Escape Rooms
With his collaborator Terry Pettigrew-Rolapp, Tommy owns and operates Hatch Escapes, an immersive gaming company based in Los Angeles, CA. Their first room, Lab Rat, was ranked the 8th best room in the world the year it was made. Their second room, The Ladder, won a 2025 THEA (Themed Entertainment Award) alongside The Sphere in Las Vegas, Tokyo SeaDisney, and the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony. The Ladder is a groundbreaking experiment in replayability and branching narrative. Hatch also operates the Thea-award winning immersive experience The Nest.
We won a 2025 THEA! For those not in the know, the THEA is, like, the Academy Award of the immersive and experiential design worlds.
Here are a couple other 2025 THEA award winners...
Todd Martens recently wrote about our new room "The Ladder" in the LA Times. Click here to read more!
The Ladder stars Jordan Belfi ("Entourage"), Tony Revolori ("The Grand Budapest Hotel)", and Zelda Williams (director of "Lisa Frankenstein").
From the LA Times article: "That it incorporates a wide variety of games, puzzles, as well as film and animation — all of it designed to be in service of advancing a story — has made this escape room one that is redefining the medium."
Our first room is Lab Rat, in which you play a group of test humans in a laboratory run by giant rats.
In 2018, we were ranked the 8th best escape room in the world. This year we're 45th. Still not bad.
This is my escape room company, Hatch Escapes. We're located in Los Angeles. Our entrance is very moody at night.