Award-winning creative studio, Super 78, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts are set to collaborate in “Ghosts of USC: A Historical Immersive Haunt,” a fully immersive Themed Entertainment production, presented in collaboration with the USC School of Dramatic Arts and Company of Angels Theater that will take place at USC Kerckhoff Hall from October 26-29 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. PDT for free. Tickets are now available at https://bit.ly/GhostsofUSC.
“Ghosts of USC: A Historical Immersive Haunt” is a family friendly immersive, walk-through theatrical event that will transport audiences back to the Gilded Age of 1880 to experience the rich history of Los Angeles during the founding of USC. This innovative historical haunting is a collaboration between students and faculty of the USC School of Dramatic Arts; guest artists from Company of Angels, the oldest non-profit professional equity waiver theatre in Los Angeles; and students and faculty from the USC School of Cinematic Arts’ brand-new Themed Entertainment program.
“We look forward to bringing our Gepetto digital live animation technology to the inaugural class of USC’s new Themed Entertainment program,” said Dina Benadon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Super 78. “When USC invited us to collaborate in this production, we knew that we could help mentor our industry’s next generation and give them valuable experience.”
“We are excited to partner with the incredible artists from Super 78 on this collaborative production,” said Danny Bilson, Chair of the Interactive Media & Games Division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Director of USC Games. “This production aligns with USC Games’ mission to provide students with practical learning experiences at the cutting edge of our rapidly evolving industry which includes Themed Entertainment and a host of immersive experiences.”
The production is presented by USC Visions and Voices, a university-wide arts and humanities initiative that was launched in 2006 and features a spectacular array of performances and presentations. Highlighting USC’s excellence in the arts and humanities, the initiative provides transformative and provocative experiences for all USC students and the larger Southern California community. Visions and Voices exists to inspire us, connect us, make us more human, and contribute to a better society as a whole.
The “Ghosts of USC: A Historical Immersive Haunt” cast includes Gianna Calcagno, Kayla Campbell, Lilly Casiraghi, Madeleine Curry, James Donovan, Gabriel Finn, Alisha Grewal, Lexie Hastings, Emma Hendricks, Ryann Jacobson, Sabria Joaquin, Ryan Kacmar, Ethan Kaiser, Katie Klaskin, Junyu Lu, Amelia Mackey, Hannah Moore, Josh Morton, Colin Royston, Christine Schlehuber, Grace Wilkerson, and Kasia Wojtalewicz.
Co-directed by Company of Angels’ Armando Molina and Corinne Chooey, and advised by Joseph Garlington, Adjunct Associate Professor of Interactive Media & Games Division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and former Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering’s Interactive Studio, the event will give audience members the rare opportunity to explore USC Kerckhoff Hall, a two-and-a-half story English Tudor Revival style residence that was built in 1893 and designed by architects Sumner Hunt, Abraham Wesley Eager, and Silas Reese Burns. Donated to USC by Louise E. Kerckhoff in 1948 and later designated as a Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument, the building houses offices for the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism.
