Recent content by busparking

I had a friend pass along this link to me. Distance Learning: Technical Theatre I haven't had much time to go through it thoroughly, but there seemed to be a number of good ideas that could be done with little more than a computer or tablet device.I'm currently having my students read a play...

Is it possible to get the full context of the quote? If the passage is talking about lens type and Leica was a manufacturer of lenses, it's entirely possible that the text is correct, and the fact that Leica dabbled in stage lighting (which could make sense as it wasn't uncommon for...

These are great!! Keep them coming!Thank you!!

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this, but I'll put it here and someone else can move it if they need to.I want to educate my students on standard procedures of how to interact with a theatre space. I don't know what to call them exactly, but I'm thinking of all the things we do...

Awesome! We may actually get some light over the stage now! Thank you all so much!

Well, I was finally able to get up there and pull down one of the lamps, and they are mogul bases. :( Here's what I found:Now, pretty much all of the lamps I found with mogul bases at my closest BBS required a ballast. Should I assume that these fixtures have ballasts? And, if so, do I need...

Thank you all so much for your help! I tend to know a little bit about a lot of different things. As a result, I am regularly, very quickly feeling out of my depth. Fortunately, I'm also a fairly quick learner, and I've found a great place to learn more and ask questions. ;) I'm just trying to...

Thanks. That looks great. I will have to keep this handy for the next set of spiral stairs I try.

Unfortunately, that was as close to the fixture as I could get with the available means. =0p Here's a closeup of the writing on the envelope.

My official title is Technical Theatre Supervisor at a private MS/HS in Silicon Valley. I was heavily involved in theatre in HS and college, and graduated with a degree in Communications with an emphasis in Theatre. It was in college where I discovered that lighting for the theatre can be much...

Thank you for the help. That sounds much simpler than what we've been trying. Thanks also for the link to the bunks post. That was one of the first posts I found on this site and used it as a basis for my build (I'll also try and get some pictures up).

These are very similar to what we're doing for a production of Annie, Jr. (although ours are only a 4' high). I'm assuming you added a railing to these stairs, how did you build that? We're having a lot of trouble with ours. =0pThank you!

Hello friends,I've been lurking here for a couple months, and have already learned a lot. I was recently hired as a high school theatre TD/facilities supervisor. One of the first things I discovered upon starting the job is that the work lights are all burnt out. Because of this, we are having...