This week on the show we talk with Keram Malicki-Sánchez, the founder of FIVARS – Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories – about the festival's transplantation from Toronto to West Hollywood for 2021. FIVARS opens in WeHo on Oct. 15 and is accessible online soon after.Then David Bassuk, professor of Theatre Arts at Purchase College SUNY joins us to kick off a new segment we're calling THE BIG IDEA – where we talk with educators in the immersive & experiential field about one BIG IDEA they like to impress upon their students. Plus Headlines, the Pick of the Week and programing updates about The Next Stage (Jan 7-9, 2022; Pasadena Playhouse) that you'll want to stick around for.SHOW FLOWHeadlines - [1:30]FIVARS - [4:30]Pick of the Week - [17:40]The Big Idea w/ David Bassuk - [22:30]Next Stage Updates [33:40]Associate Producer: Parker SelaMusic: Chris Porter of the Speakeasy SocietyHeadlines: Kathryn Yu, Executive Editor of NoProProducer & Host — Noah Nelson, Publisher of NoPro  Get bonus content on Patreon Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.