OddKnock Productions is an immersive dance and theater company that specializes in creating original performance experiences in unconventional venues. Directed by Brendan Duggan, Zach Martens, and Parker Murphy, their work focuses on reimagining the relationship between the performer and audience, coupled with a healthy interrogation of how immersive theater is produced. Simply put, OddKnock believes that…

Good Art is Good Business

We are committed to supporting the artists that build each immersive world to allow them to do what they do best: make magic. That means transparency, advocating for our collaborators, a healthy work environment, and building each production with robust financial strategies.  A flourishing artistic atmosphere is only possible through a firm economic foundation and the business infrastructure to encourage growth.

Each founder of OddKnock Productions comes from an extensive and diverse background in the immersive theater industry, boasting experience as creators, producers, and performers in successes such as:

Their most successful production, From on High, was named the “Best Immersive Theater Production of 2022” by Westword, celebrated as one of the “Best Immersive Experiences of 2022” by No Proscenium, and was recently featured in the Emmy Award winning series IMMERSIVE.WORLD on PBS.

OddKnock Co-Founders, Brendan Duggan, Parker Murphy, and Zach Martens have over 30 years of dance and theater performance and creation between them. Their work as individuals and as a collective has been showcased across the country in numerous theaters, arts districts, and festivals. Outside of their roles as creators, OddKnock’s founding members have additional backgrounds in arts education, film and television, and arts administration.

LEADERSHIP

BRENDAN DUGGAN

Brendan Duggan is a Denver-based dancer and choreographer who has been creating original works since 2010. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Dance from Skidmore College, and has performed with Gallim Dance, Danaka Dance, Loni Landon, Danielle Russo, Third Rail Projects’ The Grand Paradise and Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More. As a choreographer, Duggan served as Co-Director of LoudHoundMovement from 2012 - 2017 before establishing himself as an independent choreographer. His work has been presented throughout the United States, including commissions from SALT Contemporary Dance, Western Michigan University, Whim W’Him Dance, and Treefort Music Festival. In addition, he has earned accolades from Springboard Danse Montreal’s Emerging Choreographers Platform and Western Michigan University’s International Choreographic Competition. As an educator, Duggan has served as a faculty member at Peridance Capezio Center and Gibney Dance, as well as a guest artist at Western Michigan University, Brigham Young University, Skidmore College, Marymount Manhattan College, and Muhlenberg College, among others.

PARKER MURPHY

Parker Murphy is a New York and Colorado based actor and dancer, with extensive experience in immersive theater.  Recent immersive theater credits include performing multiple lead roles in Punchdrunk’s internationally acclaimed Sleep No More, The McKittrick Hotel’s The Lost Supper, Third Rail Project’s The Grand Paradise, and originating the role of “The Lover” for Faena Theater and Unigram Production’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. Theater credits include Arts Center Coastal Carolina’s An American in Paris, California Shakespeare Theater’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Shotgun Players’ Antigonick. Dance credits include Kate Weare Dance Company, Liz Gerring Dance Company, Gerald Casel Dance, Hope Mohr Dance, KUNST-STOFF, 13th Floor Dance Theater, [detour dance], EmSpace Dance, RAWdance, and FACT/SF. Additionally, Murphy has years of experience in arts administration, serving as company manager for Gallim Dance, Gerald Casel Dance, and Hope Mohr Dance. He is also the Production Manager for the environmental film series Under Review and served as assistant technical director for Third Rail Project’s The Grand Paradise. Murphy has filled various other administrative roles with LoudHoundMovement, Serious Productions, Test the Film, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

ZACH MARTENS

Zach Martens is a New York-based actor, writer, and director specializing in experiential theatre. Since receiving his MFA at UCSD, his focus has been developing immersive productions including Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Third Rail Projects’ The Grand Paradise, Cinereal’s The Unbrunch, as well as developing new works with SITI company, The Trip, and La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls (WoW) Festival. More traditional forms include work at The Roundabout Black Box, New Ohio, EST, La Jolla Playhouse, Gulfshore Playhouse, The O’Neill Center, and Z Space, as well as TV shows, “Broad City”, “Shades of Blue”, and “The Daily Show”. Zach was a writer, collaborator, and performer in the successful immersive series HERE, with two sold out limited runs in downtown NYC.  Additionally, he has extensive experience in TV and event production including Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Watch What Happens Live, Last Call with Carson Daily, CNN’s HEROES, GLAAD Awards, Clio Awards, Westminster Dog Show, Red Dress Collection, and We Are Family Foundation.