
Insidious rehearsals
Insidious rehearsals are underway in New York… ON BROADWAY! (finally doing a Broadway show, even if that’s just where we’ve
Brace yourself for the scare of a lifetime, as the world of Insidious jumps off the screen and directly into your theater seat with INSIDIOUS: THE FURTHER YOU FEAR – a live immersive horror experience that will bring your darkest fears to life right before your eyes, based on the box office hit horror film franchise from Blumhouse, director James Wan, and writer Leigh Whannell. GEA Live, Blumhouse, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and RoadCo Entertainment have joined forces to unveil a spine-tingling, live immersive show that will haunt 95 seated theaters across North America starting in January 2025. Tickets go on sale October 25. For more information including tour dates, visit www.insidious-live.com.
INSIDIOUS: THE FURTHER YOU FEAR is a heart-pounding live theatrical experience where the lines between reality and fiction blur, constantly challenging what’s real and what’s imagined, what’s safe and what’s dangerous. This groundbreaking immersive experience is meticulously crafted to always keep the audience on edge, with no fourth wall to separate them -or protect them- from the unfolding terror. Each attendee will go face-to-face with the protagonists, making the audience an integral character in the chilling story as it unravels.
“We have brought some of the most respected names in the horror and entertainment industries together to make this groundbreaking show possible and ensure a hauntingly unforgettable experience for audiences everywhere,” says Floris Douwes from GEA Live. “We’re excited to bring the eerie and otherworldly thrills of ‘Insidious’ to cities around the country,” says Co-Director Toby Park. Park, who is also composing the original music for the show, and Co-Director Aitor Basauri are artistic directors for Spymonkey, and serve as creative directors for INSIDIOUS: THE FURTHER YOU FEAR.
“Bringing audiences deeper into The Further with this live experience has been an exciting challenge, and I’m really looking forward to seeing how they respond,” said Jason Blum, Founder/CEO, Blumhouse. “Insidious is one of our most popular franchises, with a sixth installment premiering next year, and this is a fresh and frightening new way for fans to experience it.”
INSIDIOUS: THE FURTHER YOU FEAR is an exciting new story conceived within the Insidious universe. Hosted as a live event by the “real” Specs and Tucker, the actual paranormal investigators who inspired the first movie, the “Spectral Sightings Road Show” soon takes a turn for the terrifying. As the infamous duo desperately try to prove they are legitimate ghost-hunters, things start to become very Insidious when a paranormal demonstration goes wrong and dark forces are inadvertently unleashed. Trapped in a genuinely haunted theatre, with something truly sinister lurking back-stage, the audience will find themselves under attack from such iconic characters as the Bride in Black, the Wheezing Man and, of course, the terrifying Lipstick Faced Demon. But what’s real? What’s the show? And who are you really sitting next to?
The house is full. The stage is set. And the Red Door is about to open.
The iconic “Insidious” franchise, consistently gaining momentum over the years, is a box office sensation generating more than $742 million in revenue across five highly successful films. The growing legion of fans includes an active community of five million social media followers. However, while the show is a must for Insidious fans, it’s also created for those who don’t know the films, particularly those who love a fun, thrill-filled night out at the theatre.
About GEA Live
Since its inception in 2003, GEA Live has delivered innovative live entertainment projects in more than 40 countries, becoming a global leader in the location-based entertainment sector. GEA Live has closely cooperated with the legend Maestro Ennio Morricone (representing him exclusively for all live touring) as well as with icons of music film industry such as James Newton Howard, Giorgio Moroder and George Fenton. In addition to producing live cinematic experiences such as the Johnny Cash Official Concert Experience or Elvis Live On Screen, GEA Live has produced live screenings with orchestra and choir of major motion pictures such as Spider-Man, Dirty Dancing, The Godfather, Titanic, La La Land, Twilight, The Hunger Games, Paddington and Amadeus. This journey has led to fruitful collaborations with renowned studios and IP giants such as Lionsgate, Viacom, Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, and other global leaders in the branded entertainment landscape, earning GEA Live its well-deserved position as the most reliable and trusted partner for location-based entertainment projects worldwide.
About RoadCo
RoadCo Entertainment is a producing and distribution agency specializing in live entertainment experiences. Formed in 2020, RoadCo is a collaboration between Sony Music Entertainment and independent touring entrepreneurs Stephen Lindsay and Brett Sirota, co-founders of The Road Company, a leading independent theatrical booking agency. RoadCo represents a broad roster of live events based on popular brands and pre-existing intellectual properties, as well as all-new immersive, interactive attractions for viewers of all ages.
