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A collection of anecdotes, waiting to be asked about.

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Hotel California

Hotel California

Experience the surreal story of a true Hollywood haunting - a firsthand account of enthrallment and escape told through dance and circus art.

Founding company member

Sonic Sphere @ The Shed

Sonic Sphere @ The Shed

The Shed presents Sonic Sphere, a revolutionary new architectural space / multisensory spherical concert hall suspended in The Shed’s soaring McCourt Featuring immersive, 3-D sound and light explorations of innovative music created and curated by The xx, Steve Reich, Carl Craig, and Yaeji, with live performances by Madame Gandhi, Yunè Pinku, UNIIQU3, and Igor Levit

Lead rigger

Fey Productions

Fey Productions

Production house for experiences that are incompressible in memory. Places where serendipity is high, and guests are rewarded for engaging and connecting.

Founder, Creative director

Know-it-All

Know-it-All

Welcome to Know-It-All, the ultimate trivia game show! Go head-to-head against friends or robots in three rounds of speedy gameplay or cheer on your friends from the audience. Will you outsmart the competition and emerge victorious? Lights, camera, trivia!

Dr. ONE (Voiceover)

1P Build Systems

1P Build Systems

Making tools for tens of thousands of developers to make products for billions of people.

Product manager, technical writer

CVLT

CVLT

Produced, directed, and performed in a four-hour immersive theatre and party experience in the historical Westerfeld Mansion. With triumvirate members Scott Gillies and Trevor Tarin, we led a cast and crew of 35 throughout 17 rooms of performance, along 4 separate plot lines that guests could follow to their conclusion (with myriad interacting subplots woven between).

Creative director

Mk II MegaBot

Mk II MegaBot

A $2.5M, 10-ton, 16ft-tall combat mech designed to compete against the Japanese mech, Kuratas, for the entertainment of millions of fans internationally.

Senior mechanical engineer, Face

Challenge from Beyond

Challenge from Beyond

Gods and monsters compete for the mantel of the aging q̦̙͈̬͊͊͋ͭu̷̞̹̙͉e̪̼͖̺͑̃̂ḙ͇͕ͩn̰͖̞̩͔̬͛ͮd̬̙͕͊̏͛̓̀̇e̙̤͎ͫ̿i̴̤̱͕̖̹̮̪̅̄t͖͖͆̄̌̎̀̉͊y̯̤̌m̷̲̥̞̖͎͓ͅo̶͎͗t̠͓̞̫̗̥̏̄̐̀̍̌h͛̍ͦ̌͏̫̥̖e̶̼͔͎̪ͫ̇̆̋ͥr͈͚̺̲͛ͦ, thereby gaining demesne of the multiverse. Through a 13 puzzle + meta series of games, they learned that the q̦̙͈̬͊͊͋ͭu̷̞̹̙͉e̪̼͖̺͑̃̂ḙ͇͕ͩn̰͖̞̩͔̬͛ͮd̬̙͕͊̏͛̓̀̇e̙̤͎ͫ̿i̴̤̱͕̖̹̮̪̅̄t͖͖͆̄̌̎̀̉͊y̯̤̌m̷̲̥̞̖͎͓ͅo̶͎͗t̠͓̞̫̗̥̏̄̐̀̍̌h͛̍ͦ̌͏̫̥̖e̶̼͔͎̪ͫ̇̆̋ͥr͈͚̺̲͛ͦ was not retiring after all. Instead, every several millennia she devours lesser beings of power to recharge herself. Through a series of plot twists, it was revealed that in order to save both themselves and the multiverse, they would have to devour the mortal projection of the q̦̙͈̬͊͊͋ͭu̷̞̹̙͉e̪̼͖̺͑̃̂ḙ͇͕ͩn̰͖̞̩͔̬͛ͮd̬̙͕͊̏͛̓̀̇e̙̤͎ͫ̿i̴̤̱͕̖̹̮̪̅̄t͖͖͆̄̌̎̀̉͊y̯̤̌m̷̲̥̞̖͎͓ͅo̶͎͗t̠͓̞̫̗̥̏̄̐̀̍̌h͛̍ͦ̌͏̫̥̖e̶̼͔͎̪ͫ̇̆̋ͥr͈͚̺̲͛ͦ, which was secretly cake. Dancing ensued.

Producer

Bloodlines 2 Activation

Bloodlines 2 Activation

An international collaboration between Paradox Entertainment, Alice & Smith, and Epic Immersive created the live finale to a three-month Alternative Reality Game promoting an upcoming horror videogame. 2-4 players at a time (out of the hundreds on site and tens of thousands following online) were brought into a psychologically charged environment where their senses of time and memory were distorted before they were released back into the wider game.

The Interrogator

Midsummer Disco

Midsummer Disco

Minutes to midnight on the Doomsday Clock, the courts of fae battle each other and the tide of time.

The Sandman

The Attraction

The Attraction

Internationally award-winning, technically advanced Escape Rooms emphasizing story, curiosity, and experience design.

