theater

Hello,I am new to working in a theater environment (came from large corporate events and traveling shows) and am working with an orchestra shell that was installed in the early 90s. Understandably it is in need of a good tune up. They could use some love on the wood paneling - scrapes here and...

Hello everyone!I am new to this forum. I work volunteer for a for-profit community theater company in my area. We have a Chauvet Obey 10 light board currently in our theatre space. I am trying to set a lights program for a theater show that opens next week. It is currently connected to 4...

I work for a non-profit dance center in upstate NY. As such, we have a very limited budget for purchasing new equipment. At the same time, there are numerous large theaters and television studios that have or are in the process of upgrading to all LED instruments. I am aware of some that...

Hello!I'm putting together a list of lamps that we need to purchase for our HS Theater. For our LekoZoom 25-50deg, I would like to make sure that an EVR 120v500w bulb is right for the fixture. I want to make sure I have the right info before I pass it on.I am also curious about something as...

Hi, I am currently doing a production of Heathers, and all mics are to go through the hair and come out the forehead. The problem is, all mic wires are skin colored, and they tend to show through most actors' brunette hair because the wire is so light. Last time I ran a show, I put tape on these...

Hi Hi!!As a part of my process of creating a rep plot for my high school's theater, I would like to create a circuit map but I can't find any examples or templates online. Does anyone have any examples or some tips on creating one? Could I possibly draft one on Vectorworks? (I'm not that...

Hello all!It's been a year since my last post here (sorry, couldn't resist). I hope everyone is enjoying the New Year so far.I've recently been asked to design the lighting for a show in a space I'm not very familiar with (this is actually the first show I've designed the lighting for that...

(Apologies, moderators, if this is the wrong section to ask this question.)Hello,I am the Senior Lighting Director for my high school and I am in charge of designing the technical and artistic aspects of the school's fall play and spring musical. As well as other productions and events.I...

Greetings fellow technicians,My name is Adem Hayyu and I am a junior at Franklin High School in Seattle, WA. I joined tech theater in my sophomore year and I did sound for my very first play, Ain't She Sweet. I wasn't very good even after a lot of video tutorials and outside help. The spring...

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Hello everyone!Long time reader, finally decided to sign up... as my "hobby" of all things light, sound, and tech... is turning into something larger... for a few years now, my wife and I have been running a small school, teaching acting dancing and singing.. well school is growing... it's...

I'm currently working on a production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" in the courtyard of my high school for the summer theater camp I work at. The space is very uneven with many steep hills and trees. The good news is that it takes place in the woods. The bad news is that the clearing we have...

Is it possible to go from DMX to Artnet? I have heard that nodes go both ways but I'm not entirely sure. This is for a home theater that runs off of Artnet and I would like to be able to output DMX from a basic DMX controller or PC software that has a DMX dongle like ETC Eos nomad. Any help...

Hi All,Working on a show with 8 SLX transmitters. Last night for the first time (had the mics for a week) we had the channel change automatically on one of the belt packs but not on the receiver during the show without being touched (or so we think).Has anyone had this happen and if so is...

I am in a sticky situation and wondering if anyone has any ideas here. I am assigned to design a small portable set that can be used in assemblies and assembled by a few people, portable to fit into a van or truck. However, the set calls for entrance through a door. Now how the heck does one...

Hey y'all!Alright so the theater I work in is a high school. In our theater we have a passarelle (spelling?). We've always used rope lights to line the edge of the passarelle plugged straight into a dimmer channel (they need to be dimmable and controlled from the lighting desk). However every...

Are there any stage managers out there who hjave done both theater shows and dance productions... which one did you prefer and why? I am a college student looking for some insite on people's opinions. I have worked with dance productions mostly but I am thinking about dabbling into the world...

Hello we are putting on a high school production of Jekyll and Hyde, and were trying to figure out how to do the special effects such as lighting the bishop on fire, low lying fog, chemicals in the lab, and any other stage magic we need to pull off thanks ! If you need videos of Broadway I can...

Apologies now for the long post, but without some explanation, few will understand what the point of this post is, and what I'm asking for. (Possibly not even then!)Some of you may remember my previous software, SOF (Sends on Fader), which came about by filling a need that Yamaha digital mixer...

Hi All,Up for sale is my ETC Expression 3 400 channel console that was manufactured in 2007. I am the second owner and before I bought it, it was owned by a church that upgraded to a Congo a few years ago. In short, it has been very well taken care of! I've made sure to keep it clean on a...