A waking fever dream probes the darkest corners of your childhood imagination
Creature puppetry, illusions, and cinematic dread.
I want to live in your mouth. is currently slated to run March 28 - May 5
Creature puppetry, illusions, and cinematic dread.
I want to live in your mouth. is currently slated to run March 28 - May 5
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 22, 2019) — What lives in the back of your closet? What stirs in the dust beneath your bed? What stares unblinking from just outside the glow of your nightlight? Maybe they’ve been here all this time. Maybe you’ve willed yourself not to see them. But no longer. The things you always imagined lurking in the dark are beyond mere fantasy.
Visit someplace strange in an intricate, up-close 20-minute immersive horror tale for one guest at a time. Utilizing over three decades of combined expertise in themed entertainment, theatrical craft, and experiential design, Writer/Director David Ruzicka and Creative Producer Eric Vosmeier lead a team of technical experts, environmental storytellers, and immersive theatrical performers in a nod to classic body horror and dark fantasy films of the 80’s and 90’s.
Each guest will be invited to join a troubled individual reliving a vivid looping memory of the day new visitors came calling to their childhood home. Hiding within the surreal spaces of I want to live in your mouth. are a collection of unforgettably nightmarish residents, realized by a group of world-renowned creature makers whose names must be kept secret for their safety...and for yours.
Certain forces compel the creators to remain tight-lipped about what exactly lives inside — but intrigued guests won’t have to wait long for an answer.
If they’re really ready for it.
Writer David Ruzicka elaborates, “It’s like buying one ticket at the state fair for a midnight ride on the ghost train. I wondered what would happen when you combine the intimacy and unpredictability of a solo guest experience with the dark, seductive magic of creatures, fantasy, impossible things. So that’s the road we’re taking visitors down. We hope to reawaken the spirit of their childhood imagination and fears.”
This visitation is presented in association with producer, OA Experiential, and with additional support from Hotopp Associates and Dan & Janelle Picard.
Visit someplace strange in an intricate, up-close 20-minute immersive horror tale for one guest at a time. Utilizing over three decades of combined expertise in themed entertainment, theatrical craft, and experiential design, Writer/Director David Ruzicka and Creative Producer Eric Vosmeier lead a team of technical experts, environmental storytellers, and immersive theatrical performers in a nod to classic body horror and dark fantasy films of the 80’s and 90’s.
Each guest will be invited to join a troubled individual reliving a vivid looping memory of the day new visitors came calling to their childhood home. Hiding within the surreal spaces of I want to live in your mouth. are a collection of unforgettably nightmarish residents, realized by a group of world-renowned creature makers whose names must be kept secret for their safety...and for yours.
Certain forces compel the creators to remain tight-lipped about what exactly lives inside — but intrigued guests won’t have to wait long for an answer.
If they’re really ready for it.
Writer David Ruzicka elaborates, “It’s like buying one ticket at the state fair for a midnight ride on the ghost train. I wondered what would happen when you combine the intimacy and unpredictability of a solo guest experience with the dark, seductive magic of creatures, fantasy, impossible things. So that’s the road we’re taking visitors down. We hope to reawaken the spirit of their childhood imagination and fears.”
This visitation is presented in association with producer, OA Experiential, and with additional support from Hotopp Associates and Dan & Janelle Picard.
Your Visit can be scheduled here: https://inyourmouth.ticketspice.com/i-want-to-live-in-your-mouth
$47.50 for each visit.
$47.50 for each visit.
Content Warnings: Strobe, light haze, kneeling/crawling, physical contact and manipulation, 18+ only, LATEX ALLERGY ALERT: brief physical contact with latex possible.
Location: ZJU (a.k.a Zombie Joe’s Underground)
4850 Lankershim Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91601
Dates: March 28 - May 5
Producers
David Ruzicka (Writer/Director) is a creative thinker with a weird last name and even weirder dreams. He is a specialist in immersive storytelling, with multiple years of writing, creative directing, and design management experience for themed entertainment clients at Walt Disney Imagineering, Universal Creative, Weta Workshop, MYCOTOO, The Bezark Company, Kennedy Space Center, Apptivations, Motiongate Dubai, and more. His dark roots go back to the haunted attraction industry, where he unleashed his first creations on the world at the age of 14. He serves as Co-Artistic Director with immersive theatrical mainstay JFI Productions (Creep LA & The Willows), developing original works and brand-partnered experiential marketing.