About Spymonkey
Spymonkey is the UK’s leading physical comedy ensemble led by co-artistic directors Aitor Basauri and Toby Park. The have been making ‘Theatre of the Funny’ since 1998. With their dark, edgy physical comedy rooted ‘somewhere between Monty Python, the Marx Brothers and Samuel Beckett’ (The Houston Chronicle), Spymonkey have proved to be a truly international phenomenon, enjoyed by and accessible to, a wide range of international audiences from Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas to Sydney Opera House, from London’s West End to Just For Laughs Montreal. Recent years have seen the company growing in new directions as their creative focus has shifted from performing to creating and producing Spymonkey shows, as well as an extensive international training programme. In 2023 they directed Orpheus in the Underworld, a first full-scale opera at the Volksoper in Vienna, and their first show for children, Hairy in London. Spymonkey also have an extensive programme of workshops and training opportunities in the UK and abroad, particularly through a thriving network in the USA.
Spymonkey’s associate, theatre and screenwriter, and a self-confirmed horror film obsessive Carl Grose will be co-writing Insidious: The Further You Fear.
About Blumhouse
Blumhouse is the driving force in horror, producing over 200 movies and television series with theatrical grosses of almost $6 billion in global box office. Blumhouse is home to the highest number of ongoing franchises of any studio, including Halloween, The Purge, The Black Phone, Paranormal Activity, The Exorcist, Insidious, M3GAN, and Five Nights at Freddy’s, along with iconic films from cinematic visionaries including Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash and Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. In January 2024, Blumhouse merged with James Wan’s Atomic Monster, which has produced its own successful film franchises including The Conjuring, Aquaman, Annabelle, The Nun and Saw.
In addition to film, Blumhouse produces provocative scripted and unscripted television series and documentaries, including the upcoming original series The Sticky, produced by Jamie Lee Curtis for Amazon; The Bondsman, starring Kevin Bacon and from creator Grainger David and showrunner Erik Oleson, also for Amazon; Worst Roommate Ever for Netflix; and The Jinx for HBO. The company also recently launched a games division.
Blumhouse was honored by Fast Company as one of its Most Innovative Companies in 2024 and one of its Brands That Matter in 2023. The company is investing in its brand development and connection with audiences through its consistent presence at Universal Studios’ annual Halloween Horror Nights, its first Halfway to Halloween Film Festival with AMC and its upcoming transformation of an exhibit space at the iconic Stanley Hotel from The Shining.
About Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. Sony Pictures Television operates dozens of wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies around the world. SPE’s Motion Picture Group production organizations include Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, 3000 Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, Sony Pictures International Productions, and Sony Pictures Classics.
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Written by Carl Grose with Spymonkey
Directed by Aitor Basauri & Toby Park for Spymonkey
Stage Design by Brittany Vasta
Costume Design by Emily Rebholz
Projection Design by Josh Higgason
Illusion Design by Steve Cuiffo
Sound Design by Tei Blow
Lighting Design by Cha See
Original Music by Toby Park & Neil Filby
CAST
Specs – Jeff Seal
Tucker – Michael J Sielaff
Bobbie – Ella Leh
Sara Thustra – Gigi del Rosario
Prof Cassandra Whitlock – Virginia Wangechi Muturi
Jamie – Sophia Danyluk
Colonel Redman / Demons – Hunt Scarritt
Ensemble / Swing – Dana Anderson
Ensemble / Swing – Brandon Salerno
Spymonkey Producer – Emily Coleman
GEA Live Producer – Julia Krylova
Production Manager – Mary Duffe
General Management – Jenna Lazar & Ella Lieberman Evan Bernadin Productions
Presented in association with GEA Live, RoadCo Entertainment, Spymonkey, Blumhouse and Sony Pictures
Founder, co-creator and performer of all Spymonkey shows to date. Performed in The Servant of Two Masters at Sheffield Crucible (1996), Axomate at the Seville Expo (1992), Eulenspiegel (1991) and in Karl’s Kuhne Gassenchau’s Grand Paradis and Stau in Zurich (1997 and 1998). Director of Little Prince for Donkey Productions (1997), Un Vento Impetuoso for La Canoppia (1996) and Meci Y Me Fui for Pez Enraya ( 1997). In 1999 he appeared in Circus Knie, the Swiss State Circus, and in 2000 formed his own company Punto Fijo, based in Bilbao. Appeared in Cirque Images’ 2003 series Solstrom for Bravo Cable Network. Appeared in Bertold Brecht’s Senor Carrera’s Rifles at the Young Vic, directed by Paul Hunter (2007).
