Los Angeles Immersive Invitational Returns This May

YOU could be crowned LA’s “most inventive immersive creator”

Los Angeles Immersive Invitational Returns This May

In 2019 After Hours Theatre Company put together an incredibly fun “48-hour film festival” style event for immersive theatre here in LA. This year they’re bringing it back, and once again No Proscenium and The Immersive Experience Institute is along for the ride.

This time out the Invitational has slots open to those who want to participate in the weekend-long event. We can guarantee this: it will be some of the most creative fun you have all year.

Dates: Friday, May 13 — Sunday, May 15.

No fee to enter or participate as a creator if selected.
Patron tickets on sale later this month!

Details in the press release and on the entry form below!

ENTRY FORM — NOW CLOSED

And look for info on this year’s judges soon. It’s a fantastic bunch who in so many ways are out of this world.

UPDATE 5/3/22:

TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR PREVIEW & SHOWCASE PERFORMANCES

TICKET LINK

Participating Teams include

  • Cricklewood Immersive
  • Natalie Jones (of E3W), Patrick Blanchard, Justin Jones, and Sierra Allison
  • Rogue Artists Ensemble
  • Spy Brunch
  • The Ministry of Peculiarities
  • The Speakeasy Society

With additional teams formed of solo artists for the purposes of the festival.

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Also featuring special exhibitions from

Koryn Ann Wicks & After Hours Theatre Company

When: Sunday, May 15
Where: The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles
Preview/Playtest Tix (12–2pm): $39
Showcase Tix (4–6p; 7–9p): $69


Press Release Follows

After Hours Theatre Company presents a 48-hour flash festival, featuring some of LA’s top emerging and veteran immersive creators.

After Hours Theater Company is excited to announce the second annual Los Angeles Immersive Invitational.

In 2019, four teams were invited to create an immersive show in only 48 hours, competing for the title of LA’s most inventive creator. Two of the shows created during the weekend, “The Sleepover” and “Casting” went on to receive full stagings, with “The Sleepover” taking home the 2020 No Proscenium Award for Outstanding Achievement in Livestream Production.

Three years after its original staging, the Los Angeles Immersive Invitational is back, and bigger than ever. This year, the competition will be held in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, where up to eight teams will be selected to conceptualize, rehearse, and perform an original 10–15 min. immersive production — all in 48 hours or less.

Teams will be provided a venue, a food stipend, access to props and costumes, and a set of parameters their piece must abide by. These creators will then work tirelessly through the weekend to create short immersive pieces highlighting their unique voices. A panel featuring some of the industry’s top talent will judge the resulting performances and select the official winners of the Los Angeles Immersive Invitational.

Interested creators can fill out the form here for a chance to compete in the Invitational.

Location:

Shakespeare Center Of Los Angeles

1238 W 1st St

Los Angeles, CA 90026

Dates:

Friday, May 13th — Sunday, May 15th

Public performances of the selected works will be available on Sunday, May 15th