We are Culture House Immersive, leaders in the immersive, theatrical, gaming, and technology spaces. Led by pioneer in the industry, Mikhael Tara Garver, we have combined forces to change the future of Immersive Entertainment with our proprietary Immersive Involvement.
We work with IP holders; Brands; Venues; Developers; Music, Film, TV, Book, or Game Creators; and Unique Talents. Projects are designed to scale to a range of venues, from planetariums and civic spaces to under-utilized malls, sport arenas, immersive technology spaces, roller rinks, and engage immersive technologies across the Extended Technology (XR) spectrum.
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Have you heard about our incubator?
In 2024 we launched Culture House Immersive’s Inaugural Immersive Incubator where we developed 13 pieces of original IP set to launch in tourable Location Based Entertainment for prototype and production in collaboration with an incredible roster of artists:
Briana Moten (Disney; Universal), Geoffrey Jackson Scott (The Metropolitan Opera; Mile-Long Opera), Jenny Koons (FIFA; Blue Man Group; Playwrights Horizons), Kierna Conner (Star Wars Galactic Star Cruiser; Disney), Nicole Borrelli Hearn (ICM Partners, Opus 3 Artists), Scarlett Kim (Oregon Shakespeare Festival; ASU MIX Center. The team will collaborate with incubator artists including Yolanda Adams (4X Grammy Award Winner), Troy Anthony (Public Theater, Apollo Theatre), Erin Dicker (The House Bunny, Zookeeper, Daddy Don’t Go), Ian Duff (Judas and The Black Messiah, We Own This City, The Republic of Sarah), Eric 'Giz' Gewirtz (Activision; Lucasfilm), Timothy Ware-Hill (Netflix; Peabody), Jenny Gottstein (Game of Thrones S6 Multi-City Experience; IDEO's Play Lab), David Reynoso (Water for Elephants BWY; Sleep No More, Burnt City), Shawn Taylor (Nerds of Color; Pop Culture Collaborative Fellow), Rachel Joy Victor (Disney; HBO; Meow Wolf), Wadooah Wali (New Canvas; WarnerMedia; GALECA), Unger Media (LeVar Burton Entertainment, Rock ’n Robin Productions), Jumai Yusuf (Sundance Institute x Walt Disney Muslim Artist Fellowship; Black List’s Muslim List) and others.
How you work with us?
We consult on your multi-platform experience, location-based entertainment, experiential event, or XR experience. When designed well, Immersive is made for a world of stories in a connected narrative. We help you create space for all of your potential audience.
We are the Immersive Artistic Director to develop your IP into a Premiere Experience with business potential built into its DNA. With a focused sprint process, we design integrated XR and live entertainment with fandom, community, and narrative at its center.
MEET THE TEAM
Kierna Conner was a part of the original creative development team for Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, and played an integral leadership role in the show’s maintenance as an immersive trainer and stunt captain. Kierna has directed, coached and performed internationally across Europe, China, and throughout the U.S. Her work has been featured in No Proscenium, the NY Times, Polygon and more. Past clients include Buzzfeed, Walmart, Adobe, Virgin, Yayapa Children’s Theatre, and Marvel.
Nicole Borrelli Hearn is Founder and Principal of NBH Arts Partners. Over her 30-year career, she has established herself as one of the most innovative thinkers and fiercest advocates in the performing arts, with a rare combination of experience in both the cultural and commercial sectors. Before launching NBH Arts, Nicole was a booking agent at ICM Partners, where she represented a list of over a hundred legendary music and comedy and branded attractions; and was a responsible agent for artists like Sasha Velour, Rosanne Cash and Keb’ Mo’. Prior to that, Nicole booked tours around the United States for leading artists in classical music, jazz, dance, and theater at Opus 3 Artists where she also managed the careers of a roster of trailblazing artists in theater, music and attractions. Earlier, she was a booking manager at International Production Associates, and the Producer of Developing Works at the American Music Theater Festival. Nicole served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) for nine years, the last three as Vice Chair. She is also an emeritus member of the Board of the SITI Company, where she served for over ten years, three of them as Chair and was a founding member of Comedy Sportz Philadelphia.
Carl Faber is a multidisciplinary visual designer and production specialist with a focus on interpreting narrative and emotional journeys through the lens of lighting design. His work spans theater, opera, dance, virtual spaces, and immersive environments. As a collaborative partner and consultant, he contributes to numerous arts organizations and is widely recognized for his creative and technical expertise.
For the past fifteen years, Carl has worked closely with Mikhael Tara Garver to conceive interactive worlds and develop experiential systems to move people and tell stories, most recently in his role as Director of Operations for Culture House Immersive. In 2006, he was a Founding Member of New York's Woodshed Collective, where he was pivotal in developing innovative physical and digital experiences for over a decade. Since 2017, he has served as the Lighting Supervisor at the Portland Opera while continuing to freelance throughout the US. Recently at the American Dance Festival, he designed the live video and technology to connect audiences and performers across three continents through simultaneous performances in movement, storytelling, sound, and poetry.
In addition to his creative endeavors as a designer, he has toured extensively in various production capacities with Bon Iver, The National, and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band. He is a regular contributor to the Artistic Finance podcast, has taught design and stagecraft at Portland State University, and serves on the Western Region Board of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829.