Eric M. Vosmeier (Creative Producer) is a producer and director of all kinds of live experiences from large scale brand activations to initiate immersive experiences. Working with brands/organizations such as FX, NBC, Amazon, CLIF Bars, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Creep LA, and Center Theatre Group, Eric has found a niche in helping creatively translate design into physical form. Before moving to Los Angeles in 2017, he was producing artistic director of Know Theatre of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Fringe Festival for seven years, where he helped build a ecosystem of support for regional artists, enabling them to take a big step toward turning their creative work into a livable wage. This is the first of what he hopes will be many self-produced projects in Los Angeles.
OA Experiential (oaexp.com) is a full-service creative, design and production agency specializing in high-quality, high-visibility brand activations and immersive experiences. OA Experiential understands how hard it is for brands to cut through the clutter. By creating innovative live events, OA helps brands increase loyalty and market share - giving them the recognition they deserve.
With the upcoming launch of The OA Immersive Core, they are quickly becoming the home for some of the country’s most prominent immersive theatre creators. The OA Immersive Core provides independent immersive artists with backing, production support, logistics and essential event services for their creative work. As a part of this focus, OA is beginning to make capital investments into the work of independent immersive theater artists with the belief that these creators are experts in crafting experiences and stories, which can be adopted to brand storytelling and interactive activations.
OA Experiential is the winner of Event Marketer’s Best Outdoor Environment of 2018 for their design and production of NBC’s The Good Place activation at ComicCon. Other notable clients include Fox, FX, Hulu, Harley-Davidson, Adidas and more.
Hotopp Associates Limited’s award-winning career in entertainment design spans more than 30 years. Since its inception, the company's principal philosophy has been to tell stories and educate through immersive environments that are visually distinctive, technically innovative, user-friendly, and memorable. By doing so, we create experiences that matter and resonate with our guests. At Hotopp, we believe in growing together. We work hard to create the space for everyone to thrive as a team—not just as a business or with our clients, but as people. We believe people who feel open and connected to one another have the potential to create the impossible. That’s why our desire is to foster the connections that enable us to create as a team—because what we achieve together is better than what we achieve on our own.
Dan Picard is a multidisciplinary creative director with expert level skills in illustration, visual effects, animation, character development, and motion graphics. In his role as Principal Director, Dan oversees Hotopp’s Orlando studio, which focuses primarily on digital content and concept development. Leading teams that help bring each unique project to fruition is not only one of his many talents, but it is also his passion. Dan’s portfolio of work includes Fortune 500 broadcast packages, commercial spots and themed attraction development for Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Stores, SeaWorld, Intel, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Hasbro, Mattel, Verizon, Pittsburgh Steelers, Orlando Magic, Hertz, and E-trade. Combining his expert creative skills, passion for the creative process, and an unequivocal ability to inspire those around him, Dan leads teams in the development of diverse creative projects from concept to completion with enthusiasm.
Janelle Picard is an independent Producer & Creative Director based in Orlando, Florida. Her career path has developed a broad understanding of art and technology in graphic design, animation, and production, now supporting her work in the development of themed attractions and environments. As a Creative Manager for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment in Theme Park Development, she oversaw and contributed to the theming of major attractions from initial concept through opening. Recently completed projects include Infinity Falls at SeaWorld Orlando, 2018; Battle for Eire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, 2018; InvadR™ at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, 2017; the Dolphin Nursery at SeaWorld Orlando, 2017; and the media package for Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin at SeaWorld Orlando, 2013. She is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and a member of the Themed Entertainment Association and Harriet B's Daughters.
