Immersive Theatre
I love non-traditional, site specific theatre, and have been working in the NYC immersive scene for half a decade as performer, rehearsal director, and sound designer.
My work has been featured in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and No Proscenium,
2025 - The Trojans
In 2025, I will be teaming up with Loading Dock Theatre as sound designer for their ambitious new Synthwave musical, The Trojans, in which workers in a warehouse bring the story of Homer’s Iliad to life through the lens of their nostalgic and fantasized memory of high school in the 80s.
2024 - The Unbinding of Isaac
Teaming up with Temple of the Stranger once more, I will be playing the role of God in this experiential interrogation of the tale of Abraham and Isaac.
2024 - Lennox Mutual
I 2024, I joined the opening cast of Candle House Collective’s remote immersive experience, Lennox Mutual. This ‘Serialized Alternate Reality Experience for One’ is accessed via the phone, and has been reviewed by the New Yorker.
The show, designed to be repeated b̵l̴e̴n̵d̵s̸ ̶t̷h̴e̶ ̸w̸o̷r̵l̷d̵s̵ ̸o̷f̴ ̶g̶a̷m̷i̵n̵g̸,̴ ̷, ̸͖͗̒ͅc̷̭̒̾ḧ̵̥̦́̀o̷̙̟̊͗ô̸̯s̴͉̞̄͝e̷̮̭͗ ̵̗̓͝ý̴͚̩o̸̺̾̕u̶̝̪͆́r̷̩̚ͅ ̶̰̮̀õ̴̤͐w̶̡̼̆ṅ̸̻̣͐ ̶̬̦̎͗a̵̺͂d̶̞̺͝v̶̤̼̓e̴͔̽n̵̜̘̊͆t̷̲̓͠u̷̧̬͂r̷̥̩͐ȩ̶͉̄̚ ̷̩̆̋b̷̧̜̈̾o̶̢̜͒ȯ̶̝k̶̯̓s̷̱̯͗,̴͔̅, ̴̡̡͉͎̱̟̠͔̼̇͋̈́ ̷͕̝͖̋̀͂͌L̶̤̹̯̘̰̳̹̩̟̽̇̊̍͆̊͛̓̽̂A̴̱̰̦̳̻̣̜̲͎̐Ȑ̵̗̣͌́͗̍̈͛̂̀͒P̷̧̢̗̜̥͔̱͉͋̈́̑̿̽̑͂̈̑͜ḯ̵̜̝̝͕ͅn̴̡̗͑̐͝ģ̵̯̩̳͕̀̊̈́͛̀͋̈̀̔͝,̸̨̮̦̯̬̼̊ ̶͖̓͘͝i̵̡̭̫͍̚m̴̘͇̯͕̯̺͍̦͊̇͒̔̚m̷̥͂̅̇̋̽͝e̸̘̳̣͋̅͆̈́͗̽͘r̷̙͕̻͙̺̪͌̊̉̌́́̈̕͠ş̸͉͍̝̘͕̗̑͛͐̃͆͊̃̚͘͝ì̷̧̮͔͖̫͕̻̤̓̓̒̍̉̏̚v̵̢͈̦͉͕̠̥̂̄̾́̇̑̎͘͝e̶̲̻̮̬̣̣̿̽̑̓͠
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2023/24 - The Tiger’s Bride
Under the direction of Suzanne Karpinski and Theatre Uzume I originated the role of Count Bluebeard at The Cell. The sandbox immersive production blended circus, sideshow, aerial and burlesque performance with an original live score by Lily Desmond.
I worked as sound designer for this show, bringing my tech from Bottom of the Ocean to allow dynamic real-time wireless control of audio elements to actors on the set.
I also wired an in-wall speaker system into the walls of the building, allowing multi-channel audio support to the entire four floor building from the existing tech booth.
2023 - The Orchard
This one-time event by ‘alternative mystical community’ Temple of the Stranger saw 100 audience descend into a holy orchard to explore themes of heresy and death. I played the Angel Gabriel in this performance, leading groups of attendants through a ritualized meditation for the holiday of Tu Bi’Shvat.
I also built a live audio system for the band and speakers, including a three-channel silent disco experience.
2021/22 - Bottom of the Ocean
From October 2021 until its close in December 2022, I was a swing performer and rehearsal director for Houseworld Immersive’s ‘Bottom of the Ocean’. The show gained an enthusiastic cult following, and was named NY Times ‘Critic’s Pick’.
Conceived by veteran guerilla immersive creator Andrew Hoepfner, BOTO welcomed five audience members per performance, guiding them through a series of rituals designed to encourage self-reflection, and ponderance on mortality.
I also built a dynamic sound system for the show. Using custom-built Arduino midi controllers, wireless MIDI transmitters and Ableton Live, I created a way for actors in the show to trigger preset sound effects and cues during scenes to heighten their performance
2019 - Waves at Gymnopedie
Before COVID19 put a temporary halt to in-person performance, I joined immersive creator Andrew Hoepfner for a series of sound baths at his Brooklyn venue, Gymnopedie.
2019 - The Party at Beekman Place
For one night only, the ghosts of Beekman Place hosted a mysterious party for a small group of intrepid adventures who found their invitation in one of 9 geocaches hidden around NYC. This popup event merged storytelling, musical theatre, and cocktail-making into an intimate, spellbinding, one-of-a-kind celebration. Will you gaze into the broken mirror?
2018 - Phantom of the Paradise LIVE
I played Philbin in Unattended Baggage’s immersive concert version of the 1974 cult classic Phantom of the Paradise. This intimate reimagining took the bones of the original movie, and expanded on some of its themes for a 21st century audience. The newly conceived immersive nature of the show allowed actors and audience to interact in novel ways, and was extended twice past its original sellout run.