Born in Los Angeles, Carl spent his early career in New York, and now splits his time between Portland, Oregon, and St. Ouen, France. Learn more about his work at www.carlfaber.com.
Geoffrey Jackson Scott is widely recognized for his deep commitment to nurturing artists in the creation of boundary-breaking new work and his innovative approach to audience development. He is Creative Director and Co-Founder of Peoplmovr, a creative studio known for shaping artist-led, socially engaged, people-centered projects across media and platforms. He has held senior leadership roles including Director of Public Engagement at the Museum of the Moving Image, Director of New Play Development and Dramaturgy at Victory Gardens Theater, and Literary Associate at New York Theatre Workshop, where he spent eight seasons advancing new work initiatives and leading the emerging artist development program. He currently serves as Vice Chair on the Board of Trustees of the Artist Communities Alliance.
Geoffrey Jackson Scott’s work spans theater, opera, museums, immersive experiences, social practice art, and community-led programs—always with a commitment to transforming who is at the table and who is in the house. His current slate includes television development with Hawk Pictures and immersive location-based entertainment in collaboration with Culture House Immersive, where he is Head of Immersive Development. Selected recent projects include: Marathon Reading of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as Told to Alex Haley (Metropolitan Opera), NationX (Intelligent Mischief/13EXP), The Mile-Long Opera with the High Line, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and THE OFFICE performing arts + film—a project that reflects Geoffrey’s approach to creative development and public engagement through cross-sector collaboration.
He consults for the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and regularly speaks on equity-centered public engagement, project development, and communications and marketing.
Amanda Berg Wilson is the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Catamounts, a Colorado-based company celebrating fourteen seasons of making theatre for the adventurous palate (thecatamounts.org). Both with The Catamounts and as a freelance theatre artist working nationally, she specializes in site-specific, immersive, and boundary-pushing performance.
She has been a core creative on several of Colorado’s large-scale immersive works, including as a performer in the original cast of Sweet & Lucky, director of The Wild Party and Between Us: The Whiskey Tasting, and as assistant director and performer in Theater of the Mind by Mala Gaonkar and David Byrne, all with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Off-Center. With The Catamounts, she has conceived and directed several original immersive and site-specific works in collaboration with and/or on commissions from the City of Westminster, Colorado; Lonnie Hanzon and Hanzon Studios; 3rdLaw Dance/Theater; and Anythink Libraries.
Amanda and her work have been the recipient of 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021 True West awards; 2017 and 2018 Henry nominations (Best Choreography and Best New Work); a 2023 National Endowment for the Arts award; and a 2024 OPERA America award, among others.
Briana Moten is a singer, actress, and music educator who has been performing professionally for over a decade. Her vocal prowess has been experienced by audiences around the world indifferent international performances under the direction of Stephen Schwartz, John Tartaglia,and Peta Roby.Briana dove headfirst into the world of immersive entertainment with Walt Disney World’s StarWars Galactic Starcruiser where she worked closely with the creative team in the character development, musical direction, and subsequent world premier of Gaya, the intergalacticsuperstar. With an artistic focus on innovation, accessibility, and collaboration, Briana has foundsuccess in immersive theater, believing it to be the form of entertainment which will change the way audiences experience art and stories.
AmBer D. Montgomery is an award winning multi-disciplinary creative with a rich background as a director, producer, educator, and creative leader. Originally from Detroit, Mi, her career is defined by a commitment to amplifying underrepresented voices, through innovative and impactful storytelling. Amber holds a M.A. from Central St. Martins, London. Most recently she has served as Associate Artistic Director at Shattered Globe Theater in Chicago and led and collaborated on projects at Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Writers Theatre, and American Player Theater.
She has trained, directed, and taught internationally in France, Mexico, and the UK where she honed her skills in merging traditional theater with innovative digital experiences. Currently, AmBer serves as an associate producer and operations lead at Culture House Immersive.
strategic advisors
bridgeLine Media (JL Pomeroy): Connecting strategic capital with technology-driven media companies poised for disruption and/or rapid growth that can generate impact at scale. A focus on world building IP, technical innovation, and linear storytelling expansion fuels bridgeLine’s ecosystem.
AMS Immersive is the immersive consulting practice of AMS Planning & Research, founded in 1988 and committed to the value of arts, culture, and entertainment in communities around the world. Our purpose is to help leaders, institutions, and the sector adapt and change to realize ventures that are effective, resilient, and vital. With more than 35 years of experience in service to arts, cultural, and entertainment organizations, our team brings knowledge and expertise to provide meaningful perspective in these dynamic times. We serve producers, presenters and communities through three practice areas: management consulting and project development, performance analytics, and industry intelligence. For more information, please go to: www.ams-online.com.
Pemberley Productions: a producer, tour booker, and general manager - specializing in bringing overseas work into the United States and on tour. Pemberley highlights: West End production of The Woman in Black (off-Broadway at NYC’s McKittrick Hotel and across the US); multiple productions with the Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles); the US Tours of Wise Children’s Wuthering Heights, Sadler's Wells Message in a Bottle; The Last Ship (starring STING). Prior to joining Pemberley, she was Manager of International & Special Projects at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, overseeing as many as 16 international presentations in each season. She is the Board President of contemporary performance incubator Links Hall, the Board Vice President of the League of Chicago Theatres, and served the City of Chicago as Legacy Co-Chair for the 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre effort led by Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
incubator co-producers
