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The following three audio interviews make up our 2024 QolorTOPIX Podcast Series, which showcases the work and lives of lighting professionals who shaped the landscape of 2024.
Itohan Edoloyi and Ken Billington, Lighting Designers for Left on Tenth
October 2024. Featuring lighting designers Itohan Edoloyi and Ken Billington. Itohan and Ken worked together as co-lighting designers behind the new Broadway play, Left on Tenth, written by Delia Ephron. Listen now to learn more about their collaboration on this new Broadway play, their careers and what's next.
Explore Left on Tenth podcast pageMextley Couzin
August 2024. City Theatrical interviewed lighting designer Mextly Couzin, upon her Broadway debut as lighting designer for Job at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Learn more about her background, her experience lighting Job the play, and what's next for her life and career.
Explore the Mextley Couzin podcast pageJay Woods
March 2024. City Theatrical interviewed Jay Woods, a Scenic Electrics Engineer with experience on a variety of entertainment projects, including Broadway, touring projects, dance, television, and more. Learn more about his career, his approach to technology and collaboration, and vision for the future of lighting.
Explore the Jay Woods podcast page
The following two written Designer Interviews showcase lighting changemakers behind 2024 productions in live entertainment and film lighting projects around the world.
Cheyenne Mendoza
April 2024. City Theatrical interviewed Technical Director, Vilar Performing Arts Center (VPAC) Cheyenne Mendoza backstage during "Spring Skiing" season to find out more about his career, what it's like to light shows in the Rocky Mountains, his favorite performances at the VPAC, and why he prefers to use City Theatrical's GLP beam control accessories with his GLP X5 lighting fixtures, as well as other unique lighting accessories.
Read Cheyenne Mendoza InterviewRobert Scarborough CSC
January 2024. City Theatrical interviewed Director of Photography Robert Scarborough to find out more about what inspires him in his career as a cinematographer, how scrims are used for film and television, and what led him to design this accessory with City Theatrical.
Robert Scarborough CSC Interview
City Theatrical is fortunate to be a company that is backed by many talented and passionate people. The following four Employee Spotlight interviews celebrate our artisans and their work to create the unique lighting accessories used by entertainment and architectural projects every day.
McKenna Pope
November 2024. City Theatrical talked to McKenna Pope, about her experience as a Buyer / Planner at the company and also about her TedTalk from 2015, in which she created change in the toy manufacturing industry at a mere 14 years of age.
View McKenna Pope's SpotlightAdam Seidman
October 2024. City Theatrical talked to Adam Seidman, who is an Electrical Engineer on the engineering team at City Theatrical, to learn more about the development of the highly anticipated DMXcat-E™.
View Adam Seidman's SpotlightHispanic Heritage Month Celebration
September 2024. To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, employees who hail from Latin American countries brought an item that reminds them of their country or heritage. Learn more and celebrate the people behind City Theatrical products.
View Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month PageWomen of City Theatrical
March 2024. To celebrate Women's History Month, we spoke with the women who work at City Theatrical, to find out more about their role, what they like best about working at City Theatrical, and what advice they would give to someone looking to start a career in the lighting industry.
View Women of City Theatrical Page
The following case studies feature projects in various areas of the entertainment industry from around the world.
QolorFLEX® 5-in-1 LED Tape at the Republican National Convention
July 2024. The Republican National Convention (RNC) was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We want to thank our colleagues at Display Supply & Lighting for choosing our QolorFLEX LED lighting solution - which included: 300+ custom cut runs of our QolorFLEX® 5-in-1 LED Tape, RGB+Amber+Cool White, with dimming control using 50 QolorFLEX 25x3A Dimmers, and QolorFLEX Connect 10s - to illuminate the staircases, podiums, and beyond.
View case study pageMultiverse Vero Outdoor Wireless DMX at Philadelphia City Hall
July 2024. Learn how the team at Starlite used 20 Multiverse® Vero Transceivers and long range Yagi Antennas to broadcast wireless DMX/RDM in this busy outdoor setting, as well as a RadioScan® Spectrum Analyzer to ensure their signal would broadcast over a less crowded area of the spectrum.