Mechanical engineer

Harvest Dance

Harvest Dance

A 65-character, weekend-long, improvised play. Fae and their foundlings act out their personal dramas while dealing with a crisis of belief — and magic.

Kai

High Tide

High Tide

An ensemble-act heavy circus show set at sea, telling a story about how adulthood is not a destination, but an ongoing voyage.

Tammy (aerial straps, corde lisse)

Orage, Electricus

Orage, Electricus

Awe-inspiring, and often literally shocking, works of large art informed by science and technology.

Lead mechanical engineer

Sigrunn, the Alchemist Queen

Sigrunn, the Alchemist Queen

Dozens of yards of silk, lace, fur, and leather craft this Snow Queen’s garments.

Costumer, Character

No Graves, No Masters

No Graves, No Masters

A dark comedy set in the South, 6 years after the advent of a zombie virus.

Genue (partner acrobatics, aerial straps)

MIT

MIT

To drink from the firehouse with some of the best minds of my generation. To create, learn, and discover what I can make for the world.

Mechanical engineer, Game design

Alchemy

Alchemy

Myriad forms of connection mix in a sensory, experiential cocktail. Immersive theatre, cocktail party, introspective journey.

Producer

Out of Our Depth

Out of Our Depth

Out of Our Depth explores themes relevant to the queer experiences of being uncertain of your place in the world, questioning your identity, and personal transformation through the use of inventive circus acts and oceanic inspirations.

Founding company member

Heist @ Sea

Heist @ Sea

You thought you were out of the game, when you get a birthday card containing hints that your family's long-lost, ancestral MacGuffin is on this very (real) boat. Fine. You're in for one last job.

Producer

Sonic Sphere

Sonic Sphere

Sonic Sphere: a mesmerizing fusion of art, sound, and space that elevates consciousness, ignites creativity, and transforms communities through immersive, unforgettable encounters.

Lead rigger

The UnderThing Bar

The UnderThing Bar

A series of speakeasies in unlikely places, where weary travelers can lose themselves, or find lost things. Most recently, we ran a room modeled after Eurydice's chamber in the videogame Hades.

Producer, Host

Hypothetical Circus

Hypothetical Circus

Brand new, experimental circus company playing at the edges pf spectacle and connection. Launching in July 2023.

Principal, Rigger

Wilderness Medical

Wilderness Medical

Wilderness First Responder (Sierra Rescue), CPR Pro (American Red Cross), and Auto-Epinephrine Injector certified, I've interned with MARS Event Medical and Incidence Response at venues including the Oakland Colliseum.

WFR

Welcome to Canaan House

Welcome to Canaan House

Necromancers and their cavaliers compete for the mysterious honor of attaining Lyctorhood.

Producer

Harvest @ Moss

Harvest @ Moss

Celebrate shedding that which no longer serves with an immersive, musical feast.

Producer

Tell Me More Gifts

Tell Me More Gifts

Lead a reimagining of gifting culture that celebrates humanity, storytelling, and artists.

Founder, Product lead

Of Mirrors and Masquerades

Of Mirrors and Masquerades

A dark princess searches for the Charm to let her steal another girl's life.

Producer

Midsummer

Midsummer

Experimental pallette for experiential performance, covered on flowers.

Producer

Priceless

Priceless

A party in the woods with 1200 of your closest friends — Priceless is a 100% volunteer-run music and arts festival with the highest serendipity per capita of any event.

Safety lead

The Vespertine Circus

The Vespertine Circus

Existing at the intersection of circus, immersive theatre, and gaming, we create moving, stunning, accessible art.

Principal, Rigger

Snow Queen ARG

Snow Queen ARG

The Hans Christian Anderson faerie tale comes to life as guests follow the tale through a series of hidden puzzles. If they succeed, perhaps spring will come again?

Artist

Rocky Horror Circus Show

Rocky Horror Circus Show

A circus rock-opera tribute to the classic cult film, refreshingly telling the belovedly strange story while standing as a work all its own.

Lips (handbalancing), Eddie (aerials straps, aerials chains), Janet (Voiceover)

Syzygy Sconces

Syzygy Sconces

A dream of light and angles, told in metal.

Artist

The Algonquin Literary Ball

The Algonquin Literary Ball

A literary masquerade sets the stage for a mystery of stories, purpose, and connection. A live event, pivoted to online in April 2020.

Producer

SF District Attorney

SF District Attorney

Cowrote a journal article supporting the mission of progressive prosecution. Researched incidents of police profiling and violence in the Tenderloin using PACER.

Writer

Dovetail

Dovetail

Arts collective and venue in the heart of San Francisco dedicated to promoting and enabling accessible, creative, and original art.

Founder

Quaranteam

Quaranteam

Support and nurture for projects dedicated to fostering human connection in a time of social distancing and using our learnings to build a wiser future.

Mobilization

Egress & Oriel

Egress & Oriel

An online production in the digital ‘Egress & Oriel Theater’, written in Twine. First in a weekly series with original content created in collaboration with a different musical partner every month.

