Tri Wyrd will take place on June 21st – 24th at the Hilton Costa Mesa.
Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa
3050 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 540-7000
Hotel Directions & Map
Hotel Level 1 Map | Hotel Level 2 Map
The hotel is 10 minutes from John Wayne Airport in Orange County California (Airport Code: SNA), and 45 minutes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
What is Wyrd Con?
Wyrd Con is an Interactive Theater Convention located in the United States. Interactive Theater is the concept where the audience and actors are both part of the performance. Participatory events are run throughout the conference to encourage both exploration and immersive play, including but not limited to Live Action Role Playing (LARP), Alternate Reality Games (ARG), Live Simulations and other innovative Transmedia experiences. The conference provides a fun opportunity to engage in all aspects of the cross-platform storytelling within and beyond the live roleplaying realm.
Wyrd Con strives to not only entertain, but also educate others in Interactive Theater. This knowledge can be applied to both professional development and daily life in a variety of ways; through socially immersive gaming, we can evolve our understanding of different social roles and entertain ourselves while gaining confidence to grow as a leader. We learn much from participation and the observation of immersive play that enhances the development of our own interactive story worlds.
Much of our panel and educational programming provides presentations and discussions on how different social scenarios and storytelling environments have multiple psychological effects on the participants, giving insight on how to expand a storyline to other media and market these concepts to generate new opportunities. Education is central to us and allows attendees the ability to better understand, build, and convey their story in the most interactive way possible.
If you have ever had a desire to build a complex story worlds that involve extensions into live participatory gaming environments, solve a mystery, fight the enemy, or experience an event that mixes theater, costuming, and dialogue about the changing face of the entertainment industry, Wyrd Con is the place to be. Fans and producers of Anime, History, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and other genres are all a part of the Wyrd Con experience.
All are welcome to attend.
Our Mission
At Wyrd Con our mission is two fold:
1) To increase exposure to multiple forms of Live Interactive Theater by providing entertaining and immersive events.
2) To create an educational experience that fosters dialogue between Live Interactive Theater and other forms of media entertainment, providing an opportunity for participants and creative producers of live games and cross-media properties to learn from one another.
This two-fold objective of providing entertainment and education ensures that we focus on a variety of experiences that vary from year to year, as well as ensures an unbiased perspective on the evolving forms of live interactive theater and transmedia entertainment that exist our world.
As such, we become talent coordinators and agents, growing the game players into designers, and the designers into creative content producers.
We are invested in the success of every attendee – the players, the designers and those in the entertainment industry, providing them a playspace and a cutting edge learning experience.
Senior Staff
Ira Ham – Convention Chair / Mascot
Mitch Meconi – Director of Live Events
Lauren Scime – Director of Panels / Education
Lisa Schaefer – Director of Special Events / Vendor Relations
Joslyn Field – Registration / Event Management
Angelique Toschi – Marketing Director