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#USITT2011 is Tomorrow!

USITT is tomorrow! I know I’m ready, I’ve been spending the first half of spring break sitting around my dorm avoiding the homework that’s been piling up and surviving on quesadillas cooked on the George Foreman. Business cards in pocket, clothes packed, plane to catch, its time for an adventure! I’m not sure what part [...]

#USITT2011 Stage Expo Hasn’t Even STARTED and I Have So Much to Share!

Today was jam packed with sessions, sessions and more sessions.  I was part of the panel for two sessions today and I had a BLAST!  The best part is, I have audio!  While I would love to share it as soon as possible, I just don’t have the capabilities to do it while in Charlotte, [...]

Fill Up Your Dance Card at #USITT2011

Most people that are attending USITT in Charlotte, NC this week will be traveling either today or tomorrow.  Travel time is the best time to catch up on some reading or that pesky paperwork that always seems to fall behind. I don’t know about you, but I have an hour and a half flight that [...]

#USITT2011 Is THIS WEEK… Are You Ready?

It’s March already?  Time is just flying by!  As I un-pack, clean, write and re-pack for USITT this today, I wanted to check in and see if everyone else is ready for the week.  Have you made a list yet? You really should.  It is the worst to get to the conference and realize you [...]

Lehigh Set to Launch Rendition II Desk at USITT

Lehigh will be introducing the Rendition II at USITT. This console includes both hardware and software upgrades to the original Rendition console series. Hardware features include 1.6 GHz processor, 2 GB compact flash hard drive, dual monitor and touch screen support, four USB ports, and fader wing support. New software features include cue level parameter [...]

Times Square Lighting Launches BD202 & BD203 LED Fixtures

The BD202 and BD203 are theatrical-style units that deliver the lighting equivalence of a conventional 75-watt halogen MR16 lamp with a 70% power savings and up to ten times the lamp life. These fixtures feature the latest in LED technology utilizing warm, neutral and daylight white color temperatures with a 23º or 37º beam spread. [...]

JR Clancy to Showcase Rigging Projects at USITT in Charlotte

The very latest in rigging technology—from award-winning innovations for a grand opera house to the safest choices for schools—will be showcased in videos at J. R. Clancy’s booth (#730) at the USITT conference in Charlotte, NC, March 9-12, 2011. J. R. Clancy will feature high-resolution videos of several of its most recent rigging projects in [...]

USITT 2011 iOS App Released

The New USITT iOS App is out and available.  This is a totally new app and different from the 2010 app.  Here is more from Userful Development, the developers of the app. Sponsored by Barbizon Lighting Co. and Theatre Consultants Collaborative, the app has been developed by Useful Development, Inc. to provide information about the [...]

Useful Development Re-Releasing USITT App for iOS AND Droid

I just heard from the iOS developer, Useful Development, that they are re-launching the USITT App for this years Conference and Stage Expo in Charlotte North Carolina. You may remember last years conference when Useful Development announced and released the iOS app, USITT 2010, as a replacement for the printed conference and stage expo guide. [...]

USITT Announces Architectural & Theatre Students “Ideal Theatre” Design Competition

As a lighting professional and lover of the theatre, have you ever walked into a theatre and thought… “What the hell kind of design is this, who designed this place, a blind man”?  We have all been there.  Sitting at the drafting desk, looking over a sectional, “was the architect on crack when he put [...]