Production Team
Amanda Eno (Stage Manager) is a native of Colorado who now calls Los Angeles her home. She is excited to be returning to the immersive realm and is honored to be working with this great group of people. Her previous projects include; The White Album (Los Angeles Performance Practice/Early Morning Opera, Currently Touring), HULU Castle Rock Activation (San Diego Comic Con/OA Experiential), Wood Boy Dog Fish and Kaidan Project (Rogue Artists Ensemble), Prometheus Bound (Getty Villa/CalArts Center for New Performance). Amanda holds an MFA in Stage Management from California Institute of the Arts.
Corwin Evans (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound and video designer for theatre. After moving to LA in 2006 to pursue an MFA in Sound Design from UCLA, he's worked all over town with a variety of companies. His work has popped up at various places, including the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Kirk Douglas Theatre, The Kennedy Center, the Celebration Theatre, the Bootleg, Rogue Machine and work for Diavolo Dance Theatre, the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble, Creep LA, Theatre Unleashed, and needTheater. He loves new and daring experimental work.
David Mauer (Technical Director) is currently Rogue Machine's Technical Director, on acclaimed recent productions Oppenheimer and American Saga - Gunshot Medley: Part 1. He is also an accomplished Set and Scenic Designer, with recent credits at The Zephyr Theatre (Br’er Cotton) and the Pacific Resident Theatre (Rhinoceros). He was the recipient of the 2013 LA Weekly award in scenic design for Rob Mersola's Dirty Filthy Love Story. David also designed the world premieres of John Pollono's Small Engine Repair and Lost Girls, as well as the West Coast premiere of Samuel Hunter's A Bright New Boise. Onstage, David appeared at Rogue Machine as Brown Spot in Henry Murray's Monkey Adored, and as Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 for Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company.
April Metcalf (Costume Designer) is a skilled multidisciplinary designer who has recently contributed Wig, Costume, and Make-Up Design for A Noise Within’s A Raisin in the Sun and Aviron Pictures’ The Strangers: Prey at Night immersive horror experience. She has been instrumental in several California theatrical productions, including Pasadena Playhouse’s King Charles III and Twist: An American Musical; The Geffen Playhouse’s Stage Kiss, Wait Until Dark, Coney Island Christmas, and Outside Mullingard; and The Wallis’s Love Noel. She holds a BS in Theatre Studies and Theatre Tech & Design, with a BA in Digital Media from Ball State University. She is also a Master Makeup Program Graduate from the Cinema Makeup School.
Cast
Curtis Tyrone Scott (Host) is thrilled to be part of the premiere cast for I want to live in your mouth. Most recently, Curtis featured as The MC in Darren Lynn Bousman’s immersive experience Theatre Macabre. Notable credits include Dale Harding in the immersive One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with After Hours Theatre Company, TNT’s Southland, and Tonight and the People—the debut feature of French film artist Neil Beloufa. He has also contributed as lead to the independent film The Night Reign Fell to New Orleans. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from the University of Southern California where he studied with Andrew Robinson, Charlotte Cornwell, David Bridel and Natsuko Ohama. Classically trained, Curtis has played Caliban in The Tempest and Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard and when not acting he enjoys
speculative fiction, occult history and yoga.
Romeo Armand Seay (Host) is thrilled to be making his LA immersive theater debut with this production. He's originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and is a BFA graduate of Northern Kentucky University. Romeo has shot national commercials for Cadillac and Pepsi, as well as numerous projects for Film & TV. He's looking forward to the challenge of working on such an unique piece of art and would like to thank Eric & David for the opportunity! Also he wants to give a huge shout out to his mother for being the best support system a son could ever ask for!
Terra Strong (Host), a midwest native, is a born performer. A performing arts high school and college graduate, she has traveled the world as a dancer and singer in a popular show band, starred in many short and feature films as well as hosted several performing arts shows at venues all across Southern California. Terra is a seasoned immersive performer with the Murder Mystery Company and also starred in E3W Productions' sophomore immersive show Bitter at the End (2018).
