Introduction
Hi, I'm Jason–
Artist, Writer, and Game Designer.
I combine a background in the humanity of Theatre and tabletop storytelling with a deeply curious and analytical mind to craft unique stories, experiences, and systems for live and digital audiences.
10+
Years experience with
multimedia storytelling
6
Experiences created
in los angeles since 2022
About
Creating work to understand
each other and ourselves
I've always been drawn to creating work at the intersection of storytelling and play. I believe that by embodying people outside ourselves, and making choices through their shoes, we can come to a deeper understanding of our friends, families, and community.
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Education & Experience
Artistic Director
Fables and Rumors Productions
Graphic Designer
Cogneo, Inc.
Creative Consultant
Alterea, Inc.
Game Designer
Potion Problems @ USC Games
Producer
PCB Productions
Immersive Producer
Last Call Theatre
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre
California Institute of the Arts
Services
My Specializations
Game & Immersive Design
I design rules, systems, and narratives for nonlinear immersive worlds.
Tabletop • Digital • immersiveDigital Design
I create images & videos for web, print, and multimedia platforms.
Illustrator • Photoshop • PremiereWriting
I write stories, dialogue, and flavor with a keen eye for detail and social awareness.
Stage • Screen • gamesmy skills
My Expertise
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
WordPress
Unity
Google Sheets
Unreal
Potion Problems, Ongoing
Unreal Game. Position: game designer. Social deduction multiplayer game set in a magical school, based around crafting potions. Innovates on the social deduction formula by removing player elimination and prioritizing accessibility, player choice, and strategic gameplay. Produced for an Interactive Media MFA Thesis Project and Advanced Game Project, University of Southern California.
Game Design Document
Paper Prototype
Level Design Documentation
Pyramid3, Ongoing
Tabletop Game. Position: game designer. Abstract strategy game set in ancient Egypt. Created to bring modern design sensibilities and the third dimension to the core gameplay of Backgammon, evoking a thematic experience with simple mechanics. Developed in collaboration with Cogneo, Inc. Rules PDF and Game Board available to view.
The Cleanup Crew, November 2024
Dungeons and Dragons Live-Play Series. Position: game designer, writer, editor, game master, VFX artist, graphic designer. Collaboratively told comedy series about “The Cleanup Crew”, who clean up after fights between superheroes and supervillains in alternate reality Los Angeles. Centers on allegories for Hollywood exploitation, gentrification, and AI, as well as themes of systemic inequality, loss of community, and cultural obsession with violence. Produced in collaboration with Fables and Rumors Productions. Available to view on Youtube.
Where Within, June 2024
Theatre Production. Position: producer. World-premiere fantasy musical about a family lost in a forest reconnecting with help from supernatural beings. Produced as part of the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival in collaboration with Fables and Rumors Productions. Nominee of Zephyr’s Zest award and multiple LA Theatre Bites Awards. Available to view on Youtube.
Egregore, May 2024
Unreal Game. Position: usability. First-person 3D adventure game set in modern-day Egypt about uncovering an occult conspiracy by manipulating nodes on a graph to shape reality. Produced for an Interactive Media MFA Thesis Project and Advanced Game Project, University of Southern California. Available to play on Steam.
Alice is Missing: Camp Arroyo Seco, August 2023
Tabletop Roleplaying Game Module. Position: game designer. Unofficial expansion to popular roleplaying game Alice is Missing, incorporating a new setting and story to expand the game’s life. Print-and-play available to download.
Valley of Light, June 2023
Theatre Production. Position: lead producer, actor. World-premiere musical set in a future Los Angeles about finding love and family after the end of the world. Produced as part of the 2023 Hollywood Fringe Festival in collaboration with Fables and Rumors Productions. Available to view on Youtube.
Ship of Theseus, June 2023
Tabletop Roleplaying Game. Position: game designer. Pen-and-paper game featuring story-first mechanics based around ever-changing communities. Uses card drafting for quick character creation, and mechanics leveraging betrayal and death to drive stories forward with extreme drama. Rules PDF available to view.
The Showroom, March 2023
Interactive Theater Production. Position: writer, producer, director, game designer. Murder mystery immersive theater production set inside a supernatural infinite IKEA store, where audience members are “trapped” inside and tasked with collectively solving a murder and escaping the store. Featured social puzzle solving, exploration, and branching storylines. Produced in collaboration with Last Call Theater. “Runs” of the performance available to view on Youtube.
Stardust, November 2022
Interactive Theater Production. Position: game designer, writer, director, producer, composer, sound designer. A dreamlike immersive theater production set in the “Hotel Dion”, where wayward souls go to make the hardest decisions of their life, going on a journey with and being influenced by the audience. Designed a new model of live storytelling to create a highly interactive and meaningful experience. Produced at the Sassafras Saloon in collaboration with Alterea, Inc.
Abandoned, November 2022
Interactive Theater Production. Position: game designer, writer, producer, performer. Immersive production set in a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, focusing on intense performer-audience connection to create a sense of safety and belonging in a dangerous world. Produced in collaboration with Last Call Theater. “Run” of the performance available to view on youtube.
Isolation Room, May 2022
Screenplay. Position: writer. Screenplay for a short film about dreaming of connection while in self-isolation. Produced for Charles McNulty’s writing workshop class at the California Institute of the Arts. Available to read.
Pass, January 2020
Theatre Production. Position: director, producer. World-premiere musical about a transgender man asked to play the female role he originated as a child actor, and his experience with identity, family, and art. Produced as part of the California Institute of the Arts’ 2020 Winter Lab.