Big Openings! Spooky Shenanigans! Multiple LA/SF/London Listings! (17 Listings Total)
This week: listings in Phiily, Wisconsin Dells, Austin, Denver, Las Vegas, the SF Bay Area (3), Los Angeles (4), London (4), and Phenomenomaly heads to Houston & Dallas. (17 Listings Total)
2025 #38
Now that we're deep into Spooky Season, the mix of listings is getting downright kinetic: shows that might be genuinely scary, daring experimental theatre, large scale installations that have nothing to do with Halloween, and even the most chilling option of all: Christmas listings.
On the one hand this is great, on the other: we've got another large scale newsletter and I know how you all hate those. It's kind of funny: we've had over 40 listings come in to EI since the last newsletter and I'm only going to curate 17 of them, less than half, but that big number means hundreds of you won't open the newsletter. Sigh.
Knowing this, and feeling bad when people don't read this blasted thing, the proper option is to make this one public so that it does the most good.
I've always said that if I could I'd give all of this away for free. It's just that we don't have proper support for doing public service work in the arts. The States aren't Ireland after all. Sigh.
Next week, and the week after, there will be NO NEWSLETTER as I'm taking my traditional annual leave.
Getting away from all of the tools – save for what I need to teach the CalArts class – is something I've been dying to do for weeks now. I'm hoping that the time away gives me a beat to refresh my perspective. The good news is that there's still work that gets me revved up about immersive, which you can see in this week's Review Rundown.
Stay on top of things: Everything Immersive is going to be updated even while I'm gone. How? Elves. Not the Tolkien kind but the scary kind from myth. So be since to them or they'll radically change the look and feel of this place out of spite!
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In This Issue
- ON THE SITE & PODCAST
- SPOTLIGHT: PHENOMENOMALY RETURNS
- SPOTLIGHT: PHILADELPHIA
- SPOTLIGHT: WISCONSIN DELLS
- SPOTLIGHT: AUSTIN
- SPOTLIGHT: DENVER
- SPOTLIGHT: LAS VEGAS
- SPOTLIGHT: SF BAY AREA
- SPOTLIGHT: LOS ANGELES
- SPOTLIGHT: LONDON
ON THE SITE
The Site
- Immersive Review Rundown: The One With Foolish Mortals & Weird Sisters – LA’s Spooky Season pops off, along with a solid solo show in London, and Colorado’s best haunted House (FIVE REVIEWS)
- COMING SOON: UNMASKED – A Spooky Season party that doubles as a gala fundraiser for the return of MONSTER PARTY in LA. (This is TONIGHT!)
- NOW PLAYING: The Wylding Woods – Mill Valley. Puppets. Immersive for kids. What’s not to love?
The Patreon Report
We're down to 472 backers now, having lost five more. If this is your first ever NoPro Newsletter and you want more, consider becoming a Patreon backer.
The newsletter might be on hiatus for two weeks, but believe me when I say we're coming back from that break in a big way.
The sustaining backers of No Proscenium are:
Sydney Guillory, Lonnie Hanzon, Jerome Joseph Gentes, Tome Wilson, Ryan, KJ Knies, Erin Reilly, Chris Wollman, Samantha Davison, Jay Bushman, Cameo Wood, Daryle, Lekker Lecool, Elaine, After Hours Theatre Company, The Ministry of Peculiarities, Kurt Collins, Anonymous, and Yan Budman.
SPOTLIGHT: PHENOMENOMALY RETURNS
After making a splash at Omega Mart (Las Vegas) and Convergence Station (Denver), Meow Wolf's Phenomenomaly continues the cosmic road show at The Real Unreal (Grapevine, TX) and Radio Tave (Houston).
We did a whole episode of the podcast on Phenomenomaly this past summer, and its exciting to see the work continue. Check out the episode to hear creative director Alexandra Renzo and Meow Wolf Denver's Brie Lipari talk about how this event came together and how it's bringing one of the long held dreams about Meow Wolf's spaces to life.
music, pop-up, site-specific, performance; all ages
- Houston; $33, included w/ Radio Tave admission; Nov. 15 - Jan. 4
- Grapevine, TX; $34; included w/The Real Unreal admission;
Nov. 15 - Jan. 42
SPOTLIGHT: PHILADELPHIA
We know you’re a fan (it’s cool, we’ve also watched Wednesday 37 times). Now you can step inside the shows and movies you love with immersive experiences.
