This week's episode focuses on something the industry has become quite familiar with over the past year — virtual production. We were joined by actor, writer, director, producer, and virtual production aficionado Brendan Bradley who spoke with us about his work on A One Act Festival in your Browser (WebXR) — a show produced, rehearsed, and performed entirely in web-based virtual reality, demonstrating several different modes and styles of fully-immersive, virtual performance with a customized toolkit, and user interface.

Brendan established his own lab at New York University for integrating emerging technologies in live performance and supporting the next generation of multi-disciplinary storytellers. During the pandemic, he began releasing free tutorials and case-studies for live performance artists to stream their work from home, including a customizable virtual theatre that allows anyone in the world to perform for their own live, virtual audience for free.

Keep up with Brendan and his work and read his in depth article on A One Act Festival in your Browser (WebXR) by visiting brendanabradley.com/futurestages.

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