The No Proscenium Podcast

We 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 into Universal's Halloween Horror Nights, Knott’s Scary Farm, Six Flag's Fright Fest, and Candle House's The Pineapple.

Spoilers ahead for the mazes. Content advisory: language and some adult themes.

• Universal's Halloween Horror Nights
• Knott’s Scary Farm
• The Beating, Twisted, Heart of SoCal’s Haunt Scene Endures: Knott’s Scary Farm 2026 (The NoPro Review)
• Fright Fest
• Fright Fest: Always "The Other" SoCal Theme Park Haunt (Review)
• The Pineapple
• Informed Consent for Immersive Events (Opinion)
• NYC Immersive Industry Fall Mixer
• NOW PLAYING: Nekomachi — Cat Town (UPDATED for 2026)
• HAG
• The Madness!
• Rotten Apple 907
• Reign of Terror

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This 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.

• Venice Immersive 2026
• Venice Immersive Video Diary 2026
• Venice Immersive 2026 FOMO Guide
• Solwata
• Raj'in (We Shall Return)
• In 36,000 Ways
• Empire At Sea
• Sunset Motel
• Finding Frida
• The Pigeon Ring
• Nevatars  
• Back To The Experience
• Nel Blu
• Octopocalypse

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Martin 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 Clair Korobacz and Julian Rickert of Australian theatre company one step at a time like this.

Plus: Noah with a few words of thanks about the New York Immersive Invitational.

• 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Festival Diary
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 FOMO Guide
• Onward To Edinburgh! (Podcast)
• Sauna Theatre
• one step at a time like this

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This 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 host Noah Nelson. The four also were all at the most recent edition of Midsummer scream -- the world's biggest Halloween & Horror convention in Long Beach for what turned out to be the LAST edition of the con there. (Don't worry, it's only moving down the road to Anaheim.)

The gang peppers Troy with questions about Prom Night, goes long on some of the pieces in the Hall of Shadows, and talks Vegas past, present, and future in this rather "After Dark" edition that was recorded after the sun went down.

• Prom Night '99
• Melodramatic Delights On The Dance Floor: 'Prom Night ’99' Lights Up Vegas’ Arts District (The NoPro Review)
• Majestic Rep Theatre
• Sceam'd
• Midsummer Scream
• Midsummer Scream Is The Spooky Season Preview Every SoCal Haunter Loves
• Universal Horror Unleashed
• One Year Of Screams Later: 'Universal Horror Unleashed Las Vegas' Spices Up The Summer (The NoPro Review)
• Odyssey Adventure Company (Nevermore)
• How Sweet It Is: Museum of Ice Cream - Las Vegas (Review)
• Plaza Hotel & Casino
• AREA15
• Briana Roecks

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This week just a quick minisode with some program & event updates!

• The New York Immersive Invitational
• Melodramatic Delights On The Dance Floor: 'Prom Night ’99' Lights Up Vegas’ Arts District (The NoPro Review)
• How Sweet It Is: Museum of Ice Cream - Las Vegas (Review)
• 1986-6-6
• Midsummer Scream

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This 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 takes a deep dive into looking at what makes the immersive enthusiast cohort tick and provides some advice on what could best be called good marketing hygiene for immersive work in a time when producers find it increasingly difficult to find their audience.

SHOW NOTES

• The Understanding The Immersive Audience Series
• The Immersive Experience Institute
• The New York Immersive Invitational
• Tech firm Fever produces live shows worldwide, with local consequences (Seattle Times)

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This 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 that pretty much takes over Edinburgh, Scotland for the month of August – for a very loose conversation that feels a bit like sneaking backstage

Joining us for the episode are are Emily Carding, creator and performer of Hamlet (an experience), Peter Michael Marino, whose Planet of the Grapes is headed to Fringe after a sold our run in NYC, and Katy Murphy, creator of the interactive games how (No) Refunds — which is hosted by her alter ego Tiffany Gold.

• Hamlet (an experience)
• Planet of the Grapes
• (No) Refunds
• NoPro's Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 FOMO Guide
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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This 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 Ha Ha, which is making its way to San Diego starting on July 28th, and will be popping up at the Philadelphia Fringe this September.

SHOW NOTES

• Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha in San Diego
• Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha at the Philly Fringe
• Next Stage Salon NYC: Finding Your Audience
• Subscribe to No Proscenium

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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.

• Wynn Al Marjan Island Announces Landmark Partnership with Punchdrunk, the Global Pioneers of Immersive Theater
• Conwell Coffee & Cocktail Hall
• The Circuit
• The Circuit (Review)
• Lunch Dances
• Tempest Tossed (Review)
• Hamlet/The Furies
• Hamlet/The Furies (Review)
• Woyzeck (Coming Soon Article)
• Clinamen
• Balloon Museum
• Radiohead Motion Picture House
• Marina Abramović's Balkan Erotic Epic
• Big Feelings
• Whisperlodge
• Growing Takes Time
• FestiValle (The thing in Sicily Blake talks about)
• 13th Hour Escape Rooms
• Rip Van Winkle's Journey
• Every Brilliant Thing
• Cats The Jellicle Ball
• Legendary (TV Series)
• The Rocky Horror Show

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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 Fringe

• Say Nothing and Leave
• Test Pilots
• Change Your Mind
• Danthony
• Baby Man
• Sarah Lew
• Enormous Things: The Musical
• Really Big Spoon
• Hollywood Fringe Festival
• Second Place Studios
• Mirth Arts Foundation

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