Cheyenne Knehans

School of Theater, Applied Arts, MFA2

Beyond the Veil

Beyond the Veil is the conceptual design of an “Impossible Project” that invites guests to spend two nights and two full days exploring an interactive, immersive story-based train hotel experience. Developing from the basic idea of creating a pitch deck for an “immersive hotel”, Beyond the Veil grew to include a developed main storyline centered on a murder mystery in the 1890s, comprehensive characters with their own secrets, backstories, and added key artwork build a visual world of the train. Among the key art pieces are prop designs, costume design, graphic art, and environmental show scene representations. The design concepts and plot can be explored in detail on a website and in PDF deck form.

Collaborators: Megan Parish, Andrew Carey, Cheyenne Knehans, Noah Hernandez, Garret Cebollero, Loren Weldon