Immersive Espresso

Quick Shots of Stimulating Content

Like everyone else, Denver Immersive had to change plans during the pandemic. With our events cancelled and our community looking for ways to make a difference, we started a new online format we called IMMERSIVE ESPRESSO. The goal of each Espresso event was to present a diverse set of ideas in a short format.

We’re now happy to offer these quick pick-me-ups as a permanent format for the Immersive Denver content offerings. Enjoy a shot of creative espresso!

Immersive Denver’s Immersive Espresso series laumched during Covid as a way to gather the community and keep up to date with what was happening while we were all quarantined. Two years later, and the Espresso shots keep on coming.

Below are some of the topics we have covered. You can find a complete library of past events on You Tube.

Espresso Library

Space Like Never Before was a live discussion with Taylor Davidson from Neil Benton Entertainment Insurance discussing immersive event insurance facts and fictions. Do you need it? Do you want it? How it works and how it works for you. 

Meet the Press was a live discussion about talking to the press and getting media coverage immersive art and entertainment. Guests in this special in-person episode were of Emily Ferguson of Westword, Bree Davies of CityCast Denver, and Danielle (Look) Reha of No Proscenium, moderated by Amber Blais (Starry Night Productions) and hosted by Non Plus Ultra.

Space Like Never Before was a live discussion about access to space for immersive art and entertainment. Guests in this episode were Jason Shepherd and Tim Sack of reactiv.io, a web service that helps connect people to short term commercial space.

Going Virtual. We interview Kahlil Ashanti of weshowup.io about shifting business models as immersive performers go online.

Portland Rain was conceived and performed at the 2020 Denver Fringe Fest. Join creators and collaborators Christopher Robin Donaldson and Maggy Stacy in this talkback interview about their performance. Portland Rain is available onine: https://vimeo.com/427851031 Password: 734

Creativity for the Common Good explores wow to develop and run exciting, interactive public performances that activate around important community issues with Evan Weissman of Warm Cookies of the Revolution

In Search of Denver’s Immersive Identity dives into the mile high scene with Denver Post arts and pop culture criticJohn Wenzel. What’s hot? What’s not? Where are we heading?

Capital W joins Immersive Denver in a dsicussion of their work at the Denver Film Festival and beyond. Lauren Ludwig, Monica Miklas and Christina Bryan  discuss their new work, Fire Season, performing for film fest audiences and what makes immersive theater so engaging.

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