Author Archives: David R. Whitney
HOW TO: Create a Rain Effect on Stage
For this rain effect on stage, the designer wanted a thin curtain of water falling like rain across the entire width of the stage just in front of the upstage wall of the set. This is a classic rain curtain … Continue reading
2amt: The Value of Maintenance
2am Theatre is a great new blog covering, encouraging, and developing some of the best new ideas in theatre. While most of the posts I’ve read so far have been geared towards development, marketing, and community, the site is starting … Continue reading
Rose Brand’s Know-How
Started in January of this year, Rose Brand’s Know-How blog has proven to be a site worth following. I am reasonably dubious of manufacturer-run blogs: they are often too self-promoting. In the past eight months, Rose Brand’s site has had … Continue reading
Scenic-Shop
At Scenic-Shop, author Mathew D. Jordan blogs about various technical-direction-style solutions mostly from his personal experience. Jordan’s specialties covered in the blog include AutoCAD scripts and commands, Excel formulas, scenic material reviews, and automation solutions. He has been running this … Continue reading
Technical Brief
Yale’s Technical Brief is an excellent publication of some of the best articles written about technical theatre solutions. It is published three times a year as a periodical for a subscription fee of $20 per year. After enough volumes have … Continue reading
Technical Design Solutions for Theatre, Volume 2
Published as the second volume of Technical Briefs series, this book continues to provide classic solutions to common theatre problems. View the index at Yale’s Technical Brief site. View the summary and reviews at Google Books. Purchase the book from … Continue reading
Technical Design Solutions for Theatre, Volume 1
Originally published by the Yale School of Drama as Technical Briefs, this collection is one of the classic sources for any theatrical problem-solving. View the index at Yale’s Technical Brief site. View selected excerpts at Google Books. Purchase the book … Continue reading
Technical Theatre Reference Search
The results of the Google Custom Search below will be from a carefully selected and curated list of theatre-specific references and guides. A majority of these sites will be covered on this blog.
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Lifehacker Features a Theatre Workspace
Technology and productivity site Lifehacker features a theatrical lighting and projection design workspace as part of their regular Workspace Show and Tell series. It’s not often that part of our theatre industry gets this kind of mainstream attention. The article … Continue reading
Building a DMX-Arduino Controller
Build a DMX transmitter using the open-source Arduino microcontroller and a DMX shield. The official Arduino:Playground wiki has a great guide to get you started, providing background information on the DMX protocol itself and several code samples. But the key component … Continue reading