Me
I direct ensemble-based works about the instabilities of contemporary social life. Working collaboratively with performers, I make spectacularly chaotic and confrontationally intimate performances, films, and video installations. In art and life, I aim to chart new paths between individual existential problems and the joys of community.
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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 and elsewhere.
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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​