Directing credits include: ‘Lily & Marlene’ for La Dinamica (Spain 2015); ’Looking for Duende’ for Teatro Entre Escombros (Spain 2015); ’Hondycops’ for Squadra Sua (Czech Republic 2015); ’Ferucchio Peru is Extraordinaire’ for Leebo Luby (UK 2015); Manifest Destiny (New York 2015); Fabulous Bäckström Brothers (Finland 2014); Entre Escobros ‘600 Teatro’ (Spain 2014); ‘Gloriator’ for Skipstick Productions (London 2013); ‘NMIIDP’ Simone Riccio, (London 2013); ‘Herr Ist Immer Der Natur’ for Die Drei Auf Den Baum (Berlin 2012); ‘Discombobulated’ for Publick Transport (Bristol & UK tour, 2011); ‘Ramshackadelicious’ (Bristol 2011); ‘Shake’ for The Last Baguette (Switzerland 2010). Director of physical comedy for Chichester Festival Theatre’s ‘Mack & Mabel’ (2015) starring Michael Ball. Co-director of Orpheus in the Underworld at Vienna Volksoper operahouse which opens in 2023.
Aitor is an acclaimed teacher of clown, regularly holding Spymonkey masterclasses in London, New York, Berlin, Los Angeles and around the world, and for the Clown Doctors organisation in Germany, Austria and France.
Brandon Salerno (ENSEMBLE/UNDERSTUDY #1) is passionate about Clown, Commedia dell’Arte and Farce. Training: Christopher Bayes, Giovanni Fusetti, and Matthew A.J. Gregory. Credits: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), The Other Two (HBO Max), and Nella The Princess Knight (Nick Jr.). Brandon is a founding member of The Department of Fools, a
NYC-based Commedia troupe. Reps: Trillion Management, Stewart Talent, BMG. www.brandonsalerno.com
Dana N. Anderson is a creative multihyphenate and 2x Emmy® Award-winning producer whose
boundless talent spans on-camera, stage, voiceover, and music. Her credits include major network shows like Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and 61st Street. Equally passionate about advocacy as she is the arts, she made her TEDx debut in 2022, focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Mr. Scarritt has won both the National Playwrights Conference Award and the Stephen King Writing Fellowship. He has appeared in over 300 stage and film productions including starring opposite Melanie Griffith in Deadly Seductions and playing the lead in
Hulu’s UNDO.
He is a former Professor of Theatre at Loyola University. His first play was produced by Edward Albee and he was mentored by August Wilson for his play, WHITE OAK. He co-founded Loblolly Theatre which produced over 72 new plays. He is thrilled to be touring with his talented colleagues and is currently writing a horror screenplay, THE WINDIGO.
Sophia is a clown/actress. She received a BA in Business while working for the Miami Heat. After working at The Late Show, she attended clown school at École Philippe Gaulier. She then studied at the Atlantic Acting School, combining traditional acting techniques with physical comedy to bring genuine and innovative energy to her roles. Her interests include cooking, cleaning, and demonic possession.
Virginia Wangechi Muturi is a Kenyan-American from Iowa City, IA. She holds a B.A in Theatre Arts & Enterprise Leadership from the University of Iowa. She uses art as a way to serve. IG: @virginiawmuturi
Gigi del Rosario is a dancer-turned-clown. She trained and performed as a dancer for years,most notably with Bay Area’s The Company, before taking “a break” that would devolve into an 8 year identity crisis. Insidious marks Gigi’s return to the stage in almost a decade, this time as a clown. She is simply delighted and honored to be here.
Michael J. Sielaff is a Los Angeles based actor and teacher originally from Fridley, Minnesota. Notable TV/Film/Commercial credits include Barry (HBO), The Orville (FOX/Hulu), The Concessionaires Must Die!, Pepsi, Pringles, & Geico. He also has played a Zombie 20+ times and has performed interactive horror with Delusion, LA Haunted Hayride, and at numerous wealthy people’s parties. Additionally, Sielaff has a passion for teaching and performing artivism, improv, and storytelling.
Jeff is comedian and filmmaker based in New York City. He’s a graduate of the Clown Conservatory at the San Francisco Circus Center and studied Decroux-based corporeal mime at the Hippocampe Project in Paris. Jeff’s performed with Circus Flora, Blanc de Blanc: Uncorked, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Late Show with David Letterman. His comedy clown duo, Jeff and Buttons, has performed at Ars Nova, Butterboy, Upright Citizens Brigade, and 59E59. His films and documentaries have been shown on The New York Times, The Discovery Channel, AJ+, Gothamist and The Tribeca Film Festival. More at jeffoseal.com.
