Boxland

Boxland Media, LLC started was founded in 2015 by now-husband-and-wife team Ben Neidenthal and Jessica Entis after both were laid off from their creative jobs in the same week. Recognizing the trend in the creative agency world of talent “aging out” and having built a portfolio of freelance clients, they embarked on a radical idea... to become the agency and never age out.
Boxland is named for a short film that Benjamin Neidenthal and Jessica Entis completed together in 2011, called “A Sphere in Boxland,” which went to numerous international film festivals, including the Columbus International Film and Video Festival, and the LA Shorts Festival. “A Sphere In Boxland” is about a character living in a place called Boxland and he is the only Sphere. One day, the character is fired from his job, and must find somewhere he belongs. He embarks on a long journey and eventually finds out that he is not alone... The couple released the film at their wedding on September 10, 2011.
Formed as miniature creative agency, Boxland retained an automotive client (Byers Auto) who remains a regular customer, and a host of additional clients as well. At opening, they offered video production, commercial production, 2D and 3D animation services, graphic design, branding design, and podcasts.
At first, their creative messaging was geared toward what was, at the time, the far off future of 2020. “By the year 2020, 80% of all web traffic will be video-based” was the go-to opening line Ben would use in networking meetings and elevator speeches. When 2020 actually came, the actual numbers were far, far bigger...
In 2020, the Coronavirus Pandemic changed the way the entire world did everything. For the first time in history, people were stuck at home and they had the technology to make that separation from others more bearable. Business could be conducted from home, and effectively. And it sparked a modern creative renaissance, people finally had time to start their creative projects, their films, or YouTube channels, or podcasts... and Boxland was perfectly positioned to help facilitate those dreams.
Boxland Academy began in 2021 with their lifelong friend Krista Stauffer, and began offering acting classes, consultations, voice over classes, and improv. The classes, thanks largely in part to Krista’s notoriety, became very popular. Since 2021, they've expanded their offerings and maintained steady enrollment.
In August 2022, It's All Been Done Radio Hour moved to Boxland as their new performance space. It was a time of change for Boxland, as it expanded and moved to a new space. A couple of IABD troupe members were hired on the Boxland staff, and Ben joined the It's All Been Done Radio Hour troupe.
Now, Boxland Academy and Boxland Media are part of a larger project, called Boxland.