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USITT News: 2022 Collier Woods, Jr. Scholarship Recipients Announced

USITT News: 2022 Collier Woods, Jr. Scholarship Recipients Announced

Niya John and Kim Parson have been selected as the 2022 recipients of the Collier Robert Woods, Jr. Scholarship. The scholarship, named to honor designer and technician Collier Robert Woods, Jr., who passed away in 2020, supports Black and African American students with interests in lighting design and/or theater production, technology, and associated theatrical fields. Woods was a veteran lighting designer and stage technician with extensive lighting design credits in opera, ballet, modern dance, music, and theater.Read More »USITT News: 2022 Collier Woods, Jr. Scholarship Recipients Announced

New MX Series Control Solution from NovaStar

VMP is an all-new display control software from NovaStar that integrates design, management, and monitoring into one single platform. When the Vision Management Platform (VMP) is paired with NovaStar’s flagship MX Series controller and A10s Pro receiving card, a professional LED solution is realized, providing stunning image quality, precise color adjustment, and an intuitive software experience. Here’s a video overview on the MX Series from NovaStar:

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City Theatrical Launches QolorFLEX NuNeon, Tunable White HiQ High CRI Linear Lighting for Film and Video Projects

City Theatrical is expanding its line of QolorFLEX® LED Tape and Accessories with the introduction of City Theatrical’s QolorFLEX NuNeon, Tunable White HiQ High CRI. This new product brings the brightness and flexibility of QolorFLEX NuNeon linear lighting to the film and video world by combining it with CTI’s HiQ High CRI LED Tape technology.

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New Ovation Rêve E-3 IP Ellipsoidal from Chauvet Professional Offers Indoor/Outdoor Versatility

Introduced in March 2021, the Ovation Rêve E-3 LED ellipsoidal combines a full spectrum of saturated colors with vivid whites featuring +/- green adjustments, along with a host of other features. Now the new Ovation Réve E-3 IP from Chauvet Professional offers all the output and performance of its popular predecessor, along with the added benefit of being an IP65 rated fixture. Here’s a video preview from Chauvet for the Ovation Réve E-3 IP luminaire:

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Stage Right Lighting’s Ayrton Perseo Investment Pays Off for Live Events in Virginia’s Tidewater Region

The Trinity of Terror tour at the Chartway Arena at Old Dominion University

Stage Right Lighting in Virginia Beach, VA expanded its Ayrton lighting inventory with 38 Perseo IP65 rated compact, multi-function luminaires, which have been flying off the shelves, according to Production Manager Doug Arble. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.Read More »Stage Right Lighting’s Ayrton Perseo Investment Pays Off for Live Events in Virginia’s Tidewater Region

Will Chandler and Chauvet Professional Create Expansive Looks on Bob Moses Tour

Canadian electronic duo Bob Moses has been touring this summer with fluid lighting design from Envizion Group’s Will Chandler. He’s been using Chauvet Professional fixtures from Envizion Group’s own inventory for a design that makes use of dark spaces, a blow-through video wall, and a rig configuration that lets him “hide” fixtures when not in use.

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Brett Eldredge on the Road with Impactful, Multi-Purpose Elation Rig

Bobby Glowacki does a bit of everything on country music artist Brett Eldredge’s current Songs About You U.S. tour and lights the singer/songwriter using a versatile lighting rig from Elation Professional. Production design, lighting design, lighting programming, lighting operation, even lighting tech, he’s a virtual jack-of-all-lighting-trades working behind the scenes to make sure the show runs smoothly and looks its best.Read More »Brett Eldredge on the Road with Impactful, Multi-Purpose Elation Rig

The Stage Managers’ Association Announces 2022 Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management

Top: Andrew Feigin, Raymond Menard, Bernita Robinson Bottom: Marguerite Price, Narda E. Alcorn, Lisa Porter

The Stage Managers’ Association (SMA) has announced its annual Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management. The distinguished 2022 honorees are corporate, event, and theatrical stage manager Andrew Feigin, opera stage manager Raymond Menard, and theatrical stage manager Bernita Robinson. In addition to these Lifetime Achievement Awards, the SMA will honor Marguerite Price with The Founders Award and Narda E. Alcorn and Lisa Porter with a Special Recognition Award.Read More »The Stage Managers’ Association Announces 2022 Del Hughes Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management

Robe Rocks Roskilde 2022

Denmark’s Roskilde Festival celebrated 50 years this year with a stellar line-up across multiple stages. Robe moving lights played a major role on the Arena Stage, where LD Sune Verdier offered guest LDs an automated setup with a “menu” of eight different truss configuration options, and on the Orange Stage, with a Robe-centered rig provided by Victory Tour Production.

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