Stage Directions

High End Systems will launch its new SolaFrame 750 automated luminaire at the upcoming PLASA 2017 trade show in London. The company’s Sola Series range of products includes the Spot, Frame, Wash, and HyBeam lines. The fixture will make its debut on HES Master Distributor AED’s stand C30 at London Olympia on September 17th-19th. The SolaFrame 750 will also appear on ETC’s stand J30.

Pro audio and event tech professionals can now register to attend The 2018 NAMM Show, January 25-28, in Anaheim California. The show, which annually gathers over 100,000 attendees from 139 countries and regions, will take on a new look in the form of communities across the show floor, including expanded event technology and pro audio areas; the addition of a new building, Anaheim Convention Center North (ACC North); as well as a new education and professional development campus, provided by a variety of industry leading experts in their respective fields.

After 34 years in the entertainment lighting industry and 33 years with Avolites, Steve Warren has changed his role within Avolites, moving away from day to day operational tasks and is now focusing on business development for Avolites. Warren has now extended this service to a complementary organization under the umbrella of, Lighting Distribution Consulting Ltd, a new company Warren has formed.

Elation Professional has added two world premiere product launches to its list of innovative product offerings at the upcoming PLASA show in London. Showing at Stand H40 for the first time anywhere, Elation will be debuting the Artiste Dali™, a full-featured moving head with state-of-the-art LED / Laser Phosphor light engine and the second luminaire in Elation’s Artiste series. The second world premiere product is the new Dartz 360™, a unique, full color-mixing LED beam/spot fixture with gobos and effects that gives all new projection possibilities from a narrow-beam luminaire. Both luminaires have been nominated for a PLASA Award for Innovation.

Soundmirror, a Massachusetts-based classical music recording and production company, recently recorded Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere production of Mason Bates and Mark Campbell’s The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs for release on the Pentatone label. Like many of the productions that the company undertakes, this new live recording was captured using Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless® technology, including LT and SMQV transmitters as well as Venue and Venue2 wireless receivers.

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For her lighting design for the Artistry group’s 2017 revival of The Secret Garden, LD Mary Shabatura employed a collection of Chauvet Rogues that were supplied by Monkey Wrench Productions. Shabatura used 15 Rogue R2 Washes in her rig for the musical at the Schneider Theatre in Bloomington, MN. Drawing on the color rendering capabilities of the RGBW moving LED lights, she created a seamless flow of immersive looks on stage to accent the story’s sweeping movement through space and time as it shifts from India to England, and as the heroine emerges from a nightmarish scene to see her garden grow.

With summer nearly over and fall production in full swing, Bandit Lites shares that its team has once again grown with the hiring of Cynthia Rutherford as Office Manager.

The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is sponsoring an e-waste drive for the theater industry and fans on Wednesday, September 20th from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in Duffy Square (46th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway). The event is open to all shows, theaters, industry members, and fans.

Production Advantage will be holding their fall Vendor Rodeo Wednesday, September 20 from 10:00am-4:00pm. This year the event is generously hosted by the Theatre Department at Williams College in Williamstown, MA. Select manufacturers from across the entertainment industry will be showing off both their newest offerings and time-tested products. See ongoing product demos throughout the day, reach out and touch the equipment, and freely engage the representatives. Bring your questions and leave with ideas!

Check out this video of Michigan State University alum, Production Designer Brian Stonestreet, who holds a BA in Theatre (class of '85) He is the founder of Brian Stonestreet Design Inc., a full-scale production design agency in Burbank, California. His company leads the visual aspects, mainly set designs, for awards shows, television and Fortune 500 company events. He has led production designs for more than 75 performances in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Nashville, and Beijing just to name a few. 

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