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THE IMMERSION AWARDS

2019 Winners

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Immersion Award Winners • People's Choice

Broken Bone Bathtub

Siobhan O’Loughlin

The Privilege of Escape

Risa Puno & Creative Time

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Immersion Award Category Winners

Best Environmental Immersion

The Cooping Theory 1969: Who Killed Edgar Allan Poe?

Poseidon Theatre Company

Experiences that use the setting of the show as a -or the- pivotal mechanic in accomplishing the goal of the piece.

Best Social Immersion

Chaos Theory

IKANTKOAN Games

Experiences that highlight social interaction and agency with actors and/or other guests as the core of the experience

Best Immersive Narrative

The Kansas Collection: The Portal

The Speakeasy Society

Experiences that are storyline focused and use the tenets and techniques of immersive entertainment to convey that story.

Best Immersive Set Design

The Nest

Scout Expedition Co.

Experiences that use exceptionally detailed and/or highly-designed environments fabricated to define the world of the experience.

Best Site-Specific Immersive

Remembrance

Linked Dance Theatre

Experiences that are typically both set heavy and anchored to the place in which they are performed, often using the site itself to help construct a narrative.

Best Immersive Game

The Man From Beyond

Strange Bird Immersive

Experiences that tactfully fuse gameplay, narrative, and (often) social immersive dynamics.

Best Intimate Immersive

The Severance Theory: Welcome To Respite

CoAct Productions

Experiences designed for a small audience to actor ratio and the prioritization of social dynamics and interaction as a foundation of the experience.

Best Immersive for the Family

Grace and The Hanukkah Miracle

Chicago Immersive

Experiences that are conducive for all ages, enabling an introduction to immersive for younger audiences

Best Sensory Immersive

Tales By Candlelight

Walk the Night Immersive, Cantrip Candles, & Great Co.

Experiences that utilize multi-sensory communication in unique and innovative ways

Best Single Guest Immersive

The Pod

Lucid Dramatics & Spy Brunch llc

Immersive experiences that involve only a single guest or participant.

Least Enjoyable Immersive

Immersive experiences that just shouldn’t

  • The Mckamey Manor – Russ Mckamey

Best for immersive beginners

Escape From Godot

Mister and Mischief

Experiences that recognize the fact that every experience is potentially someone’s first in a way that showcases the potential of the medium while simultaneously maintaining a digestible level of accessibility for the uninitiated.

Best Immersive Realism

Red Flags

Capital W

Experiences that have a contemporary setting and/or are topically relevant to the real world.

Best Immersive Dinner Theater

Death of a Gangster

The Murder Mystery Company

Experiences that are designed to incorporate a dining experience as a part of the event.

Best Holiday Immersive

Camp Christmas

Denver Center for the Performing Arts & Lonnie Hanzon

Immersive experiences based on themes attached to the November and December holiday season.

Best Immersive Haunt

Haus Of Creep

Just Fix It Productions

Experiences that fall outside of the traditional definition of a haunted house but are still based in a world of haunting, creepy, or spooky intent.

2019 Immersion Awards Timeline

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