Industry veteran Scott Tucker has joined Crossfade Design’s as Director of Production, Dallas. Tucker’s 33 years of industry experience provides unparalleled leadership for Crossfade Design’s Dallas shop and many ongoing productions.Read More »Scott Tucker Joins Crossfade Design, LLC
Jacob Kaplan has learned a valuable life lesson early in his burgeoning lighting design career: It never hurts to ask. A high school senior at Fusion… Read More »Claypaky Lighting Fixtures Elevate Stage Productions for NTPA Collegiate Pursuits Troupe
The multi-generational Northwest Bible Church in Dallas, TX, ramped up atmospheric looks and festive lighting effects for a series of concerts in December, rigging Vari-Lite VL1600 Profile luminaires from Signify. The church’s Lighting Director Matthew Hughes worked with Tyler Gannaway, Vari-Lite Business Development Manager Central and Eastern Rental & Touring at Signify, to source the VL1600 fixtures. Hughes’ aim was to utilize the VL1600’s VL*FX wheel to add movement to the textures projected on the walls, and the tunable white engine and wide color range to create the perfect atmosphere for the concerts.Read More »Vari-Lite VL1600 Profile Adds Textures and Effects at Northwest Bible Church, Dallas
Janes Addiction were out supporting the Smashing Pumpkins beneath a lighting rig of Elation Artiste Monet™ and DARTZ 360™ LED moving heads designed, programmed and operated by Alex Picard. Lighting supply and support was from Legacy Production Group.Read More »Efficient, Effective Elation Gear on Janes Addiction ‘Spirits on Fire Tour’
American electro-pop artist Ari Staprans Leff, who performs under the stage name Lauv, is currently on his All 4 Nothing Tour with dates running into December in the U.S. Designers Parker Genoway and Cory FitzGerald of Silent House, and Lighting Programmer/Director Will Flavin, spoke with PLSN about the lighting and video of the production, supplied by LMG.
Indie rock bands Joywave and I Don’t Know How but They Found Me (iDKHOW for short) recently completed a 23-date co-headlining tour of the USA backed by an LED video wall system comprised of ADJ Vision Series panels. The impressive playback system featured a large central rectangular screen, flanked on both sides by two smaller vertical columns of panels. This configuration allowed the performance space to be encompassed by video graphics, which were utilized extensively by both bands to create a wide variety of visual effects that enhanced the aesthetic of their performances.Read More »Indie Rockers Joywave and iDKHOW Hit The Road With ADJ Vision Series VS3 LED Video Panels
The Lumineers’ “Brightside” tour brings a production family back together with Tour Director Sara Full, Designers Sooner Routhier and Robert Long of SRae Productions and Lighting Director Ian Haslauer. The show is triumph of lighting, video, and automation.
TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, proudly announced recently the 2022 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awardees: Fred Voelpel, Eugene Lee, Dede Ayite, Michael Curry, and Caroline F. Siedle.
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
Crossfade Design, LLC has promoted Jalyn Kowalski to general manager. During her two and a half years at with the design company, Kowalski has evolved… Read More »Crossfade Design Promotes Jalyn Kowalski to General Manager
As lighting designer for the Juno Award-winning James Barker Band, Andrew Dawson gets ample opportunities to engage in “illuminated storytelling,” thanks to the rich narratives… Read More »Andrew Dawson Unfolds James Barker Band’s Stories with Chauvet Professional
The AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas has invested in Vari-Lite and Strand luminaires from Signify in five of its main spaces to transform their lighting and reduce power consumption. The $360 million multi-venue Center upgraded its fixtures with more than 200 Vari-Lite and Strand products.Read More »Dallas’ AT&T Performing Arts Center Upgrades all Main Venues to Vari-Lite and Strand