Tanzhaus nrw in Dusseldorf Adds Prolight Luminaires
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Robert A. Lorelli, founder and president of the theater consulting firm, Robert Lorelli Associates, which merged into Theater Design in 2019, passed away on July 23, 2022 in Westhampton Beach, NY, surrounded by family and friends after a brief battle with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia.Read More »In Memoriam: Robert A. Lorelli, Theater Consultant, 82
The Theater District’s newest hotel, Civilian, celebrates theater design. Jason Pomeranc is the owner and creator of the Civilian brand along with David Rockwell, who served as the architect, interior designer, and curator of Civilian’s art program, the Olio Collection. A portion of fees will go to support Civilian’s charitable partner the American Theatre Wing. Here’s a 16-minute video walk through tour, from Hospitality Design magazine with David Rockwell:
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When Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts decided to bring a bold new actor-musician interpretation to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical adaption of the Stephen King classic Carrie, it was Mountview’s former head of lighting training, Louisa Smurthwaite, who worked with the students to create the visceral, yet retro lighting design. Keen to introduce fixtures that bought an era-reflecting feel to the classic story, yet still introduce the students to the latest lighting technology, Smurthwaite specified the VL5LED Wash luminaires by Vari-Lite, the originator of the modern moving head and a Signify entertainment lighting brand.Read More »Vari-Lite VL5LED Wash Brings Retro Style to Mountview’s Production of ‘Carrie: The Musical’
The 2022 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards are now on sale at the BTS Boutique. This year’s collection features a wonderful mix of seven different designs created especially for the charity by Phil Foster, Jennifer Gillette, Robert Mendoza, Nancy Orr, Todd Potter, and Lauren Press. From messages of hope and peace, to a steam punk inspired holiday, to a card featuring the simple tools of so many industry crafts, you’re sure to find a design that’s right for you.Read More »Behind the Scenes Announces 2022 Holiday Cards
Don’t wait the PQ23 deadline has been extended to July 31, 2022
Greetings Designers and Theatre Artists across all disciplines and performance genres. You are invited to submit design work for consideration to be exhibited at the 2023 Prague Quadrennial (PQ23), the world’s most exciting celebration of theatre artists. From June 8-18, 2023 at the PQ23, The United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) will present juried and curated work reflecting inclusion, excellence, and responsibility in US theatre design from both Emerging Designers and National Designers.Read More »DEADLINE EXTENDED: Prague Quadrennial 2023 Call for Submissions
Do you design, work as crew or technical staff in theatrical production? If so, you are invited to participate in a survey in support of academic research on the equitable labor practices in theatrical production. This research is for a book that is being written about equitable labor in theater production.
Brídín Cotton, a NYC-based producer and manager in the performing arts and Department Administrator in the Undergraduate Film & Television department at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and Natalie Robin, a Lighting Designer and Program Director of Theater Design & Technology in the Ira Brind School of Theater Arts at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia launched this survey to collect information from people who have worked, or are currently working, in theatrical production in the U.S.Read More »Survey for Equitable Labor Practices in Theatrical Production, Ends July 31
A new, state of the art, and flexible 602-seat in-the-round theater will be opening this fall in London, UK. Leading West End producer and theater owner, Nica Burns, announced the opening of @sohoplace, the culmination of a 12-year project. The theater is owned by Nica Burns and operated by Nimax Theatres and will open this autumn with the first production to be announced soon. Here’s a video of a rendered fly through of the theater:
Oftentimes the most expressive forms of communication are those which transcend spoken language. This certainly rings true for Salsa, an art form that allows dance partners to communicate and tell stories through the medium of rhythm, movement, music, and costume.Read More »Milton de la Cruz and Chauvet Professional Create Lively Visuals for ‘Ensalsate’
Internationally recognized directors and producers Robert and Elizabeth Muren brought their musical production, David: The King of Jerusalem, back to the Auditorium at Charis Bible College in Woodland Park, CO. Featuring amazing dance and song, breathtaking scenery, and world-class acting, the musical was further enhanced with a lighting rig of High End Systems fixtures.Read More »High End Systems Lighting Elevates ‘David: The King of Jerusalem’
2nd Story and Collaboraction are the first two organizations to gain certification from On Our Team’s Pay Equity Standards. On Our Team launched the Pay Equity Standards in January 2022, as a first of its kind tool to help theater companies establish pay equity within their organization and serve as a public recognition for equitably paid theater.Read More »First Two Theater Companies are Certified by On Our Team’s Pay Equity Standards
In Episode #324 of The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast, which aired on July 4, 2022, host Gillian Pensavalle takes a deep dive with Hamilton Prop Master Jay Duckworth on how he got his start making props for the theater, what goes into bringing history to life on the stage, and Duckworth shares behind-the-scenes stories of Hamilton‘s journey, from early days at The Public to Broadway.Read More »The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast with “Hamilton” Prop Master Jay Duckworth