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The cast of Ellen Glasgow’s The Shadowy Third, Wicked Lit 2016. Adapted and directed by Paul Millet. Photo by Daniel Kitayama.

Our Story

Unbound Productions has been delighting Southern California audiences with award-winning, immersive theatre events since 2008. Our productions are adapted from timeless tales spanning the gamut of classic literature, folktales, ghost stories, and urban legends.

Annie Gonzales in Las Lloronas, Wicked Lit 2014. By Jonathan Josephson, directed by Paul Millet. Photo by Ellen Smiler.


A Unique Brand
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Wicked Lit debuted at Greystone Mansion in 2009 and ran for ten sold out years at Mountain View Mausoleum and Cemetery, garnering numerous Ovation Awards and Halloween accolaids. In 2012, Unbound brought History Lit to Pasadena Museum of History, and in 2017, Mystery Lit was born at the Los Angeles County Arboretum. Over this time, Unbound Productions has debuted more than 40 world premiere adaptations and delighted more than 30,000 patrons. Nineteen plays originally produced and developed by Unbound are available for licensing from Concord Theatricals.

Creative Team

Jonathan Josephson

Artistic Director/Co-Founder

Along with Paul Millet and Jeff G. Rack, Jonathan is a co-founder and original producer of Unbound Producers and a co-creator of Wicked Lit, Mystery Lit, and History Lit. As a playwright Jonathan, has adapted numerous plays and frames for Unbound including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Chimes: A Goblin Story, A Ghost Story, Count Magnus, The Lurking Fear (with Jeff G. Rack), Camp Mountain View, The Grove of Rashomon, Anansi and the Demons for Wicked Lit; The Garden Party and The Girl Who Owned a Bear for History Lit; and Holmes, Sherlock, and The Consulting Detective for Mystery Lit. Outside of Unbound, 55 of Jonathan’s plays have been produced around the world. He is also a published fiction author. More at jonathanjosephson.com

A weathered stone mausoleum facade at twilight, its ornate iron gate slightly ajar, revealing a dimly lit interior stage hinted at by deep red velvet curtains just visible through the opening. Flickering amber lanterns mounted on the stone cast dramatic, uneven light that carves sharp shadows into the engraved names and ivy-covered walls. A mist hugs the ground around crooked headstones in the foreground, framing the mausoleum using the rule of thirds. Shot in photographic realism from a low, cinematic angle with a wide lens, the composition feels bold and immersive, evoking the mood of a grand Halloween theatre festival about to begin, yet containing no visible actors or audience.

“As good as any broadway
performance but in a
much cooler setting.”

— Golden State Haunts