Heresy: 1897
This is the first of two escape rooms I worked on for Doors of Divergence, an immersive entertainment company that created a series of two escape-room inspired immersive theater experiences and a corresponding themed out bar and stage. These shows took place in two different centuries that were connected by a narrative through line that was completely dictated by player choices. Live professional actors were used instead of a "game master" to engage the audience in a story that adapted to them based on the decisions they made.
Doors of Divergence opened Heresy: 1897, opened in June of 2022. It is set in Victorian England, following the heretical experiments of Edmond Cavanaugh, a man whose actions reverberate through time itself. For this show, I fabricated and scenic painted five different rooms: a London alley, a study, an alchemy lab, a morgue, and an obelisk room. Each of these rooms required an expertise in various finishes, creating a fully realistic and believable world for the game play to take place.
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