Ascend: When Myths Fall, Heroes Rise

This June, Hidden Realms, a new immersive experience company based in Los Angeles, presents Ascend: When Myths Fall, Heroes Rise at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Ascend is a fully immersive and interactive experience that aims to make the audience the heroes of their own story.

In Ascend, the gods of four great mythological pantheons (Greek, Egyptian, Maya, & Chinese) call on the audience, their lost demigod children, to save them from an ancient threat. However, some of the gods have their own plans for this rising power. Throughout the night, audience members will go on quests to find the truth about the gods, compete in divine challenges and ultimately decide how this story ends.

Ascend is one of the first shows to blend gaming with interactive theatre in a way that allows audience members to build the narrative. Audience members interact with actors on quests and partake in various challenges such as archery and mummification that propel the story forward. Not only are ther