Showlight announces the latest round of international speakers to present Papers at Showlight 2025, including Willie Williams, Dr, Yaron Abulafia, Christina Thanasoula, Saffran Popille, and Brad Schiller. The speakers share their lighting experiences at Showlight in Dijon, France this May.
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The Foundation for Stage Managers (FSM), formerly known as the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation, announces its Spring 2025 Fundraising Campaign. The campaign has a Valentine’s theme: Give your Stage Managers a little love. Starting Valentine’s Day, February 14, and running through March 14, FSM is seeking donations representing a love of Stage Managers, to fund grants to be awarded by the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit established in 2022.
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Blackmagic Design announced that The Joyce Theater, a 472 seat dance and performance venue in the heart of Manhattan, relies on Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K G2 and numerous Blackmagic Design converters to create archival footage of performances. The footage is used by dance companies for daily notes, as a record of a particular performance, or for teaching purposes for new dancers or stage managers.
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Lighting Designer Andy Webb specified Robe moving lights to be at the heart of his lighting designs for two high-profile pantomime shows in the United Kingdom, ‘The Further Adventures of Peter Pan’ staged at the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury and ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at the Festival Theatre in Malvern – two of 11 pantos presented this season by UK Productions.
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TheatreDNA announced it has acquired Victor Gotesman Performing Arts Planning, one of the nation’s top research and consulting firms for feasibility studies and business planning in the cultural arts market.
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Medieval morality play ‘Jedermann’ has become a classic centerpiece of the world-renowned Salzburg Festival, staged most years in the city’s Cathedral Square. 2024 saw the staging of a new, contemporary version created by Canadian Director Robert Carsen, a master of stagecraft and innovative thinking. Lighting was designed by Carsen and Giuseppe di Iorio, with the latter specifying Robe iFORTE LTXs.
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Purchase College, State University of New York’s Broadway Technical Theatre History Project will present the Eleventh “Backstage Legends and Masters Award” to Michael Wyatt on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 7 p.m. at The Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall Theatre. Wyatt started his Broadway career in 1978 and has now spent four and a half decades helping to shape and support a host of Broadway productions.
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A brand new production of The Devil Wears Prada has hit the runway at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End. The show’s lighting was supplied by PRG, in support of designer Bruno Poet’s sleek and elegant lighting design.
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USITT announced its 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award winners who will be honored on Thursday, March 6, at the Awards Ceremony in Columbus as part of USITT’s 65th Annual Conference & Stage Expo. We at Stage Directions in PLSN magazine send our sincere congratulations to all of these Distinguished Achievement Awards honorees.
Read More »The Board of Directors of the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation (SMAF) voted, at its November 2024, meeting, to change its name. It is now DBA Foundation for Stage Managers (FSM). The mission of FSM is to support stage managers by providing funds for continuing career education and development, and for public events that enhance stage management skills.
Read More »The Foundation for Stage Managers (FSM), formerly known as the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation, is pleased to announce that three grantees – two arts organizations and an… Read More »The Newly Renamed Foundation for Stage Managers Announces Fall Grants
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The Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) has been recognized with the very first Event Safety Trailblazer award at this year’s Event Safety Summit. This honor celebrates ESTA’s outstanding leadership and unwavering commitment to advancing safety standards across the entertainment industry.
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