Location: ZJU (a.k.a Zombie Joe’s Underground)
4850 Lankershim Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91601
Dates: March 28 - May 5
Producers
David Ruzicka (Writer/Director) is a creative thinker with a weird last name and even weirder dreams. He is a specialist in immersive storytelling, with multiple years of writing, creative directing, and design management experience for themed entertainment clients at Walt Disney Imagineering, Universal Creative, Weta Workshop, MYCOTOO, The Bezark Company, Kennedy Space Center, Apptivations, Motiongate Dubai, and more. His dark roots go back to the haunted attraction industry, where he unleashed his first creations on the world at the age of 14. He serves as Co-Artistic Director with immersive theatrical mainstay JFI Productions (Creep LA & The Willows), developing original works and brand-partnered experiential marketing.
Eric M. Vosmeier (Creative Producer) is a producer and director of all kinds of live experiences from large scale brand activations to initiate immersive experiences. Working with brands/organizations such as FX, NBC, Amazon, CLIF Bars, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Creep LA, and Center Theatre Group, Eric has found a niche in helping creatively translate design into physical form. Before moving to Los Angeles in 2017, he was producing artistic director of Know Theatre of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Fringe Festival for seven years, where he helped build a ecosystem of support for regional artists, enabling them to take a big step toward turning their creative work into a livable wage. This is the first of what he hopes will be many self-produced projects in Los Angeles.
OA Experiential (oaexp.com) is a full-service creative, design and production agency specializing in high-quality, high-visibility brand activations and immersive experiences. OA Experiential understands how hard it is for brands to cut through the clutter. By creating innovative live events, OA helps brands increase loyalty and market share - giving them the recognition they deserve.
With the upcoming launch of The OA Immersive Core, they are quickly becoming the home for some of the country’s most prominent immersive theatre creators. The OA Immersive Core provides independent immersive artists with backing, production support, logistics and essential event services for their creative work. As a part of this focus, OA is beginning to make capital investments into the work of independent immersive theater artists with the belief that these creators are experts in crafting experiences and stories, which can be adopted to brand storytelling and interactive activations.
OA Experiential is the winner of Event Marketer’s Best Outdoor Environment of 2018 for their design and production of NBC’s The Good Place activation at ComicCon. Other notable clients include Fox, FX, Hulu, Harley-Davidson, Adidas and more.
Hotopp Associates Limited’s award-winning career in entertainment design spans more than 30 years. Since its inception, the company's principal philosophy has been to tell stories and educate through immersive environments that are visually distinctive, technically innovative, user-friendly, and memorable. By doing so, we create experiences that matter and resonate with our guests. At Hotopp, we believe in growing together. We work hard to create the space for everyone to thrive as a team—not just as a business or with our clients, but as people. We believe people who feel open and connected to one another have the potential to create the impossible. That’s why our desire is to foster the connections that enable us to create as a team—because what we achieve together is better than what we achieve on our own.
Dan Picard is a multidisciplinary creative director with expert level skills in illustration, visual effects, animation, character development, and motion graphics. In his role as Principal Director, Dan oversees Hotopp’s Orlando studio, which focuses primarily on digital content and concept development. Leading teams that help bring each unique project to fruition is not only one of his many talents, but it is also his passion. Dan’s portfolio of work includes Fortune 500 broadcast packages, commercial spots and themed attraction development for Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Stores, SeaWorld, Intel, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Hasbro, Mattel, Verizon, Pittsburgh Steelers, Orlando Magic, Hertz, and E-trade. Combining his expert creative skills, passion for the creative process, and an unequivocal ability to inspire those around him, Dan leads teams in the development of diverse creative projects from concept to completion with enthusiasm.
Janelle Picard is an independent Producer & Creative Director based in Orlando, Florida. Her career path has developed a broad understanding of art and technology in graphic design, animation, and production, now supporting her work in the development of themed attractions and environments. As a Creative Manager for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment in Theme Park Development, she oversaw and contributed to the theming of major attractions from initial concept through opening. Recently completed projects include Infinity Falls at SeaWorld Orlando, 2018; Battle for Eire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, 2018; InvadR™ at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, 2017; the Dolphin Nursery at SeaWorld Orlando, 2017; and the media package for Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin at SeaWorld Orlando, 2013. She is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and a member of the Themed Entertainment Association and Harriet B's Daughters.