Emily has been part of Spymonkey since 2014 and works closely with Toby on all areas of the company’s artistic and business development. She project managed the creation and UK and international touring of The Complete Deaths as well as A Christmas Carol and oversees all elements of the company, as well as leading on how we embed equality, diversity and inclusivity in our productions and training programme. Emily is proud to be working with Spymonkey as one of the only project-funded theatre companies in the UK making work consistently on the mid-scale.
As an independent producer she is an advocate for the importance of the independent arts sector and was strategic producer for In Good Company, the Midlands’ flagship artist development programme between 2017-2023 supporting regional theatre makers to thrive alongside a consortium of venues. Emily’s previous work includes making interactive digital experiences and commissioning inspiring, challenging and surprising projects with children and families. She has also worked with The Future is Unwritten Theatre, Bootworks, Hannah Walker and Chris Thorpe and was Press Officer for the comedy and live music venue Komedia between 2010 and 2017. Her previous experience is in venue management at theatres including Komedia, Gardner Arts Centre and Farnham Maltings.
Has performed and co-created all Spymonkey shows to date. Studied Drama at Hull University, and trained at Fool Time Circus School, Bristol, and with Philippe Gaulier and Monika Pagneaux in Paris. From 1994-97 he was co-musical director and actor with Karl’s Kuhne Gassenchau in Zurich; member of the Improbable Theatre Lifegame company (1998-2000) including an off-Broadway run. Musical director and composer for: Guy Dartnell’s Would Say Something (1998); acro-dance-theatre Mimbre’s Sprung (2001), Trip-Tic (2003) and The Bridge (2007); site-specific pieces with Graeme Gilmour at Kielder Water Northumberland (2006) and Forth & Clyde Canal Glasgow (2007), and with Phil Supple/The Electric Estate for the National Trust at Cragside Northumberland. Appeared with Petra in Sandi Toksvig’s Christmas Cracker starring Ronnie Corbett at the Royal Festival Hall (2009). TV appearances include Cirque Images’ 2003 series Solstrom for Bravo Cable Network and BBC2 Hyperdrive.
Director of Fabulous Bäckström Brothers, a clown opera in Helsinki (2014), and Big Bang Siegfried with Hagen Philharmonic Germany (2016), Enter The Dragons for A&E Comedy (2017). Director of physical comedy for Chichester Festival Theatre’s Mack & Mabel (2015), RSC’s Merry Wives of Windsor (2018) and Tartuffe (2019) and Jack Absolute Flies Again (2022), both for National Theatre. Co-director of Orpheus in the Underworld at Vienna Volksoper operahouse opening 2023.
Co-Writer Carl Grose
Carl Grose’s plays include Grand Guignol, Superstition Mountain,Gargantua, Horse Piss For Blood, The Kneebone Cadillac, 49 Donkeys Hanged and The No-Brainer. For twenty-six yearshe worked with the internationally acclaimed Cornish theatre company, Kneehigh, as writer,actor and co-artistic director. Writing for Kneehigh includes Tristan & Yseult (with Anna MariaMurphy), Hansel & Gretel, The Wild Bride, The Tin Drum and Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) – a new Beggar’s Opera. He has also written for BBC TV and Radio, as well as the Young Vic, Soho Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and companies such as Told By An Idiot, Vesturport, Gyre and Gimble, o-region and Spymonkey. He wrote the book and co-lyrics for Bristol Old Vic’s hit musical The Grinning Man, Princess & Peppernose, a short film directed by Joe Wright for Ridley Scott Associates and a new version of Robin Hood for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Most recently he adapted Aristophanes’ The Frogs for Spymonkey and Cat and the Canary for Told by an Idiot & Chichester Festival Theatre.
Stage Design by Brittany Vasta
Brittany Vasta is a Brooklyn-based set designer for live performance. Her work focuses on connecting moment to moment storytelling (the intimate) with environmental gesture (the epic). Her work has been experienced at Signature Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Syracuse Stage, Portland Center Stage, Kansas City Rep, New York City Center, among others. Drama Desk Nomination for Octet. MFA, NYU. USA 829 member.
