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CALL SHEET MARCH 2024

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NoPro Newswire
No Proscenium
Published in
5 min readMar 19, 2024

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Welcome to CALL SHEET, our ongoing roundup of gigs, grants, deadlines, and other professional opportunities in the realms of physical and digital immersive.

TO LIST DEADLINE: Email callsheet@noproscenium.com

Note: while we are happy to receive the full text of a job listing for reference, we only publish summaries with links to full job listings/casting breakdowns. To be considered your listing must be published somewhere else online. We cannot host PDFs, and will not publish full listings so as not to be responsible for errors.

Calls for festival entries, however, are eligible for being published on our newswire. Use the callsheet email, above. (Educational workshops should follow the process for event listings at Everything Immersive.)

Check out previous editions for more listings, scan some of the sites we use to draw selections from below or join our Discord and follow the callsheet and jobs board categories on the Bulletin Board.

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CASTING

REMOTE

actors m/f/x
Last One Standing
Compensation: unlisted per show
Run: May — October 2024

LINK

Last One Standing is an immersive show for one audience member at a time, that will tour festivals and cultural locations throughout North America and potentially Europe between May-October 2024. While audiences will be on location, actors will work from home and make contact with the audience via phone.

What we are looking for:
– actors 18+ of any gender, cultural background and geographical location
– (semi) professional experience in acting
– experience with improvisation and/or going off script
– capable of empathy and a genuine interest in talking to others
– with a good (mobile) phone connection at home

TORONTO

Multiple Roles — Secret City Immersive Mystery Dinner
Secret City
Term: Part-Time
Compensation: Performances: $25 / hour; Rehearsals / Fittings: $960
Start Date: April 8th 2024

End Date: July 31, 2024 with the possibility of extending

Union Status: Non-Union

LINK

Secret City is seeking experienced and dynamic performers for an immersive and theatrical murder mystery dining experience that revolves around a group of renowned chefs. In the years following their graduation from culinary school, each member of this famed group of chefs has found success. But things take a dark turn when Maribelle discovers a dark secret about one of their classmates. Determined to expose the culprit, Maribelle designs an elaborate event attended by a who’s who of the culinary industry, at which she will reveal the truth.

DENVER

Multiple Roles — Josie’s Diner
Two Cent Lion
Compensation: Actors receive a $200 base stipend + box office bonus.
Performance Dates: June 8–30
Rehersal: April 23 — June 5 (2–3 nights/week)

Union: All roles are non-equity.

LINK

Mosey on down to Josie’s! In this immersive experience, take a seat at Josie’s Diner, an imagined retro cafe that brings people together. Get to know characters spanning from Gen Z to Baby Boomers, each with their own relationship to queerness and nostalgia.

JOBS

LONDON

Multiple Positions — Production & Clerical
Punchdrunk
Term: Varies with position
Compensation: Varies with position

LINK

Positions include clerical (Executive Assistant) and Technical Manager/Deputy Technical manager jobs on Viola’s Room, a new production.

GIGS

LOS ANGELES

Call for Freelancers Working in Experiential and Themed Entertainment
Scout Expedition Co.
Compensation & Benefits: Not Listed
Note: company is looking to build its database of freelancers

Google Form Link

We’re looking to grow our community of talented freelancers at Scout Expedition Co. for upcoming projects and beyond. If you think you’d be a great fit for one (or a mix) of any of these roles, please click the link above and fill out the form with your info so we can stay in touch.

• Experiential Designers (with proficiency in SketchUp and rendering software)
• Associate Creative Directors
• Concept or Storyboard Artists
• Graphic Designers (pitch decks, themed graphics)
• Producers and Project Managers

ACADEMIC

AUSTIN, TX

Immersive Media and Technical Associate
Texas Immersive Institute (UT Austin)
Term: Part-Time
Compensation: $35/hour

LINK

Under direct to general supervision, provides organization’s staff and students with laboratory technical assistance, support, and advice. Implements, maintains, and enhances computer-based systems to ensure efficiency and accuracy and meet business needs. Provide store-keeping and technical skills in the custody, care, distribution, and maintenance of supplies and equipment in departmental laboratory. Responsible for the knowledge of equipment and laboratory techniques in a storeroom operation, and for giving informal instructions and demonstrations of such techniques, as well as of equipment and materials. Work closely with Directors and overall team to receive feedback to iterate and improve the technical portion of current and future projects.

TEMPE/MESA, AZ

Assistant Professor of XR Technologies
ASU School of Arts, Media and Engineering
Tenure Track
Compensation: Unlisted
Starting: Fall 2024
Deadline: April 6, 2024

LINK

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering at Arizona State University seeks a dynamic developer and technologist for a tenure-track assistant professor in XR Technologies appointment that will join the team in Fall 2024 as part of the Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center (mix.asu.edu). This expert in technologies for extended reality (XR) will be a critical part of a highly collaborative team devoted to transdisciplinary approaches to public impact through the creative use of technology. This appointment requires in-person instruction on both the Tempe Campus and at the MIX Center in downtown Mesa.

FESTIVALS

NEW YORK CITY

Tribeca X Award — Extension
Tribeca Festival
Festival Dates: June 10 & 11
Submission Fee: $525
Official Deadline: April 2, 2024 11:59pm EST
Official Selections Announced: May 2024

LINK

Recognizing the best creator/filmmaker and brand collaborations of the year. The brand storytelling competition honors best-in-class projects in multiple categories with winners determined by a panel of expert jurors.

Eight categories including Immersive: XR, 360 & 3D films, multimedia installations & virtual worlds

LOS ANGELES

New Original Works Festival
REDCAT
Festival Dates: August 2024
Deadline: APRIL 5TH, 2024 at 6PM PST

LINK

The New Original Works Festival is a three-week interdisciplinary program supporting new work by LA-based artists. All artistic teams receive an artist fee, rehearsal space, and technical support to develop new work. Since the first edition in 2004, NOW Festival has presented the work of over 200 L.A.-based artists, whose work continues to be seen on stages throughout the U.S. and abroad.

- Applicants and/or primary collaborator must be based in the Southern California region for application consideration. (See Proposed Project section for details)

- Only ONE submission per applicant/company will be considered. Please do not propose the same project multiple times under different names.

- Only online work samples will be accepted. In advance of submitting your online application, upload a 3 to 5 minute work sample to an online platform, such as Vimeo, SoundCloud, YouTube, etc.

Discover the latest immersive events, festivals, workshops, and more at our new site EVERYTHING IMMERSIVE, home of NoPro’s show listings.

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