How does it all come together? How does one take a multitude of moving parts; actors, and scripts, and settings, varying degrees of audience agency and assemble them into emotionally evocative experiences? If you are the creator, the producer, the director, the writer venturing into unknown territories; the prospect of working in a medium where you are intentionally giving the audience an opportunity to exert their own philistine agency on your creation… Might sound like an undisguised nightmare. But, as it turns out, there is some methodology to this and! A select few brilliant producers with more than a little experience in the subtle art of immersive experience. Niyia Mack is an LA-based producer and consultant who has worked with Meow Wolf, Safehouse 77’, and 82’, Delusion, and CoAct Productions to name just a few. Niyia is here to share her experience creating in the immersive realm with all of you.Selected LinksNiyia MackNiyia Mack’s projectsJanell Langford’s ObsidiopolisSXSW panelSome of Niyia’s work and collaborations:Meow Wolf DenverDelusionSpy Brunch’s “Safehouse’Speakeasy Society’s ‘Johnny cycle’CoAct Production’s ‘Sideshow’LEIAPasadena Playhouse