489 stories from Stage Directions
SM Tech Fridays are Back! The 2021 Broadway Stage Management Symposium was amazing, but they now turn their attention towards the future and summer. Theaters across the country are preparing…
ACT Lighting, Inc. is pleased to announce that Bradley Cronenwett has joined the company as Regional Outside Sales for the southeast. An Ohio native, Cronenwett brings to his new post mor…
"Time is very long for those who wait," wrote Shakespeare. The bard penned these words more than four centuries (and a couple of pandemics) ago. But those deprived of the joy of live theatre…
Wingspace's Virtual Salon #27 will feature members of No More 10 out of 12s' working group and colleagues for a conversation about the detrimental practice and how it affects each desi…
Bandit Lites is pleased to share the hiring of Melanie Miller as its Accounts Payable Manager. Miller earned a degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from the Unive…
In a land of theater excellence, Aistenok Irkutsk Regional Puppet Theater occupies a prominent place among Russian puppet theaters. The marionette masters in the Siberian city of Irkutsk rec…
For the next 90 days, the Event Safety Alliance will offer the online Event Safety Access Training (ESAT) course free of charge, enabling live event professionals to complete the train…
The first Virtual Showlight event, which was held on Tuesday May 25, 2021, proved to be a real success story. With the full Showlight postponed due to the pandemic, VSL 2021 turned trial int…
In life, Malcolm Ewen, the long-time production stage manager at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and a decades-long member of the board of Season of Concern, was a tireless advocate for Chicago'…
 Frankfurt Opera in Germany is one of the most renowned opera stages in Europe, having paved the way for many successful operatic careers. Recently, with an extensive d&b audio syste…
Founded in February 1840, Britain's first purpose built teacher's college opened. Known today as the University of Chester, the highly-regarded university welcomes some 15,000 students from …
A new book about the techniques and unique issues of lighting design for live events and productions being shot for broadcast, webcast or IMAG, has been published by Routledge and their medi…
Lift The Curtain-End Unpaid Internships an organization whose goal is to end unpaid internships in the theater industry is hosting another USITT Conversation. Lift The Curtain has assembled …
Broadway & Beyond: Access for Stage Managers of Color has recently updated its website to include a contact database for stage managers of color who are open to work, and a job postings …
The San Francisco Opera utilized a complement of Ayrton Perseo-S fixtures in Lighting Designer, Jax Messenger's rig when it brought opera back to town in a COVID-safe outdoor production of R…
The challenges of today's crowded RF environment, combined with the pressure to deliver flawless audio for varying productions, has created a demand for wireless solutions that are dependabl…
Sennheiser has released Evolution Wireless Digital, backed by an app-based workflow. Wireless is meant to make things easier. It gives you freedom to perform. It makes set-up times faster. B…
Riedel Communications announced that the landmark Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris has adopted a full suite of Riedel's award-winning communications and video signal routing solutions. Ri…
As we all start coming back to working in close proximity with one another as theaters and shops reopen, tours start going out, we are all going to have to get used to a year off. We haven't…
Creative Stage Lighting Co., Inc. is pleased to announce that it has made two additions to its staff. CSL has hired Mark McKinney for the position of Vice President, where he will be respons…
Registration for the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) will open on June 15, 2021. NATEAC 2021, a virtual conference, will take place on July 20, 21, an…
The new national alliance is The National Association of Black Theatre Building Owners (c) In an effort to share knowledge, resources, and strengthen the infrastructure of the Black theatre …
PreSonus® is now shipping Retro Mix Legends, a collection of three Mix Engine Effects plug-ins for the company's popular Studio One® Professional DAW. Retro Mix Legends is the follow u…
DPA Microphones is pleased to announce the appointment of Søren Høgsberg as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, effective immediately. As a former executive with many of D…
Altman Lighting announces two new hires in its sales department. Jon Hyrkas will serve as the new Western Regional Sales Manager, and Jake Rhodes will serve as Product Sales Specialist, star…