DTLA has a new theater " inside a fake electrical box by Todd Martens

With her Electrical Box Theatre, about 6 feet tall and 3 feet deep, S.C. Mero set out to create an impromptu performance space for artists who no longer have an outlet in downtown L.A.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on March 4, 2026[SHARE]

The future of theater is immersive. These L.A. artists are creating it in real time by Todd Martens

The Immersive Invitational, now in its fourth year, celebrates the communal power of interactive fiction. Participating companies have 48 hours to create a 10-minute show.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:10pm on May 6, 2025[SHARE]

'Love Game' is an interactive play that unfolds inside an L.A. bar " and you're Cupid by Todd Martens

The immersive, choose-your-own-adventure show from Last Call Theatre puts the story in the hands of the audience.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 7:50am on February 12, 2025[SHARE]

L.A.'s most intimate theater experience? You're the only guest at this thrilling show by Todd Martens

Yannick Trapman-O'Brien's "Undersigned" explores our deepest wants and desires, and what we may sacrifice to achieve them.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:09pm on January 6, 2025[SHARE]

'I got lonely': Why a 21-year-old theater major built an escape room in his UCLA dorm by Todd Martens

"Code Green" is a sci-fi-inspired escape room with a heavy backstory and complex puzzles. It also resides in a dorm room at UCLA.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on November 26, 2024[SHARE]

Part theater, part puzzles, this real life video game takes you across L.A. " literally by Todd Martens

"Great Gold Bird," a theatrical mystery that touches on love and grief, turns audience members into participants who must travel from Arlington Heights to Los Feliz.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on November 6, 2024[SHARE]

Inside L.A.'s famous Art Deco penthouse, this show has you choose your own dark adventure by Todd Martens

In 'Castle in the Sky,' an immersive theater show about the high-society life of James Oviatt, guests follow actors from room to room, witnessing the loneliness and tension that arises from …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 6:00am on November 10, 2023[SHARE]

Pasadena theater grapples with sexual harassment, power dynamics in remixed Shakespeare play by Todd Martens

Boston Court Pasadena's "Measure Still for Measure" remixes the Bard, and finds much is relevant in this tale of corrupt power and sexual harassment.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 8:00am on September 25, 2023[SHARE]

'Rogers: The Musical' brings a charming, Broadway-style show back to Disney California Adventure by Todd Martens

'Rogers: The Musical,' Disney's new Captain America-inspired musical, started as a joke in a Disney+ series and now is part of the resort's big summer offerings.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 2:35pm on June 30, 2023[SHARE]

La Jolla Playhouse's immersive 'La Lucha' finds heartbreak and mystery in the world of lucha libre wrestling by Todd Martens

The La Jolla Playhouse's Wow Festival illustrates the ways in which theater and play continue to converge, most spectacularly in the world premiere of "La Lucha," an immersive theater stando…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 5:41pm on May 1, 2023[SHARE]

'League of Legends' Netflix series 'Arcane' gets a grown-up immersive theater playpen by Todd Martens

The Netflix series 'Arcane' comes to life in a Los Angeles warehouse transformed into the 'League of Legends'-inspired world by immersive firm Secret Cinema.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:56pm on November 29, 2021[SHARE]

How COVID-19 led an L.A. troupe to reject Zoom theater for play-at-home games by Todd Martens

Shine On Collective pivoted from immersive theater to puzzle-box experiences during the pandemic. It's one example of how gaming is a growing aspect of new theater works.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 4:00pm on January 21, 2021[SHARE]

In a post-'Brave,' post-'Frozen' world, why the time is right for Hollywood Bowl's 'Little Mermaid' by Todd Martens

When "The Little Mermaid" lands at the Hollywood Bowl for three nights beginning Friday, it's not just a chance to reimagine a contemporary Disney classic, one credited with reviving the …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:38pm on June 1, 2016[SHARE]

'Build' playwright Michael Golamco on the games people play by Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times

People need to compete and sometimes go to great lengths to do it. A new play imagines a game developer who's in deep.A conversation with Michael Golamco, whose new play "Build" is currently…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 9:33pm on October 30, 2012[SHARE]