Responder: Keith Boudreau & Erica Valen (Performers/writers/directors/producers)
Name of Company: Mysterium Productions
Name of Show: Mysterium - A Magic Show
“If we had a million dollars we’d make the most interactive, deeply-chilling, magical haunted house ever.”
1. Why should anybody see your show?
Because it feels like a trip to the Twilight Zone. We'll read your minds and "summon spirits", transmit objects through space and time. People have broken down in hugging and crying fits on stage at our shows. Isn't that something you want to experience? :)
2. Why Atlanta?
We've heard great things about Atlanta being a city for artists, and we want to check out the possibility of living there.
3. What inspired you to create this?
Haunted houses, lucid dreams and the supernatural are our favorite things, and the basis for our show.
4. What’s your process for creating and rehearsing something like this?
Art & strange phenomena inspire us. We always meet for a couple of hours each day to talk about how to turn these things into performable pieces of magic. Then we write a basic script and keep rehearsing it until it's polished.
5. What have you learned from working on your show so far?
There's nothing better than when you're immersed in creating something and the time just flies by. Having an outlet for your creativity is just the best feeling
6. Tyler Perry, Jane Fonda, Killer Mike and NeNe Leakes roll up at your show. There is one ticket left. Who gets it?
Killer Mike
Above: Killer Mike doing his famous “I’m going to the Fringe” dance
7. Atlanta’s foodie scene is really on point these days. What does your show taste like? (Bonus points if you can name-check an ATL restaurant.)
We really like experimenting with raw vegan food because it's so creative. We heard there are a couple raw vegan restaurants in Atlanta (Tassili's & Lov'n It Live) that we're excited to check out!
8. Fringes are the place to really push the boundaries so we gotta ask: would you want your parents in the front row or would you tell them, “Maybe skip this one, guys…”?
All of our family has seen our show. They think we're weird, but they're happy for us.
9. Will your show save mankind?
We open an interdimensional portal to other worlds. So, yes
10. Oh boy! A mysterious benefactor gave you a million dollars after your first show! What do you do?
Make the most interactive, deeply-chilling, magical haunted house ever.
11. Describe your show in three words.
Surreal supernatural experience
For more info on Mysterium Productions visit them on their website, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
