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Student Designers Appraise Elation Lighting on Yale’s Carlotta Festival

A scene from ‘Furlough’s Paradise’ with a lighting design by Yichen Zhou. The Carlotta Festival, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, 2023. Photo © T. Charles Erickson.

In partnership with dry-hire rental house Main Light, Elation Professional provided Fuze MAX™ series moving head luminaires to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale for use on the school’s annual Carlotta Festival, which showcases plays written, directed, acted and designed by students. The Carlotta Festival features three fully produced new plays by graduating playwrights performed in rotating repertory. The plays presented in this year’s festival, which ran May 5–12 at the Iseman Theatre, included littleboy/littleman by Rudi Goblen (directed by Jacob Basri); Furlough’s Paradise by a.k. payne (directed by Leyla Levi); and Color Boy by Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel (directed by Jecamiah M. Ybañez). Read More »Student Designers Appraise Elation Lighting on Yale’s Carlotta Festival

InfoComm 2023: Epson to Debut Breakthrough Laser Projectors Featuring Extreme Short-Throw and 4K Resolution Solutions

Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide, today announced at InfoComm 2023 it will showcase the newest additions to its 3-chip, 3LCD laser projector portfolio and demonstrate a wide range of engaging ways that projectors can transform environments. For the first time in North America, Epson will debut and demonstrate its new PowerLite® L series with 4K Enhancement, its first extreme short-throw with 4K Enhancement, new 4K Crystal Motion technology, new cloud-based projection management software, and more at InfoComm in Orlando, FL from June 14-16 in Booth #3428.Read More »InfoComm 2023: Epson to Debut Breakthrough Laser Projectors Featuring Extreme Short-Throw and 4K Resolution Solutions

Matthew PJ Row Creates Powerful Silhouettes for Shane Smith and the Saints with CHAUVET Professional

There’s a good reason why two songs by Shane Smith and the Saints were used in the season five opening episode of Yellowstone. Like the popular Kevin Costner program, the music of this widely acclaimed band from Austin, TX delves into uncertain areas where borders can become murky, and subtle implications lead to bigger understandings.Read More »Matthew PJ Row Creates Powerful Silhouettes for Shane Smith and the Saints with CHAUVET Professional

InfoComm 2023: Discovering a New Dimension of ROE Visual

The ROE Visual team is ready for an exciting few days at InfoComm 2023, unveiling a slew of new products for the Pro-AV integration market. The highly-anticipated show will take place next week, June 14-16 in Orlando, FL. New products will include the Coral series and ArtMorph from the ROE-powered brand, CECOCECO.Read More »InfoComm 2023: Discovering a New Dimension of ROE Visual

HTFmediserv Chooses GLP FUSION X-PAR 12 Z

Thomas Füllengraben is back on the market with HTFmediserv GmbH & Co. KG. Top-class trade fair projects—supplemented by the new business area of digital solutions—are now the focus of the new company. At the end of 2022, the company invested in 48 of the new, weatherproof X-PAR 12 Z LED spotlights from FUSION by GLP for both the rental and project business.Read More »HTFmediserv Chooses GLP FUSION X-PAR 12 Z

LD Luke Elrod Takes Brett Young Fans Sky High with Vari-Lite VL3600 Effects

American country singer Brett Young’s Five, TOUR, Three, Two, One Tour swept into LA’s The Greek Theatre in May with an upbeat, colorful lighting design by Luke Elrod. During the show, he enveloped the audience in starry gobo-effects and bright, rich colors using Vari-Lite VL3600 Profile IP fixtures from Signify.Read More »LD Luke Elrod Takes Brett Young Fans Sky High with Vari-Lite VL3600 Effects