Have you ever wanted to work on a Broadway show?  ETC has just launched a new training opportunity, ETC’s On Headset.  It is a recording of Broadway Lighting Designer Ken Billington calling cues and looks over headset to his programmers.  ETC has worked with Mr. Billington to provide his lighting plot, show files and other materials to follow along.

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ETC is excited to introduce On Headset, a new audio series that allows listeners to program a major theatrical production in real time while listening to the audio cues of a lighting designer.

“Our goal with this project is to fill the gap between the traditional classroom or ‘e-training’ methods of console learning and actually sitting behind an Eos desk in a theater,” explains ETC Senior Field Service Engineer Victor Seastone, “This is a console flight simulator to help with both.”

The series features esteemed Broadway lighting designer Ken Billington and a lightly curated recording of the headset conversations during technical rehearsals of the New York City Center Encores’ Me and My Girl in May of 2018. The recordings are broken into 13 episodes, which start as Ken begins putting cues into the console and end after the dress rehearsal—which for Encores, is about 90 percent of the lighting time allowed.

“We are so lucky to have these strong relationships with lighting professionals so we can create and share content like this for our users,” says ETC Senior Controls Product Manager Anne Valentino. “Thanks to the designers and crew who helped make this possible!”

Head over to ETC’s site to download the material and to learn more: www.etcconnect.com.