Production Team
Amanda Eno (Stage Manager) is a native of Colorado who now calls Los Angeles her home. She is excited to be returning to the immersive realm and is honored to be working with this great group of people. Her previous projects include; The White Album (Los Angeles Performance Practice/Early Morning Opera, Currently Touring), HULU Castle Rock Activation (San Diego Comic Con/OA Experiential), Wood Boy Dog Fish and Kaidan Project (Rogue Artists Ensemble), Prometheus Bound (Getty Villa/CalArts Center for New Performance). Amanda holds an MFA in Stage Management from California Institute of the Arts.
Corwin Evans (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound and video designer for theatre. After moving to LA in 2006 to pursue an MFA in Sound Design from UCLA, he's worked all over town with a variety of companies. His work has popped up at various places, including the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Kirk Douglas Theatre, The Kennedy Center, the Celebration Theatre, the Bootleg, Rogue Machine and work for Diavolo Dance Theatre, the Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble, Creep LA, Theatre Unleashed, and needTheater. He loves new and daring experimental work.
David Mauer (Technical Director) is currently Rogue Machine's Technical Director, on acclaimed recent productions Oppenheimer and American Saga - Gunshot Medley: Part 1. He is also an accomplished Set and Scenic Designer, with recent credits at The Zephyr Theatre (Br’er Cotton) and the Pacific Resident Theatre (Rhinoceros). He was the recipient of the 2013 LA Weekly award in scenic design for Rob Mersola's Dirty Filthy Love Story. David also designed the world premieres of John Pollono's Small Engine Repair and Lost Girls, as well as the West Coast premiere of Samuel Hunter's A Bright New Boise. Onstage, David appeared at Rogue Machine as Brown Spot in Henry Murray's Monkey Adored, and as Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451 for Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company.
April Metcalf (Costume Designer) is a skilled multidisciplinary designer who has recently contributed Wig, Costume, and Make-Up Design for A Noise Within’s A Raisin in the Sun and Aviron Pictures’ The Strangers: Prey at Night immersive horror experience. She has been instrumental in several California theatrical productions, including Pasadena Playhouse’s King Charles III and Twist: An American Musical; The Geffen Playhouse’s Stage Kiss, Wait Until Dark, Coney Island Christmas, and Outside Mullingard; and The Wallis’s Love Noel. She holds a BS in Theatre Studies and Theatre Tech & Design, with a BA in Digital Media from Ball State University. She is also a Master Makeup Program Graduate from the Cinema Makeup School.
Cast
Curtis Tyrone Scott (Host) is thrilled to be part of the premiere cast for I want to live in your mouth. Most recently, Curtis featured as The MC in Darren Lynn Bousman’s immersive experience Theatre Macabre. Notable credits include Dale Harding in the immersive One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with After Hours Theatre Company, TNT’s Southland, and Tonight and the People—the debut feature of French film artist Neil Beloufa. He has also contributed as lead to the independent film The Night Reign Fell to New Orleans. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from the University of Southern California where he studied with Andrew Robinson, Charlotte Cornwell, David Bridel and Natsuko Ohama. Classically trained, Curtis has played Caliban in The Tempest and Lopakhin in The Cherry Orchard and when not acting he enjoys
speculative fiction, occult history and yoga.
Romeo Armand Seay (Host) is thrilled to be making his LA immersive theater debut with this production. He's originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and is a BFA graduate of Northern Kentucky University. Romeo has shot national commercials for Cadillac and Pepsi, as well as numerous projects for Film & TV. He's looking forward to the challenge of working on such an unique piece of art and would like to thank Eric & David for the opportunity! Also he wants to give a huge shout out to his mother for being the best support system a son could ever ask for!
Terra Strong (Host), a midwest native, is a born performer. A performing arts high school and college graduate, she has traveled the world as a dancer and singer in a popular show band, starred in many short and feature films as well as hosted several performing arts shows at venues all across Southern California. Terra is a seasoned immersive performer with the Murder Mystery Company and also starred in E3W Productions' sophomore immersive show Bitter at the End (2018).
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