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.