Stage Directions

In life, Malcolm Ewen, the long-time production stage manager at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and a decades-long member of the board of Season of Concern, was a tireless advocate for Chicago’s theater community. In addition to his distinguished career at Steppenwolf his leadership presence was felt from The Goodman Theatre in Chicago to Weston Playhouse in Vermont. Read More »Steppenwolf Stage Manager Malcolm Ewen’s Spirit Lives on via New Fund at Season of Concern Supporting Chicago Theater Artists

Founded in February 1840, Britain’s first purpose built teacher’s college opened. Known today as the University of Chester, the highly-regarded university welcomes some 15,000 students from every continent, save Antarctica. The energy and broad educational mission of the university is reflected in the busy main performance space in its School of Arts and Media. One of four such spaces at the university, this facility hosts myriad productions that can include a traditional theatrical performance, a live music concert, and a lecture or conference covering endless topics, sometimes all in the same day. Read More »University of Chester School of Arts and Media Expands Possibilities With CHAUVET Professional

A new book about the techniques and unique issues of lighting design for live events and productions being shot for broadcast, webcast or IMAG, has been published by Routledge and their media technology division, Focal Press. This would be a good reference book for theater lighting designers who are often lighting productions for streaming or capture to have on hand.

Lighting for Televised Live Events: Making Your Live Production Look Great for the Eye and the Camera unlocks the science, art, philosophies, and language of creating lighting for live entertainment and presentations that work for the television camera as well as for the live audience. The authors, Jeff Ravitz and James L. Moody, each have extensive lighting design credits in both live and televised production and have brought their experience and insights to the book in an attempt to explain the common denominators between live and televised presentation lighting.Read More »Jeff Ravitz & James L. Moody’s Lighting for Televised Live Events Book Debuts

Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color has recently updated its website to include a contact database for stage managers of color who… Read More »Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color Creates Hiring Database

Lift The Curtain-End Unpaid Internships an organization whose goal is to end unpaid internships in the theater industry is hosting another USITT Conversation. Lift The Curtain has assembled a group of panelists, with backgrounds in advocacy, business, and law to have a discussion on empowering emerging theater professional, understand financial and labor practices in our industry, and how we can advocate for a more equitable theater community. This FREE webinar will take place on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. Be sure to pre-register to be reminded when it goes live and join them for a conversation about theater’s dependency on unpaid internships.Read More »Lift The Curtain & USITT | Breaking the Business of Unpaid Internships Webinar, June 10

The San Francisco Opera utilized a complement of Ayrton Perseo-S fixtures in Lighting Designer, Jax Messenger’s rig when it brought opera back to town in a COVID-safe outdoor production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville at Marin Center in San Rafael, CA. Ayrton Perseo is a compact, multi-function luminaire with an IP65 enclosure rating.Read More »San Francisco Opera Stages The Barber of Seville Outdoors with Ayrton Perseo-S Fixtures

Creative Stage Lighting Co., Inc. is pleased to announce that it has made two additions to its staff. CSL has hired Mark McKinney for the position of Vice President, where he will be responsible for Creative Stage Lighting’s sales efforts, customer experience, and operations. McKinney brings extensive sales and operations experience to Creative Stage Lighting. “Mark’s gift of building powerful sales teams and establishing lifetime relationships with clients will ground CSL and prepare us for the recovery of the industry and for many years into the future,” says Dan Studnicky, Marketing Director for Creative Stage Lighting.Read More »Creative Stage Lighting Adds McKinney and Badgley to Staff

Registration for the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) will open on June 15, 2021. NATEAC 2021, a virtual conference, will take place on July 20, 21, and 22, 2021.Read More »NATEAC Registration Begins June 15

The new national alliance is The National Association of Black Theatre Building Owners (NABTBO) In an effort to share knowledge, resources, and strengthen the infrastructure… Read More »Black Ensemble Theater Joins African American Theater Companies to Form a New National Alliance

Altman Lighting announces two new hires in its sales department. Jon Hyrkas will serve as the new Western Regional Sales Manager, and Jake Rhodes will serve as Product Sales Specialist, starting June 1, 2021. Read More »New Sales Hires at Altman Lighting

The Black Theatre Coalition announces that it is awarding 48 fellowships of $50,000 each in 20 industry disciplines and is now accepting applications through July 16, 2021. The Black Theatre Coalition (BTC) was formed to eradicate racial inequities in employment in the American theater. Co-founders T. Oliver Reid, Warren Adams, and Reginald “Reggie” Van Lee, along with Board Members Aaliytha Stevens and Naila McKenzie, announced that applications are being accepted for their paid BTC Fellowship Program. Black Theatre Coalition (BTC), the organization aiming “to build a sustainable, ethical roadmap to increase employment opportunities for Black theatre professionals” has been building these programs over the past 11 months.Read More »Black Theatre Coalition Announces Paid Fellowship Program for Aspiring Theatre Makers