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Early Career: The 1/52 Project Grantees

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. The 1/52 Project launched in January 2022 with the goal of providing financial support to rising designers from historically excluded groups with the aim of diversifying and strengthening the Broadway design community.

ROE Visual Celebrates Milestone of the Film-Centric Black Pearl 2

ROE Visual is excited to announce the news of over 100,000 panels of their Black Pearl 2 series in Virtual Production use around the world. This figure represents a major milestone for the team and marks the undisputed market position of ROE Visual in this market segment. The latest model in the series, the BP2V2, is world-renowned for its on-screen performance, quickly solidifying it as “The Gold Standard in Virtual Production.” Here’s a short video celebrating this milestone:

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Video of the Week: James Earl Jones on the Dedication of Theater Named for Him

On Monday, Sept. 12, The Shubert Organization officially dedicated and revealed the newly renamed James Earl Jones Theatre, formerly the Cort Theatre, in honor of the iconic multi-award-winning American actor. The dedication ceremony follows a $47 million restoration and expansion of the 110-year-old Broadway theater. Jones recalled making his Broadway debut on this very stage in 1958.

Martin by HARMAN Introduces MAC Aura XIP Indoor/Outdoor Wash Light with Filament Effect

HARMAN Professional Solutions introduces the Martin MAC Aura XIP, premium moving head wash light raising the bar for optical quality, featuring an even wash field with soft edge, minimal stray light, and high intensity mid-air beams. It has a Radical aura filament effect, with improved light engine control, and an outdoor rating with close to zero compromises in weight, size, and aesthetics.

Here’s an introductory video on the features of the MAC Aura XIP:

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Tickets on Sale for frame:work:london ‘22; Event Set for Nov. 3-4 at CodeNode

Super Early Bird and Student Tickets are now available for frame:work:london 2022, Nov. 3 & 4. frame:work:london is a conference for conversations about the unique challenges of creating video for physical spaces, live performance, and virtual worlds. Attendees range from expert practitioners in creative video production, partner design disciplines in set, lighting and audio, production leadership, new professionals, and students. If you work in real-time content creation, screens content for live entertainment, or interactive content—this is your home. Let’s build a future for the creative video community.Read More »Tickets on Sale for frame:work:london ‘22; Event Set for Nov. 3-4 at CodeNode

SETC & USITT’s 9th Annual LiNK – Virtual 2022 Event Set for Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2022

Where Master’s Candidates and Recruiters Connect. Register by November 10 for only $75

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

Rakkestad Theatre in Norway Upgrades with Anolis LED House Lighting

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

frame:work:london 2022 Conference to be Held Nov. 3-4 at CodeNode

frame:work is hosting its first in-person conference—frame:work:london—for the creative video community on November 3 & 4 at CodeNode in London, UK. frame:work is a community organization for creative video professionals working in screens-dominated live events, installations and virtual productions.Read More »frame:work:london 2022 Conference to be Held Nov. 3-4 at CodeNode

2022 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awardees Announced

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