The Sixth annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday all day lighting workshop is being held in New York City, on Saturday, January 22, 2011

Meet theater professionals and network with like career people. It will be 10 hours of hard work, fun, and a great learning experience. The workshop is geared towards anyone interested in stage/theatrical type lighting including lighting designers, technicians, electricians, set designers, sound designers, architectural professionals, church lighting directors, teachers and students at all levels, etc.

Past keynote speakers have included Ken Billington, Beverly Emmons, and James L. Moody..  As usual, we expect to have over two dozen manufacturers participating with their newest equipment and technical experts. The faculty will consist of practicing professionals working in the theater lighting field. There will be about 10 intensive sessions. This class is designed primarily for active and would be theater lighting people who are still in their early careers. 

Click here for the on-line registration system.
Super Saturday will be held at:
LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts (across from Lincoln Center) at 100 Amsterdam Avenue in New York City.

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Hello. my name is Scott Parker and I want to welcome you to these design/tech pages. I created these pages over 13 years ago to show the public what my student technicians were doing. Designers & Technicians are equally important to a show as the Director and Actors. We are all charged with supporting the Author's words.

The pages grew. People visited. They would ask questions, share ideas, give suggestions and more. I would like to thank all the students, faculty and professionals who have contributed to our team. Yes, I consider us all part of a team.

Many schools do not have a production type person. If you have tech questions, click on the Techie Talk and join the mailing list. I hope that the info here will help those students who have the drive to "get the show up," do so safely and have fun.

Mission:

• To assist High School Technical Theater students in their desire to learn about, create, and execute theatrical productions.
• To enable the exchange of information in a respectful manner.
• To foster team work and peer networks that will last beyond high school.

Combining theory and application, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting provides a comprehensive analysis of lighting systems along with step-by-step examples and illustrations of the technical tools and methods. Readers will benefit from experience-based tips, techniques and traps to avoid in preparing and executing a lighting design. Anecdotes illustrate why some techniques succeed while others fail.