The No Proscenium Podcast

The Future of Storytelling w/Charles Melcher

Our 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 Future of Storytelling: How Immersive Experiences Are Transforming Our World which is available now. Charlie’s book is really a fantastic snapshot of the world of immersive storytelling as it stands today, containing both an extensive catalog of expeirences AND essays that provide an framework to understand what makes this work… well.. work. Best of all — we’ve got a copy of the book to give away. Plus: an update on Season Two production! SHOW NOTES  * The Future of Storytelling: How Immersive Experiences Are Transforming Our World [https://www.thefutureofstorytelling.com/home?ref=noproscenium.com] * Book Excerpt: The Future of Storytelling (Plus Giveaway) [https://www.noproscenium.com/book-excerpt-the-future-of-storytelling/] * FoST [https://futureofstorytelling.org/?ref=noproscenium.com] * Spotlight Series: Yannick Trapman-O'Brien [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spotlight-series-yannick-trapman-obrien-tickets-1981874285338?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Hanging Out At The 20-Sided Tavern

This 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 and Dallas, Texas. We sit down with Alex Stompoly, one of the Tavernkeepers of the Tavern to talk about the unique role he plays in the production which is part MC, part rules lawyer, and carries with it some creative heft of its own. SHOW NOTES * Dungeons & Dragons The 20-Sided Tavern [https://thetwentysidedtavern.com] * Alex Stompoly [https://www.alexstompoly.com/] * No Proscenium [https://www.noproscenium.com] * Everything Immersive [https://everythingimmersive.com] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A Visit To The Willows Estate (2025)

We'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 new home of one of LA's favorite immersive shows. The show has gotten a glow up in this new production, and fair warning that there are a few audio spoilers of new elements. If you're not deterred by that, come along and explore the new space with us, maybe encounter a real ghost, and get a bonus mansion tour thrown in as part of the bargain. SHOW NOTES * The Willows [https://www.jfiproductions.com/#/productions-view] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 500 Part 9: The Last Word (Coda)

We'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 for some specials between now and then.) ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Episode 500 Part 8: Launch Party (Bonus)

This 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 Patterson, who you had a chance to hear in the last part of the marathon, ARGN’s Michael Anderson — who gives us a spoiler-free expectation set on Masquerade, the immersive Phantom currently in previews in New York City, NoPro correspondent Briana Roecks who shares some Spooky Season anticipation for both LA and Las Vegas, and drop-ins from Laura Hall and Cameo Wood as well. It’s a hangout episode and fair warning: the audio quality is sub-par in the extreme! I’m even on my Airpods because I was so exhausted from editing and being on the Yeti for hours on end that I just jammed the Pods in my ears and forgot how bad they would sound. So if you skip this because it sounds mid, I won’t take offense. This one, as they say, is for the sickos. But if you do stick around, well: you’re a real one, and all the copious links in the show notes below are going to make sense. SHOW NOTES * Tammany Hall is a Petco: Zohran's Summer Scavenger Hunt [https://mjandersen.substack.com/p/tammany-hall-is-a-petco-zohrans-summer?triedRedirect=true] * Masquerade [https://masqueradenyc.com] * Majestic Rep Las Vegas [https://www.majesticrepertory.com] * People In the Dark: An Immersive Ghost Story [https://everythingimmersive.com/events/people-in-the-dark-an-immersive-ghost-story] * The Willows [https://everythingimmersive.com/events/the-willows-2025] * The Haunted Soiree [https://hauntedsoiree.com] * The Wild, Citywide Scavenger Hunt That Ate San Francisco [https://www.wired.com/story/pursuit-scavenger-hunt-san-francisco/] (Wired) * Santa’s Village [v]  * Where Dark Things Dwell [https://www.secretcityadventures.com/in-person-games/dark-things] * Junior’s at Resorts World [https://www.rwlasvegas.com/dining/juniors/] * The Beast @ Area 15 [https://area15.com/eat-drink/the-beast/] * DASH – Different Area, Same Hunt [https://playdash.org] * ‘The Long Walk’ Turns Screening Into Endurance Test With 3 MPH Treadmill Rule [https://www.thewrap.com/the-long-walk-treadmill-challenge-screening/](The Wrap) * 'What the f--- is this?': What Darren Aronofsky has to do with new payphones in NYC [https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/what-the-f-is-this-what-darren-aronofsky-has-to-do-with-new-payphones-in-nyc] (Gothamist) * Why Did the Indie Film Studio A24 Buy an Off Broadway Theater? [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/theater/a24-cherry-lane-theater.html] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.