVE of the Episode 500 marathon "An Unstructured Conversation About Immersive Theatre," which, really, could also be the title of the whole dang podcast but that…
- Episode 500 Part 4: Review Crew Morning Zoo · 1 h 39 min · Season 1 Episode 500In Part Four of our celebration of TEN YEARS of NoPro, Noah taps into his alternate-dimensional form as a Morning Zoo radio host, unbeknownst to London curator Shelley Snyder…
- Episode 500 Part 3: The Heart · 2 h 16 min · Season 1 Episode 500Look: when you do a thirteen or so hour long retrospective on a ten year long project you’re going to wind up with a part that stands out to you as the center of it all, and I…
- Episode 500 Part 2: Review Crew Mixtape - The Gang Saves Chevy's · 1 h 54 min · Season 1 Episode 500Welcome to PART TWO of No Proscenium’s Episode 500 Celebrating TEN Years of the NoPro Podcast with the first of three REVIEW CREW MIX TAPES… this first one features SF Curator…
- Episode 500 Part 1: A Quick Jaunt Through The Immersive Cosmos · 1 h 58 min · Season 1 Episode 500For the past ten years NoPro has been your guide to Everything Immersive… and this is the first part of the multi-part celebration - slash - victory lap that is EPISODE 500…
- Venice Immersive 2025 w/Eliza McNitt · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 499This week writer and director Eliza McNitt joins us to talk about Venice Immersive, the annual XR extravaganza inside the Venice International Film Festival, where at this year’s…
- Gillian Leitten, CEO of The Lumen Prize · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 498This week we’re joined by Gillian Leitten, CEO of The Lumen Prize because today is that day that the 99 finalists for the Prize are announced (check the Show Notes) and Leitten…
- Franki Chan of IHEARTCOMIX · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 497This week on the show Franki Chan, founder and chief creative officer of IHEARTCOMIX, the award-winning creative marketing agency who joined us last weekend at The Next Stage…
- Sweet & Lucky: Echo · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 496Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects and Charlie Miller of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Off-Center join host Noah Nelson to talk about the upcoming Sweet & Lucky…
- Detour Productions' Pompeii · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 495This week Parker Sela takes over the show to talk about Pompeii, no not the ancient Roman city that was destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD, but the Fosse-tacular immersive by…
- Meow Wolf's Phenomenomaly · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 494This summer a spectacle has bloomed at Meow Wolf’s Convergence Station in Denver and Omega Mart in Las Vegas, bringing a new interactive performance layer that unfolds on a…
- Review Crew: Masquerade Buzz, Tribeca Immersive, Voidspace and more · 1 h 41 min · Season 1 Episode 493This week on the show it’s a hangout show as members of the NoPro Review Crew — namely Toronto curator Katrina Lat, New York correspondent Nicholas Fortugno, our associate…
- DreamPark: The Mixed Reality Theme Park of Tomorrow, Today · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 492This week on the show we’re joined by long time friend of the show Brent Bushnell — co-founder of Two Bit Circus, scion of the famed Bushnell family, and one of the earliest…
- Worlds In Play; Spies Among Us · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 491This week on the show we’ve got another double header. First up, Jake Pinholster the Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…
- Theme Parks & Immersive Double Header: DC Heroes & Villains Fest at Six Flags; NoPro After Dark · 2 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 490This week on the show we’ve got an extra-long double header with some real clarity of purpose as we take a look at IMMERSIVE inside Theme Parks. First up, Mike Ostrom, Manager…
- Tribeca Immersive 2025 · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 489Today on the show we’re talking about this year’s Tribeca Immersive offering at the Tribeca Festival which is currently running in New York City. This year the lineup has come…
- Behind The Magic of The Labyrinth Masquerade · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 488This week on the show we go into the field for a visit to Sypher Arts Studio where Labyrinth Masquerade founder Shawn Strider and producer Jacquie Adorni give us a tour of the…
- The Matrix, Cosm Style w/Little Cinema's Jay Rinsky · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 487Little Cinema's Jay Rinsky joins us to talk about his most ambitious project yet: bringing The Matrix — the 1999 blockbuster that defined action movies for a generation — to…
- Looking Ahead to Voidspace Live 2025 · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 486This week on the show we are joined by Katy Naylor of Voidspace to talk about Voidspace Live, the interactive arts festival which is coming up in London June 7th & 8th and which…
- Detour: The Andor Finale w/Jay Bushman · 2 h 3 minWe wrap up our Detor into Andor: A Star Wars Story's second series with one more trip along the Rimma Trade Route to talk with Jay Bushman about the final arc – ever – of the…
- The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 485This week on the show we are joined by Donna Personna & Mark Nassar two of the three writers — along with Collette LeGrande — of The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot which has returned…
- Detour: More Andor with Jay Bushman · 1 h 50 minAnother Detour into the world of Star Wars as storyteller extraordinaire Jay Bushman joins NoPro host Noah Nelson to dive into the incredible third arc of Andor's second season…
- Jon Pedigo of Quonk · 48 minJon Pedigo is known to the NoPro universe as one of the creators of Bar of Dreams, which has charmed audiences on both the East and West Coast and to attendees of the 2022 Los…
- Halfway to Halloween w/Jason Egan & David Markland · 1 h 23 min · Season 1 Episode 483This week on the show we’re marking the imminent Halfway to Halloween point of the year with two interviews. First up: Jason Egan of Egan Productions - whose Saw, It, and Blair…
- Detour: Noah Talks 'Andor' With Jay Bushman · 1 h 18 minAs we near Episode 500 I want to start experimenting, exploring other ways to connect with members of the immersive creative community. One idea I've been toying with is a…
- AREA15's Expansion w/ Winston Fisher; The 2025 LA Immersive Invitational · 1 h 40 min · Season 1 Episode 482Another double header this week as first we're joined by Winston Fisher, Chief Executive officer of Las Vegas' AREA15 to talk about their 20-acre expansion this year which will…
- Margaret Chandra Kerrison's 'The Art of Immersive Storytelling: Strategies from the Gaming World' · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 481This week we’re joined by Margaret Chandra Kerrison, who is here to talk about her latest book The Art of Immersive Storytelling: Strategies from the Gaming World. Many of you…
- Beat The Bomb's Alexander Patterson · 1 h 29 min · Season 1 Episode 480This week we’re joined by Alexander Patterson, founder of Beat The Bomb and we go on the origin story journey of the New York based company which traces its roots to Alex’s time…
