JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH
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2 fund applications (1 curated) · 2 seasons
An 1800s New York City adventure series made for immersive headsets.
1800sAdventureCinematicImmersiveNew York CityShakespeareVR
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About
Travel to 1835 New York in this 180ºVR adventure series where infamous Shakespearean actor Junius Brutus Booth has vanished. Four 12 minute episodes follow a young actress’ quest to solve the cryptic clues, and retrieve him before the curtain rises.
Impact
Our story is set amidst the fervent rivalry between NY's upper and working classes to claim Shakespeare’s plays for themselves. Through a cutting edge medium, a brand new audience will discover what part they play in this still-living drama.
Progress
The script is finished. Over four years we’ve had two readings and started storyboarding. The final phase before production will be a staged reading inviting gifted actors, inspired collaborators & visionary producers on this odyssey with us.
Team
Shakespeare & New York are my abiding passions. I've apprenticed with NY's most brilliant classic theater company, written and directed my own plays, and am now single-minded on transporting audiences to 1835, on a night when J.B. Booth disappears...
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 | $10 | $0 | $10 | $0 | $10 | $0 | $35 | $35 | 0.0x | 0.0x | 3.5x | $0 | — |
| Season 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
| Total | $10 | $0 | $10 | $0 | $10 | $0 | $45 | $45 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 | XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling | curated | 2025-04-29 |
| Season 5 | Film Fund for Independent Voices | submitted | 2025-05-21 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/junius-brutus-booth
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Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
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