GILBERT, AZ – LD Jeff A. Davis of Davis Entertainment christened the new Martin MAC Auras at the Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert, AZ, for their first show of the season, “The Secret Garden.” Clearwing Productions installed the 9 MAC Auras into the theatre-in-the-round space to allow for color saturation and isolation.
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GILBERT, AZ – LD Jeff A. Davis of Davis Entertainment christened the new Martin MAC Auras at the Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert, AZ, for their first show of the season, “The Secret Garden.” The theatre-in-the-round space added 9 MAC Auras installed by Clearwing Productions overhead to allow for color saturation and isolation, to bring its total moving light count up to 14.
Davis, the lighting designer hired for the season opener, was happy with the choice in fixtures. “Martin did an exceptional job with LED dimming and no color shift while fading; something fixtures from the competitors can’t hold a candle to,” Davis said.
Martin color calibrates all of their fixtures at the factory to be certain that all of their fixtures match, he said. “The kinds of whites you can achieve from the RGBW engine is amazing, and the output is breathtaking. I can proudly say that the Aura can stand up to the high standards of a theatrical production where finesse requirements are high.”
Davis likes these fixtures so much that his company added them to their local rental inventory and immediately deployed some on Phoenix Theatre’s production of “Spamalot.”
“Once people experience what they can do, it shouldn’t be difficult for them to want to use them again in the future,” he said.
More photos from the production can be viewed on Davis Entertainment’s Facebook page, and a video trailer for The Secret Garden can be viewed at www.haletheatrearizona.com
