We seek to create unforgettable living worlds…
…powered by escapism, empathy, and pure magic—in which audiences have the power to reimagine themselves in wildly different circumstances.
For years we have been delivering some of the most popular and critically acclaimed immersive shows in Southern California. By drawing inspiration from film, theatre, gaming, and amusement parks, we’ve been able to build a variety of strikingly vivid experiences that leave a lasting impact on everyone who passes through them. As KCRW journalist Brandon R. Reynolds put it, Spy Brunch’s work “owes everything to other types of art, but doesn’t feel like any of them.”
From short-form experiences designed around a single audience member, to evening-long affairs with food, drinks, and secret missions, our consistently sold-out shows have become known for their superlative writing, acting, and attention to detail.
Led by Co-Artistic Directors Nick Rheinwald-Jones & Katelyn Schiller, Spy Brunch invites you to join us…
…on journeys of adventure, self-discovery, and just plain fun.
Nick Rheinwald-Jones
Nick (Co-Artistic Director) was educated as a writer & filmmaker at Tufts University, UCLA, and USC. After several years writing original screenplays and pilots (including the Academy Nicholl Fellowship-nominated spy thriller Worst Case Scenario), and directing the short film The Spy Who Came To Brunch (yes, that’s where the company name comes from!), he decided it might be fun to stage a live interactive spy thriller inside a 1970s bungalow, which led to the creation of 2017’s Safehouse ‘77. The following year, in addition to directing two sold-out remounts of Safehouse ‘77, he collaborated with CoAct Productions to write and co-produce The Sideshow, a circus-themed show which mixed traditional stage elements with intimate immersive encounters. The Pod and Safehouse ‘82 followed in 2019, and much more is planned for 2020!
Online, Nick’s writing has been featured in top entertainment outlets like Vulture, The AV Club, Decider, and Previously.TV, although his finest work on the internet is probably this. He produced and hosted the podcast Making The Sausage, a look at some of the lesser-known aspects of TV production, and he is a regular guest contributor on the hit pop-culture podcast Extra Hot Great. As befits someone obsessed with spy films, he can also make a pretty good cocktail.
Katelyn Schiller
Katelyn (Co-Artistic Director) is an award-winning actor, writer, and illustrator. Katelyn has a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance from Central Washington University where she focused on devised works and Japanese Noh, and she has been writing, producing, and touring original works since 2015, with critically acclaimed plays like Murder Blood Bear Story, Quantum Entanglement, and Laertes Loves Hamlet Loves Ophelia. As a creator and performer, Katelyn has been on the front lines of the LA immersive theatre scene for the past three years, collaborating with interactive companies to performing in hits like ABC Project's C(ovell), Hollywood's exclusive club Cloak and Dagger, Drunken Devil’s Bacchanalia & Bloody Gras, Sampson Creative Enterprise’s Grunge Shop Tavern, CoAct’s The Sideshow, and of course Spy Brunch’s Safehouse ’77, Safehouse ’82, and The Pod. If you happen to have access to an Oculus Quest, you can regularly interact with Katelyn in the virtual reality game, The Under Presents, where she performs as a live avatar actor playing a variety of silly characters (including a broom loving skeleton named Burniece). An enthusiastic gamer, her favorite series titles include The Last of Us, Fire Emblem, Journey, Animal Crossing, Witcher, Bioshock, and Red Dead Redemption — but The Legend of Zelda is pretty much her boyfriend.
