An awed and reverential silence descends over the 4,000-seat amphitheater as audiences watch the events of Jesus Christ’s last days unfold at The Great Passion Play. It has always been this way at this outdoor production nestled in the Ozark Mountains, which has attracted over seven million visitors since it debuted in Eureka Springs, AR in July of 1968. This year, the power of this story has become even more moving, thanks to a beautifully balanced and richly colored lighting design by Chandler Mann and Cameron Edwards of Momentum Lighting.Read More »Momentum Light and CHAUVET Professional Add to the Power of The Great Passion Play
MUNICH – On April 17, the lighthearted German TV show Verstehen Sie Spaß (Do You Understand Fun?) became the first place where a viewing audience could see GLP’s new FUSION Stick FS16 Z fixture. Thomas Gerdon from Gerdon Design, who has looked after the show’s lighting needs for many years, lauded the new batten fixture’s versatility.
INDIANAPOLIS – LD Otis Howard lit Miley Cyrus with more than 500 light fixtures from 4Wall as the artist performed between games of this year’s NCAA Final Four basketball tournament. Broadcast live on CBS on April 3, the show also included more than 200 COLORado 2 Solos from Chauvet Professional.
WAKEFIELD, U.K. – Backstage Academy, located at Production Park, a U.K.-based live event production hub, offered an online master class in LED processing for more than 50 students. Brompton Technology professionals provided a overview of LED video processing topics along with news on the latest developments in Brompton Tessera software.
EVANS, GA – Community leaders in Evans, GA, a suburb of Augusta, celebrated the U.S. armed forces with the resumption of their annual Thunder Over Evans tribute on Armed Forces Day, May 15, after last year’s event had to be canceled due to Covid-19. Along with fireworks, this year’s event included a show by Verge Aero that included 180 drones.
Since 2016, the Theatre Communication Group’s Rising Leaders of Color (RLC) program has nurtured, supported, and uplifted 44 leaders committed to initiating and upholding equitable practices in the theatre field. The RLC 2020 Cohort began their program activities just as the global pandemic closed theatres. In this video from TCG, here’s what was on their minds then and what they’re thinking about as we move toward reopening.
Jennifer Mallard, a Principal with Diamond Schmitt Architects in Toronto, Canada will give the NATEAC Keynote Address on July 20, 2021 to kick off the conference.
The 2021 North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC), which is set to take place as a virtual event July 20, 21, and 22, 2021, will kick off with a keynote address by Jennifer Mallard, a Principal with Diamond Schmitt Architects in Toronto, Canada.
Bill Sapsis, Director of the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) is very happy to announce that Jennifer Mallard, a Principal with Diamond Schmitt Architects in Toronto, Canada will give the NATEAC Keynote Address. In keeping with NATEAC tradition, the Keynote will lead off the 2021 Conference on Tuesday Morning, July 20th.Read More »Jennifer Mallard to Serve as Keynote Speaker at NATEAC 2021