The Rigging Safety Initiative (RSI) offers free stage rigging inspections and safety training for secondary schools across America. Schools can apply for the service twice a year, in spring and fall.Read More »USITT Rigging Safety Initiative Accepting Applications for Fall 2022 Cycle through Oct. 20, 2022
This month, Theatre Projects celebrates 65 years in business—that’s 65 years shaping performance spaces, innovating in all areas of entertainment design, and collaborating with creative communities across the globe to reimagine the way we tell stories. All month long, Theatre Projects will be sharing memories on social channels and inviting followers to contribute their own stories and photos via an online memory book.Read More »Theatre Projects Celebrates its 65th Anniversary
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SETC and USITT partner each year to bring graduate theater degree programs together with people considering options for interviews, auditions, and information exchange. Connect with more than 50 programs across theater disciplines including Design, Technology, Management, and Acting. Explore your options for advanced education and find your dream grad program in one convenient, affordable location. This year’s event will be happening virtually November 30-December 2.Read More »SETC & USITT’s 9th Annual LiNK – Virtual 2022 Event Set for Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2022
Anolis Ambiane and Eminere fixtures were used in the auditorium lighting installation that was a part of the complete revamp at the Rakkestad Theatre, a busy community hub and performance venue serving the Rakkestad municipality and surrounding areas of this thriving and diverse Norwegian agricultural heartland.Read More »Rakkestad Theatre in Norway Upgrades with Anolis LED House Lighting
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. releases Vectorworks 2023, featuring performance improvements and tools developed to give users more time to design. The 2023 release includes Vectorworks Spotlight, Architect, Landmark, Fundamentals, Braceworks, ConnectCAD, and Vision with the English-language editions of these versions available today.Read More »Vectorworks, Inc. Launches 2023 Version of BIM and CAD Product Line
TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, is proud to announce that celebrated costume designer Fred Voelpel and legendary scenic designer Eugene Lee are among the 2022 TDF/Irene Sharaff Award recipients. Although Voelpel passed away in June, he will be honored posthumously with the TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for costume design while Lee will receive The Robert L. B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design. Additionally, costume designer Dede Ayite will receive the TDF/Kitty Leech Young Master Award and visual artist Michael Curry will receive the TDF/Irene Sharaff Artisan Award.
The awards ceremony will be presented through the TDF Costume Collection on Friday, October 7 at 6:30 p.m. at The Edison Ballroom. A pre-awards cocktail reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. This year’s TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards ceremony is being generously underwritten by The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund.Read More »2022 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awardees Announced
The 1/52 Project, the financial grant program founded by Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt, has selected seven early-career designers as its first group of grant recipients. Each of the inaugural recipients will receive grants up to $15,000.Read More »Supporting Early-Career Theater Designers, the 1/52 Project Announces Inaugural Grant Recipients
Bystander Intervention in the Entertainment Industry Webinars Announced
Do you know how to safely intervene if you see a co-worker being bullied or intimidated? Did you know there are different ways to intervene to match your comfort level? In just 90 minutes you will learn five easily accessible tools, illustrated by relevant scenarios, for use in any workplace to safely intervene without the worry of retaliation. The Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative will present a free webinar Bystander Intervention in the Entertainment Workplace once a quarter over the next year.Read More »Learn How to Safely Intervene to Stop Workplace Bullying
The Lyric Opera of Chicago shared its interview with set and costume designer Scott Marr with PLSN. Marr, who has worked at Lyric since 1990, beginning as an intern and working his way up to Wardrobe, Wigs, and Makeup Director, retired on Sept. 9, opening night for the company’s 2022/23 season.
United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE, has released its membership-wide demographic data (graphic also attached to this release) to highlight an important internal issue and advocate for meaningful opportunities for underrepresented and often marginalized artists, designers, and professionals within the Local and across the entertainment industry.Read More »We Will Do Better: United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE, Releases Membership Demographic Data
The deadline to apply for USITT’s Gateway Program is Oct. 1, 2022. Gateway was launched in 2014 in memory of Tayneshia Jefferson, who fought for underrepresented populations in the industry.
The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is sponsoring a textile drive on Wednesday, September 14th from 11:00am – 2:00pm in the center of Duffy Square (46th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway in Times Square). The event will take place rain or shine. This Fall Textile Drive is made possible thanks to our sponsor, InCord.Read More »Broadway Green Alliance’s Fall Textile Drive Set for September 14