Between Spaces

PTE Studios is a group of playwrights, artists, engineers, and producers who are passionate about transporting viewers to new worlds by sharing stories of humanity and eliciting real emotions through real-time filmmaking and VR.

Blending the latest VR technologies with the art and process of filmmaking. With the rapid advancement of VR hardware, PTE Studios believes that there exists an big appetite for novel and nuanced VR storytelling. PTE Studios has developed proprietary tools and invented new processes for 3D CG filmmaking. These innovations allow PTE Studios to rapidly iterate scene by scene to achieve a truly immersive experience that takes transports our audience to a new reality.

In the short film, Between Spaces, uses interactivity in VR to further deepen the viewer's connection to the story.

Told from a first-person perspective, the film takes you through one family's journey through loss, grief, and a fantastical view of what's possible after life.

Release date TBA

We Are Among Us 

We Are Among Us 

by Stephen Belber 

Director: Adrienne Campbell-Holt 

Scenic design: Narelle Sissons 

Costume design: Sarita Fellows 

Lighting design: Andrew David Ostrowski 

Sound design: Zachary Beattie-Brown 

 CAST 

Khadija – Nilanjana Bose 

Taylor – Kyle Haden 

Shar – Jo Mei 

Laura – Lisa Velten Smith 

Beau – Eric Wiegand 

Inside Passage

Inside Passage 

by Gab Cody 

director: Sam Turich 

film collaboration & lighting design: Rob Long 

scenic design: Kellan Andersen 

costume design: Rachel Vallozzi 

sound design: Howard L. Patterson III 

CAST 

Skyler Ray-Benson Davis 

Kyle Haden 

Laurie Klatscher 

Shammen McCune 

Kelsey Robinson 

John Shepard 

Go. Please. Go.

Go. Please. Go. 

by Emily Feldman 

director: Jackie Apodaca

photo credit: Kara Lewis

CAST

Kris Danforth – Emily

Michael Goodfriend – Jeremy

Kyle Haden – Andrew/Howard

Lisa Viertel – Andrea/Emily’s Mother

Liisa Ivary – Sage/Jeremy’s Mother/Babysitter

Michele Mais – Janet/Andrew’s Mother/Andreas

Rachel Kostrna – stage directions

Do-Gooder

Do-Gooder 

by Laura Jacqmin 

director: Ann Filmer 

scenic design: John Holt 

costume design: Rachel S. Parent 

lighting design: Erik S. Barry 

original music & sound design: Barry Bennett 

CAST 

Meghan Reardon – Nora 

Kyle Haden – Gordon 

LaNisa Frederick – Carmel 

Rob Fagin – Erik 

The Winter’s Tale 

The Winter’s Tale 

by William Shakespeare 

adaptor: Hayley Rice 

director: Alison C. Vesely and Halyey Rice 

scenic design: Angela Weber Miller 

costume design: Rachel Lambert 

lighting design: Michael McNamara 

original music & sound design: Christopher Kriz 

CAST 

Lexi Alioto – Time/Emilia/Ensemble 

Melissa Carlson – Hermione 

Diana Coates – Paulina 

Ryan Czerwonko – Gaoler/Florizel 

Chris Grella – Cleomenes/Ensemble 

Kyle Haden – Camillo/Mariner 

Derek Jeck – Ensemble 

Joe Matayas – Ensemble 

Kevin McKilip – Leontes 

Michael Joseph Mitchell – Antigonus/Shepherd/Gentleman 

Chelsea Rolfes – Ensemble 

Kevin Theis – Polixenes 

Anna Marie White – Mamillius/Perdita 

The Onion

The Onion

Report: Saxophone Still An Okay Vehicle For Self-Expression

While declaring that the musical instrument was by no means ideally suited to the task, a report released by the National Endowment for the Arts Thursday concluded that the saxophone nevertheless remains a fairly decent vehicle for expressing one's unique personality and subjective emotional experience.

A Few Good Men

A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin

director: Marya Sea Kaminski

scenic design: Ryan Howell

costume design: Hugh Hanson

lighting design: Sherrice Mojgani

sound design: Erin Bednarz

projection design: Joe Spinogatti

stage manager: Pamela Brusoski

choreography: Mariel Greenlee

fight direction: Randy Kovitz 

military consultant: Billy Jenkins

CAST

LANCE CPL. Harold W. Dawson – Ryan Patrick Kearney

PFC. Louden Downey – Michael Patrick Trimm

LT. J.G. Sam Weinberg – J. Alex Noble

LY. J.G. Daniel A. Kaffee – Doug Harris

LF. CMDR. Joanne Galloway – Alison Weisgall

CAPT. Isaac Whitaker – Monteze Freeland

CAPT. Matthew A. Markinson – Cotter Smith

PFC. William T. Santiago – Ryan Bergman

LT. COL. Nathan Jessup – Burke Moses

LT. Jonathan James Kendrick – Jason McCune

LT. Jack Ross – Kyle Haden

CPL. Jeffrey Owen Howard – Malic Williams

COL. Julius Alexander Randolph – Rocky Bleier

COL. Julius Alexander Randolph – Larry Richert

COL. Julius Alexander Randolph – Monteze Freeland

CMDR. Walter Stone – Ken Bolden

Tom, Sergeant at Arms, Dunn – Tom Kolos

Marine Ensemble – Billy Jenkins

Marine Ensemble – Jaron J. McLain

Marine Ensemble – Brandon Saturley

Chimerica

Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood

director: Karla Boos

art direction: Susan Tsu

scenic design: Noah Glaister

costume design: Maggie McGrann

lighting design: Mary Ellen Stebbins

sound design: Steve Shapiro

Erhu music composer, adapter, and performer: Mimi Jong

projection design: Carolina Loyola-Garcia

stage manager: Cory F. Goddard

fight director: Randy Kovitz

photo credit: Susan Tsu and Heather Mull

CAST

Joe – Kyle Haden

Frank – John Shepard

Mel – Jason McCune

Tessa – Alison Weisgall

Zhang Lin – Hansel Tan

Barb, Doreen, Maria, Kate, Judy – Elena Alexandratos

David, Paul, Peter – John Michnya

Zhang Wei, Wang Pengsi – Brian Kim

Young Zhang Lin, Guard, Benny – Tobias C. Wong

Liuli, Jennifer – Ariel Xiu

Mary Cheng, Deng, Pengsi’s Daughter, Nurse – Mei Lu Barnum

Feng Meihui, Ming Xiaoli – Mimi Jong

Various roles – Zev Woskoff

Various roles – Sophia Grace Marshall