Featured Experiences
ONE PIECE: Quest for the Devil Fruit
Calling all pirates
Rumor has it a mysterious Devil Fruit is hidden somewhere in the East Blue… Rally your fellow pirates and navigate villains’ lairs and iconic locations. Solve puzzles and tackle challenges, but keep your transponder snail close – because nothing is ever quite as it seems.
WEDNESDAY: Eve of the Outcasts
Enter a night of grim delight
When Wednesday reluctantly takes over the Eve of the Outcasts Festival, she adds her own twisted touch. Wander freely through the festival and Nevermore Academy – seek photo opps with fellow outcasts, conquer cursed carnival games, and solve mysteries with Thing. But, tread carefully: every corner hides a secret… or a little misfortune.
Separate admission for each attraction. Closed most Wed. & Thurs.
immersive attractions; all ages, $15-39, King of Prussia, on sale for Nov. 12- April 26
SPOTLIGHT: WISCONSIN DELLS
Ghost Boat at Dells Boat Tours
From Moment Factory!
Welcome aboard for an exciting adventure — the grand re-opening of Cold Water Canyon! Closed since 1950 for reasons shrouded in mystery, the canyon is your feature destination on a very special after-dark Dells Boat Tours® excursion! Be among the first to discover what awaits you inside . . .
Cold Water Canyon was once the jewel of the Dells Boat Tours shorelandings — until it was abruptly abandoned in 1950. No reason was given — but there were rumors, of strange lights, weird sounds, and missing passengers. It was said the boat pilot on that last fateful trip into the canyon kept a record of what happened, but it was lost, along with everyone involved, in the long years since.
Today, those stories are regarded as nothing more than Dells legend, built up and exaggerated over time. And through the years, Cold Water Canyon has remained undisturbed, its scenic wonders hidden away — until now. Dells Boat Tours is reopening the shorelanding, and you’ll be among the very first to see it!
As night falls on the Wisconsin River, you’ll board a boat and head up-river, enjoying a special after-dark tour as you cruise along the towering sandstone cliffs. And then, the highlight of your adventure: Cold Water Canyon! You’ll dock, disembark and continue the excursion on-foot, following a path that winds through field, and forest, and deep into the canyon itself.
It’s sure to be a journey you’ll never forget . . .
horror; all ages, $39, through Oct. 31
SPOTLIGHT: AUSTIN
In this interactive immersive experience, a press event is being held to promote a new movie called “2 Bad 2 Bluff”—the crime-fighting, karate-chopping sequel to “In the Bluff,” a lackluster rom-com about strip poker. You are playing the part of a journalist! Upon arrival, you’ll receive a press badge and you’ll have the opportunity to interview the cast and director of the upcoming film. Zero preparation required—just bring your curiosity and see what unfolds! (The movie might be fake, but the hijinks are very real.)
interactive; 13+, $20, Oct. 23-26
SPOTLIGHT: DENVER
The Westminster Junior Historical Society invites you to their production of A Town Called Harris, a retelling of the moment in history when their town changed its name from Harris to Westminster. Nevermind that there are only two members of the Junior Society (plus their faculty sponsor, his wife, and their first business sponsor), they are determined to give you a good show! But when the power goes out, mysterious happenings threaten to derail their production and reveal the darker stories of the historic DeSpain Schoolhouse. Think Scooby Doo meets Agatha Christie meets our particular brand of immersive theater!
theatre; all ages, $30, Westminster, Oct. 19 - Nov. 15
SPOTLIGHT: LAS VEGAS
One of NoPro's Most Anticipated for 2025!
Interstellar Arc is a never-before-seen, large-scale immersive experience to a distant exoplanet, blending mixed reality, interactive storytelling, and space exploration. Guests depart a 25th-century lunar spaceport located at Area15 - Zone 2: The Terminals, enter cryogenic sleep, and awaken 262 years later as their ship nears its destination. The experience is designed to make visitors feel like they’ve actually lived through an epic journey, not just watched it.
Interstellar Arc was created by Emmy-winning Felix & Paul Studios, whose Space Explorers: The ISS Experience series is the largest production ever filmed in space and earned them a Primetime Emmy Award.
