Stage Directions

Dataton, the renowned AV technology manufacturer, is expanding its support of the North America market with the appointment of two highly-skilled product specialists, Jim Kellner and Bill Gillette.

The Santa Fe Opera announces the members of its 2019 Season Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians. This season’s program is comprised of technicians, designers, and craftspeople from across New Mexico, the wider United States, South America, England and China. The 78 individuals were selected from a pool of more than 900 applicants through a competitive screening and interview process by the Opera’s Production Department Heads. Santa Fe Opera Production and Recruiting Coordinator Tracy Armagost facilitates the program, which includes recruitment, hiring, and programming for each season.

TAIT announces that Kinesys, a leader in motion control technology, has joined the TAIT group of companies. The combination yields unmatched capabilities in automation and show control and creates exciting opportunities for existing and future customers of both companies.

Elation Professional announces that Niccolo Cascino has joined the growing entertainment lighting company as a Business Development Manager. Niccolo joins Elation from 8th Ward Management, a management company for live production creatives that he founded in 2013.

Stage Directions brings you classic Q2Q Comics from the Q2Q Archive. Here’s #339: FRUIT SPECIFICATIONS from November 28, 2016.

Here is a fun set walk-through with the Alley Theatre's Rebekah Bryant, Scene Shop Supervisor and Daniel d'Egnuff, Assistant Technical Director, of the beautiful set designed by Hugh Landwehr for Ken Ludwig's The Three Musketeers.
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Florida Repertory Theatre’s leadership and Board of Directorshave announced it has purchased the Bradford block in downtown Fort Myers, which contains the Historic Arcade Theatre, ArtStage Studio Theatre, and other Florida Rep facilities, as well as the parking lot across Bay Street. This milestone purchase was made possible by multiple transformational gifts from a group of anonymous donors, given solely for the company to purchase the property. The acquisition secures the company’s future into its next twenty-one years and beyond. “For the first time in our twenty-one-year history, we will own the theatre and the parking lot,” said Florida Rep Board Chairman Marc Laviolette. “It gives us the self-determination which we never had and the opportunity to apply for grant dollars that were unavailable because we didn’t own our facility.”
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Point Source Audio (PSA), displayed their patent-pending CO2 Confidence Collection, a new class of built-in redundant microphones, at this year’s InfoComm trade show held June 12-14 in Orlando, FL. If you missed the show, here is a quick tour of their booth with Point Source Audio's Dave Johnson:

 Learn how they make it rain for 20 minutes straight on stage for the National Theatre's production of Rutherford and Son. At the start of Rutherford and Son, it rains for 20 minutes on stage, accompanied by folk songs from the North East of England. Special Effects Supervisor, Paul Wanklin explains the rain effect and Musical Director and Assistant Composer, Sarah Dacey talks about the singing. Director, Polly Findlay also talks about the production.
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Based on the popular Danish cartoon Terkel in Trouble, the new musical will be hitting theaters across Europe, Terkel — The Motherfårking Musical. In this video, FOH and Sound Production Engineer Magnus Hansen and Sound Design Supervisor Frank Grønbæk sit down to discuss the sound of Terkel — The Motherfårking Musical at the show's world premiere at the Tivoli Concert Hall.
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