About Us
Caltrop Chronicles is a production company focused on creating diverse and compelling stories that highlight marginalized communities and indie creators.
Current Projects
Climb to the Top
Climb to the Top is a Dungeons & Dragons 5e actual play TTRPG.
Climb to the Top asks the question - what happens when the heroes lose? The answer - climb back to the top!
Follow our group of adventurers who are set back to level 3 after facing their BBEG as they claw their way back to power to face the end again.
Releasing every Tuesday in 2025!
Book of Fiascos
Book of Fiasco is an anthology series using the Fiasco improv game system by Bully Pulpit Games.
Book of Fiasco will include a series of individual stories created using improv tools and big personalities to bring you unique and exciting tales.
Haelley Hogan
Haelley Hogan (they/them) is the Creative Director at Caltrop Chronicles. While Haelley does not have much formal experience in the performing arts outside of symphony band throughout school, they bring a sense of business know-how with their degree in Communication Arts and a passion for storytelling.Alongside the mission statement of CC, Haelley wishes to create an environment that encourages creativity and collaboration. They hope to see CC become a place of community expression by uplifting new talent and seeking out games and experiences to show them off to new audiences.
Samara Singer
Coming soon
Makari Robinson-McNeese
Makari Robinson-McNeese (they/them) is the Director of Development at Caltrop Chronicles. Prior to CC, they trained at the Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts and worked with several professional theatre companies such as The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, the Center of the Creative Arts, and the ACTION Art Collaborative.In addition to the mission statement of CC, Makari personally strives to make room in the TTRPG space for more queer and BIPOC-focused stories. They aim to do this through the series that are produced through CC and also community outreach!
Ian Werner
Ian Werner (he/him) is the Technical Director for Caltrop Chronicles. Since he was little, Ian had a fascination for video games, music, and storytelling, studying the fields his whole life and supplementing this curiosity with his stint at Rutgers University and earning a degree in Information Technology & Informatics, as well as a minor in Music Technology.As much as he doesn’t have the same experience in the performative arts as others, Ian is just as committed to the Caltrop Chronicles mission statement. He aspires to spend his career telling impossible stories, helping others tell their own, and living out his dreams of flying trains.
Past Projects
Strahd Must Die
Strahd Must Die is a 5 part actual play series using (and abusing) the Curse of Strahd D&D 5e module.