Most VR experiences are stationary or confined to small movement areas. Interstellar Arc breaks the mold, combining a physical set larger than 4 basketball courts with free-roaming VR that accommodates up to hundreds of visitors per hour. Guests can walk freely through a virtual starship, interact with their group, and capture selfies or photos in VR. Advanced “spatial redirection” techniques make the environment feel infinitely large, creating an experience that’s immersive, social, and unlike anything you’ve seen before.
virtual reality, installation, free-roam; all ages, $54, Opens Oct. 22
SPOTLIGHT: SF BAY AREA
Created by Moment Factory and co-presented by Fever, Grace Cathedral is AURA’s third destination in the acclaimed series, and first edition to be presented in the United States. This evening multimedia experience is rooted in San Francisco’s spirit of openness and diversity, and inspired by California’s natural beauty. AURA reimagines the cathedral’s stained glass windows, soaring arches, and cultural symbols through orchestral music, vibrant projections, and luminous storytelling, sparking awe and connection across generations.
This U.S. premiere also marks a milestone in the AURA series: the launch of an interactive web app. By allowing participants to discover Grace Cathedral’s history and architecture, access real-time translation, and capture a personalized AI selfie that extends the journey beyond the evening, the app creatively amplifies visitor engagement.
Guided by a philosophy of conservation and enhancement, AURA Grace Cathedral offers tourists and locals an unforgettable night that bridges past and present, tradition and innovation, spiritual and cultural significance.
installation, projection, site-specific; all ages, $28, SF, Oct. 10 - April 15
The annual tradition returns to SF!
Three witches, spread across the globe, each from a different cultural and mystical tradition, converge to form a coven so powerful it threatens to unravel the very fabric of humanity.
As this Coven of Three performs their dark rituals, the rising number of missing children alarms a group of witch experts called The Believers.
These experts seek to recruit unlikely heroes from our show’s guests to help them stop the coven before the world falls into eternal darkness.
Are you brave enough to join them?
horror, haunt; 18+, $20, SF, through Nov. 1
Berkeley Shakespeare Company presents: The Tempest
One of the final works written by William Shakespeare before he retired from theatre in 1613, The Tempest has captured the imaginations of audiences and the zeitgeist of cultural and societal change ever since its (probable) debut in 1611.
The story of exiled Duke Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and the enchanted island where they live until the duke's magical machinations draw together his enemies and allies alike into a world of intrigue, romance, and miracles, The Tempest has been interpreted as its author's farewell to his art, an early critique of colonialism, a manifesto of radical forgiveness, and a proto-existential allegory for the acceptance of mortality. One of the Bard's most poetic and quotable shows, it takes us on a bittersweet spiritual journey while sparking important conversations about personal accountability, personal sovereignty, and the costs of power and knowledge. Quite tellingly, it has experienced a plethora of recent revivals in the Bay Area.
Berkeley Shakespeare Company brings their own unique twist under the direction of Stuart Bousel, who has adapted the script for an immersive theatre experience at HI Point Montara Lighthouse Hostel. With a new score by Bay Area singer/songwriter Katherine Park who also plays the role of Ariel, this performance offers the chance for audience members to spend the night on location after the show, and will include a chance to talk with the cast and production team, as well as other opportunities to connect and build community.
Shakespeare, site-specific; all ages, $45, Montara, Oct. 24 - Nov. 2
SPOTLIGHT: LOS ANGELES
The Man in the Tuskhut welcomes strangers for a 20-minute, solitary encounter with cutting edge technology in the Velaslavasay Panorama’s famed exhibit, The Nova Tuskhut.
During your visit you will receive souvenir postcards, enjoy a short documentary on the mysterious man in the hut and explore the Velaslavasay Panorama's exhibits, including: Shengjing Panorama, the Gardens of the Illustrious Pacific Rim and the VP's latest installation - Frontier Saloon, a Pre-Prohibition-Era boomtown “public house” symbolic of frontier towns of the imaginary Old West, Far North, Far South and Far East.
The Man in the Tuskhut is an experimental immersive experience co-created by the Velaslavasay Panorama, Immersive Research Media Associates IRMA 360 (Sara Velas & Ruby Carlson) and Incident, a secretive new experiential entertainment company from Jason Woliner (Paul T. Goldman) and Eric Notarnicola (The Rehearsal). Supported in part by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Velaslavasay Panorama Enthusiast Society.
installation, encounter, historic; 13+, $45, Exposition Park, Oct. 24 - 30
PHASMAGORICA at Le Petit Ermitage
At the turn of the century, séances were the most thrilling nights of people’s lives — not because they were terrifying, but because they were wondrous.
Spooky, social, esoteric, provocative… Phasmagorica revives that forgotten magic.
Enter the chamber — opulent and waiting.
No guide will accompany you. No medium will intervene.
Inside a hexagonal room shaped by sacred geometry and immersed in Dolby Atmos sound, choices are made, oracles drawn, shadows disturbed. Through sound and ritual, something stirs at the threshold between the seen and the unseen.
