Recent content by KevinJohnston

Ummmm, OTHER. (s)he's a non-teaching staff member and knows lots about tech and likes/talks to the students daily. That's me.

An informal poll: What temp does the thermostat at your venue get set at? I'm managing a 400 seat fly house at a high school and we constantly have patrons complaining about how cold it is in the theater. I've asked the school district over and over to set the temp higher. The latest response...

For a 1 color front system, I use R54.

So I just started working at a 2 year old high school theater that has a Strand ClassicPalette 250 and an iPaq. They are both connected to the network but don't want to talk to each other. The iPaq has an app called "Palette RFU" and a separate app called "strand remote". Strand remote doesn't...

I worked at the New York State Theater (3000 seat house) for 3 years as a follow spot op and never saw a single cue sheet the entire time I was there. Whether it was ballet or opera, the SM called every cue for all 8 spots, including color, size, intensity, and pickup location. Usually, they...