Omniverse is a media production company and publisher specializing in dynamic storytelling.
We develop boundary-breaking methods of interactive storytelling and audio experiences for podcast, print, and beyond.
There are no genres that can’t be fused, no idea too crazy to work.
OUR PROJECTS
Omniverse was founded in 2019 by pioneers of storytelling podcasts.
We're fiercely independent and always ahead of the curve.
Our team led the charge in the development of the now-ubiquitous actual play (tabletop roleplaying) podcast format in 2009, and were the first to break that mold by enhancing improvised adventures with cinematic sound design and original score. Our award-winning actual play / audio drama series, The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program, is the culmination of this work; fully hybridizing improvised narratives and performances with scripted cinematic audio drama for dynamic and heartfelt stories rooted in truly immersive horror and comedy.
We continue to develop radical new collaborative storytelling techniques with our Surprise RPG experiments, resulting in the fan-favorite limited audio events K8 Was Here, The Extermination, and City of Daemons as well as the forthcoming podcast series, Étude of the Storm and A Walk in the Park.
Our fusion of cinematic audio drama and pop culture talk podcast, "MOTHER," She Wrote: An EarthBound Podcast, sets a new precedent in connecting art and audience; taking listeners beyond the controller and into the story of the acclaimed MOTHER (EarthBound) video game trilogy. Lightning Dogs, our forthcoming illustrated novel series, packs an entire animated series' worth of action and worldbuilding into every page and sets a new paradigm for all-ages and young adult print media. Meanwhile, the podcast Lightning Dogs: How NOT to Make an Animated Series opens up the creative process of this many years-long journey to bring a project to life.
OUR TEAM
CAT BLACKARD
OMNIVERSE MOTHER BRAIN | She / They
Multidisciplinary artist and multimedia storyteller. Lead creative of Omniverse.
Cat's work is devoted to uplifting and transformative stories that go to strange places and ask big questions. Throughout her career in podcasting and journalism she works alongside her favorite artists of all-time to create meaningful explorations of media and irreverent adventures for outcasts and lovers of the unusual.
From 2008-2019 Cat was a part of Consequence of Sound (now Consequence) where she served as Art Director, Staff Writer, and Podcast Network Director, during which time she launched the Consequence Podcast Network and produced series such as The Opus in collaboration with Sony. In 2009, she co-founded and became lead host for the formative, independent geek media podcast, Nerdy Show; the longest running podcast in Apple's Games & Hobbies category.
Cat's the award-winning showrunner and director of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program, a pioneer in improvisational audio drama podcasts, and a voice actor on projects such as Midnight Burger, Moonbase Theta, Out, The Bardic Hearth, and Conversations with Ghosts.
Doug Banks
Network Programmer,
Storytelling Team - Narrative Designer | He / Him
Doug writes pulp adventure, soft science fiction, and action comedy for film, television, podcasts, and video games.
He’s the co-creator of Lightning Dogs and a professional Game Master; known for creating cinematic tabletop experiences and developing the immersive Surprise RPG format. Doug resurrected the classic 1980s Ghostbusters RPG via the audio drama Ghostbusters: Resurrection and his continued development of the beloved roleplaying system.
Jessica Mudd
Storytelling Team - Narrative Designer | She / They
Composer of “MOTHER,” She Wrote’s original score and an accomplished weaver of interactive narratives.
Jessica is a member of Omniverse’s Storytelling Team, lead writer and showrunner of the RPG Audio Drama City of Daemons as well as the upcoming historical fantasy audio drama, Étude of the Storm, and Associate Producer of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program’s acclaimed season, “Night at Howling House”. You can hear her voice acting as a series regular on Midnight Burger.
John Sebastian
Development Producer | He / Him
Film maker, actor, Executive Producer extraordinaire.
Ruthless champion of Omniverse's creative endeavors.
Colin Peterson
Associate Development Producer | He / Him
Award-winning sound designer, professional theatrical projection designer, President and Artistic Director of Little Blue Theatre Company.
Colin developed the cinematic sound design at the heart of Omniverse's work, principally the acclaimed first four seasons of The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program.
He's an autistic self-advocate, facilitator, and director who believes that everyone's voice matters - and, most importantly, that they should know it matters.
