Me
I am a director and interdisciplinary artist who makes ensemble-based works. My performances, films, and installations amalgamate spectacular moments of contrapuntal chaos alongside intimate, interactive encounters in pursuit of fleeting and contingent truths. Common themes in my work include cyclical obsession, untethered social dynamics, the futility of the existential search, incommunicability, anxious nostalgia, and the disorienting porousness of identity.
My performance work is typically devised with the ensemble, staged in unusual venues, and formatted with immersive and interactive elements. I have directed large-scale productions in 30+ room buildings, as well as intimate shows for a single audience member at a time.
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I am the founder and artistic director of Ceaseless Fun, an LA-based immersive theater company. I recently relocated to my hometown of Chicago, but continue to collaborate on projects in Los Angeles.
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Selected Press
​The Stars Shine Bright in a Year to Remember from Ceaseless Fun
Immersive Theater Life - Interview with Writer/Director Derek Spencer
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​An existential tour down Hollywood Blvd.​​​
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‘They Who Saw the Deep’ is Like Being Lost in the Weirdest Dream You Can Possibly Imagine​
Sometimes The Abyss Looks Back: They Who Saw The Deep​
Ceaseless Fun’s “They Who Saw the Deep” Redefines an Epic​​
Stash House, Agnosia, Sleep No More, and Then She Fell​
Agnosia Reflects on the Divinity of Darkness
Grief As Fractal Art: ‘Agnosia’ ​
NoPro Podcast Episode 123 — Derek Spencer of Ceaseless Fun​