Partner acrobatics

The Soiled Dove

The Soiled Dove

Company member in the annual circus dinner-theatre spectacular. Aerial straps, aerial chandelier, dance, and singing on the stage; stage managing and rigging behind the scenes. Regular booking in festivals, corporate events, and parties.

Aerialist, Rigger

Epic Immersive

Epic Immersive

Company member for immersive theatre projects at every scale. From Liason of the Office of Emergent Sentience to a Waisalling maenad, we deliver bespoke experiences to discerning clients.

Actor

Kinky Salon

Kinky Salon

Monthly arts and culture event in Oakland, booking local and touring performance talent for the cabaret portion of the evening — circus, comedy, opera, and more. For the rest of the evening, the space was transformed into a venue for creative and safe expression for our attendees.

Producer

Odyssey Works Residency

Odyssey Works Residency

Over the course of a week, collaboratively developed, wrote, and performed in an immersive experience designed for a single person. Under the direction of Ayden LeRoux and Abraham Burikson, we learned and utilized the techniques developed by Odyssey Works to create a unique, 36 hour show.

Resident

O, Inc.

O, Inc.

The next generation of smart assistant devices provides privacy-first Intelligence as a Service.

Mechanical engineer, Product manager

Shotgun Saloon

Shotgun Saloon

Stage combat and acrobatic dance in a warehouse- turned- bar- turned- venue crowded with 500 patrons and a surprising number of taxidermy animals. 

Acro combat

Intimate Immersive

Intimate Immersive

What can the infrastructure of kink teach us about how to create more powerful, safer experiences.

Presenter

Art+Tech Program

Art+Tech Program

INSEEC is a French higher education consortium of 16 engineering, business and communication schools. At INSEEC SF we introduce undergrads and graduate students to entrepreneurship and innovation through hands-on STEAM education.

Lecturer

Audacity Project

Audacity Project

Well-behaved women rarely make history. Be Audacious. Persevere. Tell stories.

Alumni

Charlie and the Chocolate Circus

Charlie and the Chocolate Circus

This clowning-heavy Roald Dahl tribute production featuring surreal audience participation.

Mike Teevee (handbalancing, gun spinning, aerial straps)

Two Houses

Two Houses

An intimate, fully immersive and site-specific performance of Romeo & Juliet Act 1 Scene 4 through Act 2 Scene 1 with only 15 audience members present per showing.

Capulet Raver (aerial hoop)

Midsummer

Midsummer

A circus retelling of the Shakespeare play with minimal dialogue, directed at all ages audiences with a clear enough depiction of the plot for children in attendance to be able to easily summarize it afterward.

Lysandra (aerial straps)

Tensor

Tensor

A tensegrity shade structure of steel, aluminum, dyneema cord, and lycra membranes create a surreal, elevated teahouse balancing tension and relaxation with absurdly beautiful fittings.

Artist, Mechanical engineer

The Fallen Cosmos

The Fallen Cosmos

Hieronymus Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights" came to life in a giant pier filled with creatures, monsters, and play.

Actor

Dance Dance Immolation

Dance Dance Immolation

What do you get when you mix video games, music, and propane? You play DDR. A good performance wins you acclaim from flamethrowers. A missed step gets you a face full of fire! Yes, the fire is real. Put on a fireproof suit and give it a try!

Mechanical engineer

HiNGE

HiNGE

A theatre-circus-game featuring an original score that, along with the performers, could be affected by audience participation, changing the course of the narrative.

Gin (aerials straps, aerial hoop, puppetry)

Ardent Mobile Cloud Platform

Ardent Mobile Cloud Platform

A ‘revolutionary new cloud platform’ to lift passengers up to 45ft in the air. Rated for up to five riders, it was also capable of rigging live performers in our unique Aerial Performance Interface (API), in addition to carrying a full water tank. The last was used for our Trusted Precipitation Module (TPM), which allowed us to rain on people’s parades as required. Displayed at the California Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dreamforce, and more.

Mechanical engineer

C24 Keyboard

C24 Keyboard

The ultimate mobile solution for musical creators on the go. Powerful, portable, and pretty, the C24 Keyboard is the perfect tool for DJs, pianists, and other performers.

Mechanical engineer

Made in Space

Made in Space

A self-contained, rapid-prototyping and material recycling device for use on the International Space Station.

Mechanical engineer

All Worlds Fair

All Worlds Fair

Every World comes to show off their culture at the Old SF Mint.

Actor

Zoa

Zoa

Zoa unfolded in three parts; first, a beautiful, elegant, translucent structure inspired by seedpods rises from the desert floor; next, an awe inspiring mind-week burn; which revealed an unexpected sculptural array hidden within. Three sinuous forms pulse with a fiery glow, seeming to breathe and dance.

Mechanical engineer

Swerve

Swerve

Elegant solutions to local fabrication challenges for clients from high-profile tech giants to small prosthetic limbs manufacturers.

Mechanical engineer

Makani Power

Makani Power

Seamlessly integrated wind technology solution that efficiently collects wind energy from inhospitable places.

Mechanical engineer

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