A love letter to Pittsburgh. Told by those who love it.
Lop Productions
Steven Sims | Executive Producer & Director
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Yinz Gone Wild Sends Two Film Crews Loose on Pittsburgh
Saturday, May 16, 2026 — The City Is Invited to Watch, Join In, or End Up on Camera
On Saturday, May 16, 2026, two film crews will be racing through Pittsburgh's neighborhoods, landmarks, and local haunts — and the city is invited to watch, join in, or end up on camera.
Yinz Gone Wild is a feature-length docu-comedy from Pittsburgh producers Steven Sims and Meghann Walsh of Lop Productions, following six local content creators as they compete in a citywide scavenger hunt built around Pittsburgh's culture, history, and community. Challenges range from visiting the Fort Pitt Block House to learn its history from someone who works there to sending a team member out in public wearing a Cleveland shirt and waiting to get heckled.
The six creators hitting the streets are Ellen Kotzin, Garret Fleet, Chris Guy, Sereny Welsby, Daisher Rocket, and Maryah Agurs — a cross-section of Pittsburgh's local content community bringing their own audiences and energy to the project.
Pittsburghers are encouraged to watch live as crews move through the city on May 16, get on camera — spontaneous encounters with locals are part of the design — and follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @YinzGoneWild.
The film is produced with community support and embraces a DIY filmmaking spirit that treats Pittsburgh not as a backdrop, but as the story itself.
Six Pittsburgh creators. Two teams. One citywide scavenger hunt. No script, no safety net — just a city revealing itself one wild moment at a time.
Yinz Gone Wild is a feature-length docu-comedy that drops six Pittsburgh creators into a citywide scavenger hunt built around neighborhoods, local culture, and the people who make the city what it is. Split into two teams, they race from the Strip District to Mt. Washington, the North Shore to the South Side, taking on challenges designed less as "games" and more as invitations for real encounters, spontaneous comedy, and unexpected human moments.
Part documentary, part structured chaos, the film captures Pittsburgh not as a backdrop, but as a living character. The scavenger hunt provides the engine, but the story lives in the detours — the strangers met, the neighborhoods wandered, the absurdity, the heart.
As the day folds into night, both teams return to Basecamp for a bonfire-style finale of food, stories, confessionals, and post-adventure mythology — where the day stops being a competition and starts becoming legend.
"Pittsburgh has a spirit that feels impossible to manufacture — funny, resilient, weird, welcoming, proud."
We wanted to make a film that doesn't just show the city, but lets the city reveal itself. By putting creators who already know and love Pittsburgh into motion, and letting chance do some of the directing, Yinz Gone Wild becomes less a competition film and more a love letter to a place — a portrait of a city through structured chaos.
At its heart, it's about community, spontaneity, and the magic that shows up when you stop trying to script every moment.
Steven Sims is a Pittsburgh-based producer, director, editor, and storyteller with more than 20 years of experience in unscripted television and documentary filmmaking, including work on Facebook Watch's Returning the Favor with Mike Rowe. A Pittsburgh native shaped by documentary storytelling, sketch comedy, and improvisation, his work lives at the intersection of humor and humanity. After years in Los Angeles, returning home inspired a more personal kind of filmmaking — and Yinz Gone Wild is his most personal project to date.
Meghann Walsh is a Pittsburgh-based producer, creative collaborator, and entrepreneur whose work blends storytelling, hospitality, and community-building. As co-creator and executive producer of Yinz Gone Wild, she leads production logistics, creator coordination, and community outreach while helping shape the heart of the project. A breast cancer survivor whose resilience informs her perspective and leadership, she brings warmth, humor, and purpose to a film rooted in the belief that Pittsburgh isn't just where the story happens — it is the story.
Lop Productions is a Pittsburgh-based independent production company founded by Steven Sims and Meghann Walsh, producing original documentary, unscripted, and experiential projects. With roots in television production, event programming, and creative development, the company focuses on story-driven work grounded in character, place, and culture. Yinz Gone Wild is the company's first original feature documentary project.
A love letter to Pittsburgh. Told by those who love it.