A young woman actress interacts with audience members wearing virtual reality headsets

Theatre Professor’s Extended Reality Production Pushes Boundaries

Oct 07, 2025
Professor Craig Quintero’s “Blur” is a new extended reality (XR) theatrical experience that combines live performance, motion capture, immersive technologies, and interactive storytelling, integrating the physical and the virtual in a seamless mixed-reality format.
A grainy, light beige bacground split into three sides. In the middle square, a shadow of a person in a huge dress being held by a shadow of a hand. On their left, a shadow of someone bowing in formal duke-like clothes.

All Aboard! ‘Songs of the Scarlet and Wayback’ Draws on Collective Grinnell History

Mar 08, 2024
The original play ‘Songs of the Scarlet and Wayback’ is a “throwback party turned time travel train ride,” inspired by Poweshiek County community interviews, student archival research, performances, pageants, and parties of Grinnell’s past. The production will officially premiere in the Flanagan Theatre on Friday, March 8, 2024.
A young woman in an orange dress holds up her hand, which has writing on the palm

Quintero’s Film, ‘All that Remains,’ Premieres at Venice Film Festival

Oct 06, 2022
Professor Craig Quintero’s virtual reality film, “All That Remains,” premiered at the 79th Venice Film Festival in September. This fall at Grinnell, he is mounting a performance of “Blur” — performed for an audience of one.

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