A certified Experience Designer through Odyssey Works, Jessica’s background is in academia and traditional therapeutic practices, including a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Syracuse University. A passionate proponent of our right to care and agency, Jessica uses the transformative power of theater as a potent landscape to enact therapeutic change. She cannot wait to welcome you into The Haven.

Formerly a software engineer, Blake brings his wisdom, technical expertise and creative gifts to create a vibrant context for each Guest to the Haven to discover their own power of self-determination.

McKenna is a New York based actor, conservatory trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, with a professional focus on immersive theatre and the film industry. 

Her immersive theater work includes Undersigned (Guardian Reviewed) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival under Underbelly, Possessions at the Surrealist Ball in NYC. She is also a returning performer with Doors of Divergence, Cirque du Nuit, and Undersigned, as it continually tours.
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Evan (he/him) is an award-winning New York-based scenic and video designer. In a decade-long career he’s designed over a hundred shows including forty world premiers. Recent scenic designs include Alan Turing & The Queen of the Night at the Player’s Theatre off-broadway, Swallows at LaMama and Twelfth Night with Oak Park Festival Theatre. MFA, CMU efrankdesign.com

Avi Dobkin is a lighting designer from Brooklyn.

Kelly Howard (they/them) designs immersive soundscapes for dance, theatre, circus, weddings, and installations. They craft sonic environments that move with emotion and story, shaping sound to match each event’s rhythm and flow. Drawing from diverse textures and libraries, Kelly creates intentional, responsive, and emotionally attuned audio experiences for performance and connection.

Brett “That Guy With The Puzzles” Kuehner has designed puzzles and technology for escape rooms and immersive experiences across the US and even a few in the UK, including for Netflix promotions and for Risa Puno’s Privilege of Escape. His website, thatguywiththepuzzles.com, has a collection of links to articles on escape room design. If you meet him in person, he’ll probably try to show you a puzzle.

Peter is a multidisciplinary performance artist originally from Denver, Colorado. Peter first performed professionally in Third Rail Project’s original production of Sweet & Lucky in partnership with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. In 2019, Peter re-joined Third Rail Projects behind-the-scenes for several productions, as well as behind the scenes at Sleep No More. Since 2022, Peter has grown from Stage Manager to Production Manager for Dan White’s The Magician, which has enjoyed over 580 sold-out performances at 281 Park Avenue South. Within ongoing performances of The Magician, Peter has extensively developed behind-the-scenes work in sourcing, installing, and operating all lighting, sound, rigging, projection, and camera tech. Peter first met Jess in 2022 at The New Frame presented by Odyssey Works, and has held the ongoing collaboration building a show from scratch close to his heart.

Cat Gillespie is a Brooklyn-based stage manager and theater artist. After graduating from AMDA NYC(2019), they earned a 2023 BFA at the New School. Credits include let’s talk about anything else(The Other Side of Silence), Happy Days (CultureLab LIC), Stormé: A Musical Play(“ICONS” Festival), It CAN! Happen Here(New Perspectives Theater Company/Culture Lab LIC), TCF: Ogallala(The Torch Ensemble) the 2024 Women’s Work Short Play Festival(NPTC), Tomorrow We Love(Proud Image Theater Company), The Moonshot Tapes & A Poster of the Cosmos(Deep Flight Productions), The Moors(TNS), Forever After(TOSOS), Maiden Voyage(Cayenne Douglass), Anne Being Frank(Emerging Artists Theatre), and more.

Dean is a Producer and Director of Interactive Theatre. He is creative director of The Fantasy Tavern, touring nationally. Recent immersive projects include the theatrical LARP Bite Club, the murder mystery The Shadow over Bushwick, A Lord of the Rings Christmas, and collaborations with Paramount Pictures and New York Comic Con.

Known primarily for his works Heresy and Madness with DOORS OF DIVERGENCE, Zac comes from a background of experimental theatre in the Adirondacks, theme park performance and event design, and creative direction for open ended, reactive immersive theater and events. Zac is so happy to have helped usher The Haven into our world, and hopes you find what you're looking for.

Artist/Illustrator and full-time university student, Elanor is currently balancing an environmental degree with a passion for art. With a particular love for fine detail and the power of place, Elanor creates intricate works which bring the Haven to life through an eclectic culmination of mediums, imagination, and visual intrigue.

Judith Klausner is a detail-obsessed multi-media sculptor. Her experience of invisible disability and chronic pain play an integral role in how she views the world and creates. She is passionate about arts education and accessibility and has worked as an art teacher and administrator, as well as contributing to numerous publications and events centered around disability and art. Klausner's work has been featured in Harper's, the Huffington Post, and NPR, and exhibited in venues including the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Southern Vermont Art Center, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, and the Boston Children's Museum.

Jack Fallows is an artist, storyteller, games designer and musician from the North of England. They are best known for their ongoing puzzle series The Stormlamp Rituals and the award-winning tarot puzzle tale The Light in the Mist.