"DrownedOut is Jackson Mancuso and Josiah Evaristo, two friends in their mid-20s who by day work for competing design firms on the local theme park scene - Mancuso for Universal Studios Hollywood and Evaristo for Walt Disney Imagineering. Their goal in their personal work is to combine theme park-like art direction with scrappy, budget-friendly immersive theater, a term that typically denotes some level of active participation on the part of the guest."
"Imagine your typical ghost tour. Now subtract a significant number of historical factoids and add in some real ghosts - or at least a few tricks of the light and convincing actors. That's the big-picture pitch for "People in the Dark," a new interactive theatrical production from DrownedOut Productions, a young troupe creating a bit of buzz on the local immersive theater scene."
People in the Dark is an interactive, intimate theatrical experience rooted in vintage Hollywood glamour and noir. The production is created by Jackson Mancuso and Josiah Evaristo, designers who work at Universal Studios Hollywood and Walt Disney Imagineering by day. The creators merge theme park–style art direction with budget-conscious immersive theater techniques. Audiences follow actors through prop rooms and makeup counters and encounter staged supernatural effects and surprises. The show channels 1950s noir cinema, especially Sunset Boulevard, to explore old Hollywood themes. Performances run through Halloween and present small, tightly controlled audience groups. The approach emphasizes movement through spaces to hide reveals and build tension.
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