The Pod
Premiere: 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival
Remount: February 2020
Congratulations!
Macora Aerospace and Robotics International has selected YOU as a candidate for the first-ever human voyage to Proxima Centauri B, our nearest habitable planet located 4.22 light years from Earth.
But first, both you and your mission partner need to be thoroughly evaluated.
We have organized a training simulation that will prepare the two of you for the decades of your life you’ll spend in deep space. Macora engineers have crafted a vessel using advanced laser propulsion technology — informally known as The Pod — that is capable of making this incredible journey in a mere twenty years!
The Pod can only carry one human being.
Your partner is not human.
But we hope she will be the perfect companion.
Good luck. We’re counting on you both.
This is a 30-minute experience for one audience member at a time, and includes an alcoholic beverage.
Participants must be 21+ to purchase a ticket and attend.
Cast:
Katelyn Schiller / Ellie
Briana Roecks / Emma
Ashley Jones / Adina
Nick Rheinwald-Jones / Dr. Malin
Katie Rediger / Simulation Voice
Credits:
Written & Directed by Katelyn Schiller & Nick Rheinwald-Jones
Costume Design: Alexis Rheinwald-Jones & Briana Roecks
Photography & Artwork: Katelyn Schiller
Sound & Lighting: Nick Rheinwald-Jones
Golden Key Award Winner
Hollywood Fringe 2019
“Best Immersive” Nominee
Hollywood Fringe 2019
Reviews
“An experience that deftly lands its touching emotional beats. And what happens when you leave the simulation is likely to be one of the more powerful moments of this year’s Fringe.”
“The Pod both quickly and peerlessly accomplishes that almost inscrutable goal for immersive theater productions: It engages and challenges its audiences while profoundly affecting them along the way.”
“THE POD is easily my favorite immersive production at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival.”
“It is a testament to the writing and acting that I found myself so invested in such a short period of time.”