Meet the Team

  • Michael Piscetelli

    Chapter Owner

    Michaelpiscetelli@gmail.com

    Michael Piscetelli is a dog lover, LARPer, soldier and programmer from the East Coast. He’s been LARPing for over a decade, and has been playing Dystopia Rising for almost as long! You can find him doing everything from running through catacombs for fun to helping corporations run smoother and more efficiently. His love of adventure, fun and our community pushed him to start building the machine that is New Jersey.

  • Gerry Marra

    EXPERIENCE DESIGN DIRECTOR

    Story@DystopiaRisingNewJersey.com

    Gerry has been a part of Dystopia Rising New Jersey for eight years. He's been an Ops Guide, written plot for four different games across the network, and has traveled the network before stepping into the role of Experience Design for DRNJ with a drive to take the game back to its roots as a Survival Horror experience. If you have any Questions about Story, Plot Requests, or even just have ideas for the direction of the game, Email Gerry!

  • John Kornreich

    LOGISTICS DIRECTOR

    John@dystopiarisingnewjersey.com

    John has been a part of Dystopia Rising since 2016, and has been an avid LARPer for well over a decade. He first joined the team as a Coordination guide, working in that role at two chapters before becoming the Logistics head for DRNJ. He’s helped run several national events on the logistics and organization end, and works hard to keep his chapter running through the magical power of spreadsheets. If you have questions about your sheet, blueprints, mechanics, the database, the rulebook, or anything in between, John’s your guy! He’ll be able to answer it all, and have even your toughest tech problem sorted out in a jiffy.

  • Melanie Nelson

    Co-Logistics Director

    Melanie@dystopiarisingnewjersey.com

    Melanie has been part of the New Jersey team since 2018 working on the guide level, and has moved to Logistics after many hours of dedication. In her spare time, Melanie loves spending time with anyone’s dog, baking, and playing computer games. If you have any questions regarding sheets, your online inventory, or shifts, shoot Melanie an email!

  • Kevin Adams

    Community and Experience Design

    Kevin@dystopiarisingnewjersey.com

    Kevin’s been a player of Dystopia Rising for nearly a decade. He can be found at our events zooming across site, playing the scariest thing you’ll find in the woods, and teaching our newer players how to become economic wizards and combat masterminds. Kevin works with Gerry when it comes to all things story, and is a contact for any and all community concerns!

  • Ricky Wittenburg

    Marketing@DystopiaRisingNewJersey.com

    Ricky’s the newest addition to the Dystopia Rising New Jersey Team as the head of marketing. Whether its managing the Facebook, coming up with marketing event ideas, or having outreach to the community, Ricky’s our guy.