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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

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

Stages Consultants is pleased to announce the promotion of two of its key members, Adam T. Huggard and Heather Fisher Stoll.Read More »Promotions at Stages Consultants

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

Applications are now available online for Beyond the Stage Door, a new no-cost theatre management program for students of color. Interested applicants can find details at www.beyondthestagedoor.com and must submit their application through the site by July 4th, 2021.Read More »Applications Now Available for Beyond the Stage Door’s No-Cost Theatre Management Intensive for Students of Color

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