About Phoenix Tears

Phoenix Tears Productions is a women-run, small Orlando based Theatre Company that got its start presenting fandom based shows at conventions around the country. Now we specialize in interactive and immersive productions staged around the Central Florida area. Phoenix Tears productions has developed interactive murder mysteries, immersive audio dramas, and interactive Zoom shows. If you would like to learn more about any of our projects or upcoming events, check out the tabs above.

Mission Statement

Phoenix Tears Productions is dedicated to promoting new voices in performance arts and to providing them a platform to express their creativity. We strive to produce new content that feeds the creative mind and welcomes all artists, actors, directors, writers, and designers to join our team.
We are more than just a production company, we are a community. Phoenix Tears Productions works to promote not just our own productions, but also the projects of those around us. Above all else we strive to cultivate and grow the arts in our community. A rising tide raises all boats.

A Brief History

Once Upon A Time--or in July 2010 if you want to get technical about it--Mallory Vance and Ginger Potter met in real life. Orlando, home to the newly minted Wizarding World of Harry Potter, was also playing host to a Harry Potter fan conference called Infinitus. Mallory and Ginger were part of the crew of The Final Battle, a full length fan musical based on the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Mallory was the co-writer and director, Ginger was the lighting designer. Their meeting was nothing short of destiny.

They began to talk to each other about creative projects. First novels, then web series, and eventually stage productions. From these first brainstorming sessions several amazing projects were born. The first of which was Marian: Lost In Fiction. This show, the first true collaboration between our heroes, premiered at LeakyCon 2014, once again in Orlando. The success of the show buoyed our heroes and they made the decision to go into business together taking the show to Orlando Fringe the next year.

With a dash of social media know how from reoccurring actress, Megan Markham, Phoenix Tears Productions was born. Now the company, with the help of stage manager Mary Hosford and technical director Amanda Simmons, regularly puts on productions in the Orlando area and at various conventions around the country.

In 2016 Mallory and Megan began developing for the immersive theater world while Ginger and Mary produced interactive murder mysteries under the name The Death Day Players. Mallory and Megan have produced immersive audio dramas (like Stardust Audio, The War, Horror in Headphones, and Infected) as well as zoom immersive theater (Posthumous and Recovery).

The current board of directors continues to make theater in an ever changing world, striving to make weird innovative work.