SETC has accomplished the goal it set this summer: to find a creative and dynamic leader who would help the organization move forward with its… Read More »Toni Simmons Henson Selected as SETC’s Next Executive Director
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Bandit Lites made a substantial investment in new gear with a recent purchase of hundreds of Claypaky fixtures. Bandit added Claypaky Xtylos Mini HPS, Claypaky Xtylos, and Claypaky Volero Wave fixtures to their touring inventory.Read More »Bandit Lites Goes Big with New Claypaky Purchase
TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, proudly announced recently the 2022 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awardees: Fred Voelpel, Eugene Lee, Dede Ayite, Michael Curry, and Caroline F. Siedle.
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The Live Arts, Culture, and Entertainment (LACE) Survey funded by USITT and The Ohio State University and administered by SMU DataArts will show who is doing what in the live events industry. Also, here’s a look at USA829’s membership survey.
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Our annual guide to some of the leading theater schools and training programs educating the next generation of designers, technicians and stagehands across the country.
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The 1/52 Project, the financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected seven early-career designers as its first group of grant recipients. Each of the inaugural recipients will receive grants up to $15,000. The 1/52 Project launched in January 2022 with the goal of providing financial support to rising designers from historically excluded groups with the aim of diversifying and strengthening the Broadway design community.
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Debi Moen lets us know who is up to what in our industry this month with a seasonal look at the fall and Halloween designs and productions from LD Erich Bertti; LD Thom Roberts; Silent House Studios; LD Vince Foster; Production Designer Michael Brown; Co-Lighting Designer Matthew Greer and Production/Lighting Designer Ed Warren, among others.
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Chris Lose discusses the considerations of wearing multiple hats while out on tour. Are you going to be stretched too thin? Are they taking advantage of you? Here are the pros and cons to think about before saying yes or no.
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Four draft standards are available for public review and comment on the ESTA website at http://estalink.us/pr. The downloads are free. Please note the comment due dates,… Read More »Four Draft Standards Open for Review on ESTA Website
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S Group provided Chromatik designers Guillaume Fournier and Victor Lagiewski with Chauvet Color STRIKE M and Rogue Outcast 1 BeamWash fixtures for a massive gig in southern France this past summer with a thousand-member choir joined singer/songwriter Pascal Obispo on a 50m open stage.
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Berlin band SEEED was busy playing open-air and festival dates in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (including eight concerts in their home town alone) between May and September. LD Timo Martens has been with the 14-piece band for 22 years, and both musicians and crew are like family to him. On the other hand, 16 GLP XDC1 IP Hybrid, the new IP65 rated strobe wash hybrids, with the much-praised RGBL color mixture of the X5 Series, were traveling for the first time.Read More »GLP XDC1 IP Hybrid Allows SEEED to Shine on an Open-Air Stage
Production/Lighting Designers LeRoy Bennett, Roland Greil, Peter Morse, and Charles B “Cosmo” Wilson were recently invited to join the LIT Lighting Design Awards judge’s board for the upcoming 2022 awards.
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