Phasmagorica is an experiential paranormal encounter — a séance reimagined as art. It is a living experiment, a fully contained and tactile installation designed to provoke contact.
And perhaps — if you listen closely — something will listen back.
No two encounters are the same. No actors. No performance. Only you — and whatever answers.
seance; 21+, $110, WeHo, $110
CONVENTION tells the startling true story of what went down at the 1944 Democratic National Convention. It's shocking, immersive, and unhinged: over 50 actors (not a typo) outnumber the audience of 50 and plunge you into the heart of the action. So you're not just watching a play - you're living through the convention in real time.
This unique experience employs groundbreaking writing software that weaves layered dialogue across multiple spaces, creating a rich, harmonious rhythm.
What's at stake: in a moment of internal crisis, Democratic Party leaders made a fateful backroom decision that changed the course of history. They ousted incumbent VP Henry Wallace - a progressive with mass public support - and installed a little-known Senator named Harry S. Truman. FDR died months later, and with that switch, progressivism was shown the door. Sound familiar?
The sidelining of Wallace marked not just a personnel swap, but a philosophical one from which the Democratic Party has never fully recovered. The lingering question still hangs in the air: what would have happened if Wallace had been allowed to lead?
interactive, theatre; 18+, $48, Hollywood, Oct. 24-26
Mayhem Productions Presents: The Final Draft
Thirty years ago, tragedy struck the Hawthorne family. A father and his two children were found dead under mysterious circumstances inside their sprawling mansion. Their mother, a celebrated novelist, vanished soon after — her disappearance as chilling and unexplained as the murders themselves.
Now, the infamous estate has reopened to the public, drawing curious visitors eager to explore the so-called “house of the lost.” But the walls still whisper, shadows still stir, and some who enter never find their way back out.
Guests don’t just walk through this haunted house — they become part of its unraveling mystery. Blending immersive theatre with classic haunt scares, This Haunt plunges audiences into a world of psychological suspense and supernatural terror, where time has stopped, grief has festered, and the dead refuse to rest.
horror, haunt; 16+, Free, NoHo, Oct. 24- Nov. 1
SPOTLIGHT: LONDON
An anticolonial game-theatre show
Welcome to Wilhelm Street. Make yourself at home...
As you settle in with your new family, you won’t only pick out furniture – you’ll forge new traditions and memories that you hope will last a lifetime. Somewhere nearby, though, there’s a meeting going on. A very important meeting. Run by very important people. Making very important decisions about your lives. But you and your family are not allowed inside…
1884 is an immersive game-theatre show inspired by the legacy of the 1884 Berlin Conference, an often-overlooked historical turning point for the African continent and the world. It was created by Rhianna Ilube and Coney, in collaboration with a group of artists, historians, activists and game-makers.
game, historical; 13+, Free, Euston Square, Oct. 22 -25
Step into the heart of a storm-battered oil rig, where steel walls groan, machinery hums, and suspicion lurks in every shadow. Clocktower is a social deduction game in a gritty, nautical setting.
Over the course of the game, you and your fellow players will take on key roles aboard the rig — each with unique abilities that could save the crew… or sabotage it. Together, you must uncover who among you is working against the group before it’s too late. If you enjoy Werewolf, Mafia, Traitors or Blood on the Clocktower...you're gonna love this!
game; 13+, £20.50, Southwark, Oct. 22 - Nov. 1
Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU.
A true crime podcast, with a murdered host. A serial killer on the loose.
Alibi is an immersive murder mystery game where you play both suspect and detective. A game of social deduction, where you must solve the clues to uncover which one of your fellow players is the killer.
In our first case: Dead Air, a true crime podcast host dies in a recording booth while hunting a serial killer.
Past cases collide and secrets refuse to stay buried. Alibi is inspired by the Jubensha game phenomenon from China.
game; 16+, £25, Leadenhall, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
Cross the threshold of the ordinary and plunge headfirst into shadowy dimensions of the surreal. A journey not for the faint-hearted but a twisted invitation for those bold enough to take a leap into unknown worlds.
The experience invites you to wander off the beaten path and into the wonderfully weird, a surreal journey where you ditch the fear of judgment and embrace the unexpected.
Across five distinct worlds, you’ll be tempted, teased, and tipped out of your comfort zone through curious prompts, unexpected encounters and side quests that urge you to say yes to the strange, the bold, and the bizarre.
spooky season; 18+, £20, Shoreditch, Oct. 30 - Nov. 1
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