Our Goal
The Safety & Practices Committee was created to provide guidance to immersive creators in ensuring the physical and emotional safety of audiences, actors, crew, and all involved in creating immersive work. Our first order of business is to create best practice guidelines that can help first-time producers and veterans alike take the proper steps to make their productions as risk-aware, safe, and fair as possible. The guidelines, created with input from members of the immersive community, will offer minimum standards for rehearsal conditions, performer and patron safety, insurance & liability, inclusivity & accessibility, operational & technical necessities, and other related areas. These guidelines will speak to issues that are specific to immersive and interactive productions.
The Committee
Transparency is important. We encourage members of the community to reach out to the LEIA Safety & Practices Committee at any time to learn more about our work.
Here are our members:
Derek Spencer (LEIA Safety Chair)
Derek Spencer has been directing, producing, writing, sound designing, and (occasionally!) acting in immersive & interactive productions for the last 5 years. He is the Artistic Director of Ceaseless Fun, and has recently created works such as The Stars (2018), They Who Saw the Deep (2018), Agnosia (2018), Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan (2017), and Grandpa Johnson is DEAD (2016). His work has been commissioned for various showcases and recurring events, including Ugly Rhino’s Tiny Rhino and Play Collaborative Arts’ Renditions series.
Lauren Ludwig
Lauren Ludwig is an award-winning writer and director working in theater and film. She is the director and co-founder of the Los Angeles immersive theater company Capital W. Her work with the company was named "Best Overall Immersive Work" at Hollywood Fringe 2017 (Immersive Critic's Circle Award) and won "Best Game Design" at IndieCade 2016. Her adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet staged in a cargo van, Hamlet-Mobile, was published in the anthology Best Plays from American Theater Festivals 2015. Lauren is a founding member and the director of Lost Moon Radio, an award-winning Los Angeles comedy group that has performed at SF Sketchfest, the Broad Stage, South Coast Rep, and New York’s Rockwood Music Hall. A passionate educator, Lauren is the Director of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women and is a founder and creative guide at Wayward, a Canadian retreat for female artists.
Ian Momii
Ian Momii has been working in the production world for 20 years from theater, concerts, and corporate events, to TV, film, and everything in-between. His background is in stage and arena rigging, stage construction, electrical, low voltage installation, event design, and project/production management. Ian brings a wealth of knowledge to the table, having worked events in spaces ranging from hotel ballrooms and Union Station, to large arenas, local LA broken mansions, and all sizes of theater. Ian is currently OSHA 30 certified, and works by day as a CAD designer and by nights and weekends as Technical Director for Delusion. When that doesn't keep him busy enough, his handy work and consultation has extended to the escape room industry and other theater companies such as Ceaseless Fun. Ian is excited and honored to be working with LEIA and helping advance the immersive, interactive, and experiential arts in Los Angeles.
Ben Taylor
Ben Taylor is a Los Angeles based immersive theater Stage Manager and Design Consultant. He works through all phases of show design and implementation looking for ways to enhance guests' experiences, streamline show operations, and design safety and performance guidelines used by cast and crew. He started performing as a Scareactor at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights for five years before moving to LA in 2013 and joining the ALONE team. He's worked with Screenshot Productions, attraction design companies, and other immersive companies in LA. He has worked on experiences ranging from hour long pieces in large-scale buildings with 30+ actors, to a 12-hour show spread across over a dozen locations in Los Angeles, to more intimate shows in small venues with minimal cast.
The Safety & Practices Committee was created to provide guidance to immersive creators in ensuring the physical and emotional safety of audiences, actors, crew, and all involved in creating immersive work. Our first order of business is to create best practice guidelines that can help first-time producers and veterans alike take the proper steps to make their productions as risk-aware, safe, and fair as possible. The guidelines, created with input from members of the immersive community, will offer minimum standards for rehearsal conditions, performer and patron safety, insurance & liability, inclusivity & accessibility, operational & technical necessities, and other related areas. These guidelines will speak to issues that are specific to immersive and interactive productions.
The Committee
Transparency is important. We encourage members of the community to reach out to the LEIA Safety & Practices Committee at any time to learn more about our work.
Here are our members:
Derek Spencer (LEIA Safety Chair)
Derek Spencer has been directing, producing, writing, sound designing, and (occasionally!) acting in immersive & interactive productions for the last 5 years. He is the Artistic Director of Ceaseless Fun, and has recently created works such as The Stars (2018), They Who Saw the Deep (2018), Agnosia (2018), Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan (2017), and Grandpa Johnson is DEAD (2016). His work has been commissioned for various showcases and recurring events, including Ugly Rhino’s Tiny Rhino and Play Collaborative Arts’ Renditions series.
Lauren Ludwig
Lauren Ludwig is an award-winning writer and director working in theater and film. She is the director and co-founder of the Los Angeles immersive theater company Capital W. Her work with the company was named "Best Overall Immersive Work" at Hollywood Fringe 2017 (Immersive Critic's Circle Award) and won "Best Game Design" at IndieCade 2016. Her adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet staged in a cargo van, Hamlet-Mobile, was published in the anthology Best Plays from American Theater Festivals 2015. Lauren is a founding member and the director of Lost Moon Radio, an award-winning Los Angeles comedy group that has performed at SF Sketchfest, the Broad Stage, South Coast Rep, and New York’s Rockwood Music Hall. A passionate educator, Lauren is the Director of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women and is a founder and creative guide at Wayward, a Canadian retreat for female artists.
Ian Momii
Ian Momii has been working in the production world for 20 years from theater, concerts, and corporate events, to TV, film, and everything in-between. His background is in stage and arena rigging, stage construction, electrical, low voltage installation, event design, and project/production management. Ian brings a wealth of knowledge to the table, having worked events in spaces ranging from hotel ballrooms and Union Station, to large arenas, local LA broken mansions, and all sizes of theater. Ian is currently OSHA 30 certified, and works by day as a CAD designer and by nights and weekends as Technical Director for Delusion. When that doesn't keep him busy enough, his handy work and consultation has extended to the escape room industry and other theater companies such as Ceaseless Fun. Ian is excited and honored to be working with LEIA and helping advance the immersive, interactive, and experiential arts in Los Angeles.
Ben Taylor
Ben Taylor is a Los Angeles based immersive theater Stage Manager and Design Consultant. He works through all phases of show design and implementation looking for ways to enhance guests' experiences, streamline show operations, and design safety and performance guidelines used by cast and crew. He started performing as a Scareactor at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights for five years before moving to LA in 2013 and joining the ALONE team. He's worked with Screenshot Productions, attraction design companies, and other immersive companies in LA. He has worked on experiences ranging from hour long pieces in large-scale buildings with 30+ actors, to a 12-hour show spread across over a dozen locations in Los Angeles, to more intimate shows in small venues with minimal cast.
