The Players of the Pear Garden welcome you to Season 2, Episode 8 of the Podcast of the Pear Garden, featuring an in-depth conversation with Doctor Green of the College of William & Mary and Lacroy Nixon, AKA Atlas, the Inaugural Poet Laureate of Williamsburg, Virginia.In this episode, we explore “Infinite Impact: Poetry in Motion Capture,” the groundbreaking embodied digital humanities project opening the 2026 Art & Science Exchange Showcase. Infinite Impact sits at the powerful intersection of poetry, performance, technology, and extended reality (XR).The project features three original poems that grapple with history’s hauntings, moral responsibility, and the far-reaching consequences of individual action. Developed in collaboration with the CSUSB Motion Capture for Theatre Arts Lab, led by Kristi Papailler, the work uses motion-capture technology to translate Nixon’s live poetic performance into a digital avatar and immersive XR environments, created by an interdisciplinary team of artists and technologists.By transforming embodied poetic expression into movement data, Infinite Impact demonstrates how digital tools can function as humanities research, highlighting the pedagogical potential of motion capture as a method for inquiry, interpretation, ethical witnessing, and storytelling.🎤 Special Performance:Lacroy Nixon also performs his poem “Spiderverse”, bringing spoken word poetry, embodiment, and speculative imagination directly to our audience.This episode is a must-watch for anyone interested in:Digital humanitiesMotion capture & performancePoetry and spoken wordXR, VR, and immersive storytellingArt & science collaborationEthics, history, and creative technology✨ Tune in for a conversation where poetry moves—literally.#PodcastOfThePearGarden #PlayersOfThePearGarden #DigitalHumanities #PoetryPodcast #SpokenWordPoetry#MotionCapture #XR #ExtendedReality #ImmersiveArt #ArtAndScience#PoetryInMotion #LacroyNixon #PoetLaureate #WilliamsburgVA#CollegeOfWilliamAndMary #CSUSB #TheatreArts #PerformanceTechnology#EmbodiedPoetry #EthicalWitnessing #DigitalPerformance #ArtTech#Spiderverse #PoetryPerformance #CreativeTechnology #HumanitiesResearch #Atlas

Today the Pears are speaking with Micah Wortmann, a German exchange student currently acting in our production of Rhinoceros, about being a Physics Major, acting in a university play and all the differences and similarities to German culture!The Podcast of the Pear Garden is a production of the Players of the Pear Garden, the student led theatre group on the campus of CSUSB; A Total Work in Progress production; in association with The CSUSB Dept. of Theatre Arts.Please like, comment, subscribe and hit those bell notifications for future episodes!#fyp #foryou #theatre #theatrepodcast #theatrearts #theatreclub

We're speaking with Theatre Arts ASC Anitra Timmons about the her history, her time on campus as both a student and staff member, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and why the term "Water Girl" may be just a tad outdated. Everyone needs to know Anitra!The Podcast of the Pear Garden is a production of the Players of the Pear Garden, the student led theatre group on the campus of CSUSB; A Total Work in Progress production; in association with The CSUSB Dept. of Theatre Arts.Please like, comment, subscribe and hit those bell notifications for future episodes!#fyp #foryou #theatre #theatrepodcast #theatrearts #theatreclub