{"id":43,"count":25,"description":"The Speakeasy Society, named Best Emerging Immersive Theater Company of 2015 by the LAWeekly, was officially formed in a first floor women\u2019s bathroom at CalArts in 2012, where longtime collaborators Julianne Just and Genevieve Gearhart, along with newcomer Matthew Bamberg-Johnson, created \u201cThe Weird Sisters,\u201d a witch-centric adaptation of Macbeth that gave audience members a very up close and personal experience of the classic narrative.\r\n\r\nFrom there they took their work to a variety of venues and forms, including a dinner party in a private residence (Kitchen\/Sugar\/Bullet\/Blank), an interactive adaptation in a hidden pub at a local brewery (Ebenezer: An Immersive Christmas Carol), and a private conversation created for an audience of one at a local restaurant (The Stronger). \u00a0Continuing to explore narrative in immersive productions, the company has embarked on a several year journey creating The Johnny Cycle\u2013a three part production loosely based on Dalton Trumbo\u2019s novel \u201cJohnny got his Gun\u201d. \u00a0Part I: \u201cThe Quick and the Dead\u201d ran at the American Legion in Pasadena to great acclaim and was listed by LA Weekly as one of the 2015\u2019s Five Times LA Theater Felt Bold.\r\n\r\nWhile the company and their list of collaborating artists has lengthened, the goal remains unaltered: they work to change what it means to \u201cgo to the theater\u201d in Los Angeles one performance at a time.\r\n\r\nThe Speakeasy Society has received institutional support from Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment. \u00a0Currently, they are collaborating with Two Bit Circus, a renowned technological entertainment company, to develop an immersive dinner experience utilizing new technology that imbues every audience member with a unique character.","link":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/category\/immersive-theater\/speakeasy-society\/","name":"Speakeasy Society","slug":"speakeasy-society","taxonomy":"category","parent":11843,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/43"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/11843"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/becomeimmersed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}