THE TEAM

Lyndsie Scoggin

Lyndsie Scoggin

Producer, Creative Director, Performer

One of the original creators of the immersive theatre production of Welcome to Respite, Lyndsie Scoggin is an experiential designer, director and producer. She has a passion for interactive storytelling and has helped create multiple projects ranging from escape rooms to intimate immersive theatre shows. She recently began working as the co-writer of a story podcast with Bamfer Productions. Her company, CoAct Productions, was created in 2018. Recent projects include The Sideshow (2018), The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite (2019), and Cold War Lounge (2019).

Deirdre Lyons

Producer, Performer

Deirdre V. Lyons is a Los Angeles actress, her VR work includes two 180 films, she was a cast member of award-winning productions of The Under Presents, The Under Presents: Tempest from Tender Claws, and a principle in Finding Pandora X by Double Eye Studios. She has also produced and acted in the live immersive VR productions, PARA and Krampusnacht.

Stephen Butchko

Stephen Butchko

Producer, Performer

Stephen Butchko received his Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from Western Washington University. After moving to Los Angeles, he began producting and performing in independent theatrical and motion picture productions with his wife Deirdre V. Lyons. Stephen recently made the transition to producing and performing in Virtual Reality in PARA and Krampusnacht as a member of the Ferryman Collective and looks forward to working with the team on Welcome to Respite.

Braden Roy

Producer, VR Adaptation, Performer

Braden Roy, co-founder of Ferryman Collective, is something of a jack of all trades. He has a background in film production, illustration, marketing, web development, audio production, game design and development as well as 11 years in information technology. He previously served as the writer, a producer, co-director and performer for the live immersive VR productions PARA and Krampusnacht. His current productions include Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite and En Route, the former of which he serves as a producer, performer and is responsible for VR adaptation, the latter a producer, art director and lead of mechanical design.

Christopher Lane Davis

Christopher Lane Davis

Special Effects & Animation Designer, Performer, Co- Audio Director

Christopher Lane Davis, aka Screaming Color, considers himself first and foremost a musician and is also passionate about writing, performing, 3D design, and rainbows. His theatrical acheivements include writing and performing a short one-man show about the life of Salvador Dali and autobiographical "electronic-dance-musical" called The Road to Dawn, which he first performed in 2017. He spent the greater part of 2020 designing and creating his first VR video game, Club Gumball, which can be found on VRChat. Welcome to Respite will be his first VR Theatre project, but certainly not his last.

Whitton Frank

Marketing, Performer

Whitton Frank is a voice, film, television and theater actor from Los Angeles. Recent work includes the award winning horror short Seeing Green as well as groundbreaking work in the immersive VR experiences ;The Under Presents and The Tempest. She can be heard as a guest star in season 1 and 2 of RomCom Pods, and is an audiobook narrator and can be found on Audible and other sites. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and LAMDA in London, and is proud to have worked with many amazing theater companies in Los Angeles. In her copious free time she moonlights as a DJ specializing in vintage jazz, blues, and soul. Follow her on instagram @missredabouttown and Twitter @WhittonFrank

Morghann Stevens

Morghann Stevens

Voice of The Shadow

Morghann Stevens, primarily known for singing, music production and musical theatre, is so excited for her debut voice acting in the VR world and looks forward to venturing further in this line of entertainment with its new and vastly transformative ways of immersive theatre.

Brian Tull

Producer, VR World Builder

Brian has been immersed in the world of VR from the earliest days of the original Oculus development kits and has been an immersive theatre enthusiast since he began covering shows for Horrorbuzz.com in 2016. He is the founder of Ferryman Collective and served as one of the creative directors of their original show, PARA, and it’s follow-up, Krampusnacht, where he worked to develop the concept behind the shows and as the design lead crafting the worlds and characters. He also played the role of Krampus in Krampusnacht and has worked as an organizer of the Screaming Room short film festival presented by HorrorBuzz since 2017.

Danielle Levesque

Danielle Levesque

Art Director

Danielle Levesque is an independent Art Director for Film and TV. She has worked in the art departments for shows such as FX's American Horror Story, Netflix's On My Block and HBO hits Euphoria and Insecure. Over the last few years, Danielle has found a new passion bringing her design skills to theater productions, specifically within immersive environments, allowing audiences to experience her designs intimately. Danielle produced and art directed CoAct's previous projects "The Sideshow" and "The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite," both to critical acclaim. Danielle is excited to be bringing her experience for design and story telling to the VR Adaptation of "Welcome to Respite."

Jeff Heimbuch

Co-Audio Director, Voice of Kyle

Jeff Heimbuch spends most of his time either writing & editing. He currently produces fiction podcasts for iHeartRadio, and writes for HorrorBuzz.com. Jeff has written a number of produced and unproduced screenplays, fictional and talk show podcasts, and for various publications (both online and in print) on a variety of subjects, such as theme park history, horror, and social media.

Andy Aloisio

VR World Building, Programming

Andy Aloisio (aka Joker) has built VR worlds since 2018. He recently supported Rec Room's Orange Bucket Acting Troupe in its production of Back to the Rec Center, a VR theater homage to Universal's Back to the Future. Andy has a graduate degree in law, and is currently studying Unity development and programming.

Sonnet Cooper

Character Design

Sonnet Cooper is a self taught freelance 3d artist from Washington state. Sonnet has been creating 3d art in Blender for 2 years now and is best known for creating models for VrChat and Vtubing programs. He is currently enrolled at Washington State University pursuing a bachelors in Digital Culture and Technology with plans to create assets professionally for video games after graduation. You can find examples of his work here on his website.

About Our Companies

Learn more about the companies behind Welcome to Respite!

CoAct Productions

Founded by Los Angeles immersive theatre producer Lyndsie Scoggin, CoAct Productions is independent immersive design company. A collaborative of artists, storytellers and designers that believe that stories are more than just a passive activity. Rather, we focus on presenting narrative as an embodied experience. Immersive theatre has provided us a platform to create intimate performances that are uniquely engaging. We are deeply passionate about developing these one-of-a-kind experiences and look forward to sharing more of our work with audiences! Past work includes The Sideshow (2018), The Severance Theory: Welcome to Respite (2019), and Cold War Lounge (2019). www.coactproductions.com

Ferryman Collective

Ferryman Collective is a group of theatre-makers dedicated to furthering the art of live theatre in virtual reality. Drawing from the experience gained developing their previous productions, PARA and Krampusnacht, they look to push the boundaries of what the medium offers in both their in-house productions and to serve as a resource for third-party creators by providing a diverse set of artistic and logistical talent to bring their plans to life.