Costume Design by Emily Rebholz
Broadway: Gutenburg! The Musical!, Jagged Little Pill (Tony Award nomination); Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Getting the Band Back Together; Indecent; Oh, Hello on Broadway; If/Then; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Off-Broadway work includes Lincoln Center Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theater, LAByrinth Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, NY City Center, among others. Emily has designed opera at The Santa Fe Opera House and Opera Theater St. Louis. Her work has been seen internationally on the West End and extensively through the US regional theaters. MFA: Yale
Projection Design by Josh Higgason
Joshua Higgason is a video, lighting, and interactive designer. Recent: Augmented Reality and Projections for Parsifal at Bayreuth Festspiele. Other recent: Omar (LAO, SFO, BLO, Spoleto); Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Volksoper Wien); Hansel und Gretel (La Scala); Blue (Detroit Opera); and Michael R. Jackson’s White Girl In Danger (NYC). Additional: Sufjan Stevens, Radiolab, Ira Glass, Lucinda Childs, Windmill Factory. Teaches theater at MIT.
Illusion Design by Steve Cuiffo
STEVE CUIFFO is a theater artist and illusion designer whose work includes: The Magic Box (Disney/Fever); A Simulacrum with Lucas Hnath (Atlantic Theater); Lucas Hnath’s The Thin Place (Playwrights Horizons); Elephant Room (CTG); Geoff Sobelle’s Food and Home and The Object Lesson (BAM); Antipodes, Old Hats (Signature Theatre); Magic Director for David Blaine Live. Co-Founder of Secret Arts.
Sound Design by Tei Blow
Tei Blow is a media designer, technologist and performance maker. Tei’s work has been seen at Hartford Stage, Dance Theater Workshop, PS122, Lincoln Center, The Kitchen, BAM, The Public Theater, The Broad Stage, MCA Chicago, MFA Boston, Kate Werble Gallery, Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Roundabout, The Wadsworth Atheneum, and at theaters around the world. He is the recipient of The Henry Hewes Award, NYSCA Composer’s Grant, the Bessie Award, the FCA Grants to Artists Award, and the Creative Capital Award
Lighting Design by Cha See
Cha See is an Obie Award-winning lighting designer from Manila, Philippines. Highlights include: Oh Mary! (Lyceum Theatre) ;Babbitt (La Jolla Playhouse); JORDANS (Public Theater); Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary!; Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons, Obie Special Citations , Lortel Nomination for Outstanding Lighting Design); Is It Thursday Yet? (La Jolla, PAC NYC); You Will Get Sick (Roundabout); On That Day in Amsterdam (Drama Desk and Lortel Nominations for Outstanding Lighting Design); The Seagull/Woodstock, NY and one in two (The New Group); Sorry for Your Loss, The Fever, and Lucy (Audible Theater); What to Send Up When It Goes Down (A.R.T., Playwrights Horizons, BAM, Public Theater); soft (MCC). MFA NYU Tisch. Seelightindesign.com @seethruuu
Original music composed by Toby Park and Neil Filby
Neil Filby was born in 1964 in Broadstairs, Kent, UK. He studied BA drama and art history University of Hull before joining 1880s pop bands in London including the ‘Rhythm Method’ and ‘The Best Way to Walk’. Neil has been Musical Director / composer/ performer for Karls Kühne Gassenschau, Zürich, Switzerland since 1994. He is a long term musical collaborator with Spymonkey and composed original music for Hairy, The Complete Deaths and Moby Dick, amongst others. Neil has composed for feature films in Germany, including ‘Die Könige der Nutzholzgewinnungen’ and ‘Auf Doktor Komm Raus’ and various advertising soundtracks.
Associate Lighting Design by Bev Fremin
Bev Fremin (Associate Lighting Designer). Broadway: Oh, Mary! (Lyceum Theatre); Cabaret (Kit Kat Club). Off-Broadway: Covenant (Roundabout Underground); Mary Gets Hers (Playwrights Realm); Export Quality (HERE Arts); pre-existing condition (Connelly Upstairs); Oh, Mary! (Lucille Lortel); SMART (Ensemble Studio Theater). Regional: Rent (Paper Mill Playhouse); Espejos: Clean (Hartford Stage). BFA: Rutgers MGSA. bevfremin.com.
Production Manager – Mary Duffe
For over 25 years Mary has transformed live performance visions into reality on stage for many productions. Recent projects include a Broadway production of Melissa Etheridge, My Window, a successful alliance with LIVE NATION, which brought Jonas Brothers to Broadway, Roundabout Theatre’s The Refuge Plays, Covenant, and Noah, a North American tour of On Your Feet! and Cocomelon Live!, as well The Great Gatsby, an immersive experience. She’s only one of an entire community of people to realize each new production.
Insidious rehearsals are underway in New York… ON BROADWAY! (finally doing a Broadway show, even if that’s just where we’ve
After keeping this under our hats for nearly a year, today we are announcing our next major Spymonkey production. INSIDIOUS
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