View case study pageMultiverse Wireless DMX/RDM for the Walkway Over the Hudson River
June 2024. Learn how Multiverse Vero Outdoor Wireless DMX/RDM was used to relay the wireless DMX signal across the Walkway bridge over the Hudson River, New York, USA between the towns of Poughkeepsie and Highlands, in this City Theatrical case study.
View case study pageQolorFLEX Quad Chip LED Tape for NYC Dance Alliance
May 2024 The creative team from NYC Dance Alliance was looking for stage signage they could use to illuminate their iconic NYCDA logo for an upcoming tour. They hired the lighting fabrication team from StoneDog Studios, based in New Jersey, USA, to make this come to life by fabricating marquee lettering using a high-quality LED tape solution that would last through a tour.
View case study pageQolorFLEX LED Tape at Romanza at the Peppermill Casino
April 2024. Lighting Designer John Priebe and the team were looking to highlight and enhance the three-dimensional layers of clouds in the ceiling at Romanza, which is an Italian restaurant at the Peppermill in Reno, Nevada. Learn how they used 21 of QolorFLEX LED Tape, 5-in-1 LED Tape, RGBACW to provide the lighting effect they needed.
View case study pageMultiverse Wireless DMX for Madonna Celebration Tour
March 2024. PRG worked with scenic designer Ric Lipson and lighting designer Rob Sinclair to create scenic doorway frames with pixel-controlled LED lights and illuminated crosses for Madonna’s Celebration Tour. PRG Scenic Electrics Designer Jay Woods incorporated City Theatrical’s Multiverse Wireless DMX/RDM into those scenic elements.
View case study pageQolorFLEX® LED Tape and Accessories for Retail Display for Courtside
February 2024. Design Dimension Inc. was looking for LED tape solutions to illuminate 278 acrylic sneaker shelves for a retail store display at Courtside at the Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh, North Carolina. Learn how they used 21 reels of QolorFLEX LED Tape, 12V, Natural White as well as QolorFLEX Dimmers, and Power Supplies to provide the clean LED lighting they needed for a streamlined acrylic sneaker display
View case study pageMultiverse® Wireless DMX/RDM for Netflix Film Leave the World Behind
January 2024. Chief Lighting Technician Steven Ramsey and the lighting team for the Netflix film Leave the World Behind were looking for a robust and reliable wireless DMX solution for shooting this film. Discover more about their experience with the Multiverse Studio Kit and other wireless DMX/RDM products in this wireless DMX case study Q&A with Steven Ramsey on Netflix's Leave the World Behind film
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DMXcat-E™
City Theatrical‘s new! DMXcat-E™ (P/N 6100) is an expansion to City Theatrical’s DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool system of solutions that allows for Ethernet control of a lighting fixture. In addition to all the functions DMXcat users currently enjoy, including utilization of the DMXcat free smartphone application for iPhone and Android to plan, install, operate, and maintain theatrical and studio lighting equipment, DMXcat-E allows users to view and send Ethernet protocols, including ArtNet and Streaming ACN (sACN).
See DMXcat-E pageEluxtra 5-in-1 LED Strip Light
City Theatrical and Environmental Lights announce the launch of Eluxtra™ 5-in-1 LED Strip Light. The five-color accent lighting solution represents the next phase of the Eluxtra product line. Each strip offers an extensive color range with elite performance, reliability, and ease of use.
See the Eluxtra LED Strip Light pageEluxtra 4-in-1 and RGB LED Strip Light
Eluxtra™ represents the next evolution in LED tape light technology. It is engineered to enhance performance and simplify installation for professionals across many industries. Delivering consistent performance, simplified wiring, and vibrant colors, Eluxtra makes it easier for lighting designers to achieve their goals with minimal complexity. All configurations are UL Listed and feature 60 LEDs per meter.
See Eluxtra LED Strip pageQolorFLEX 4-in-1 Plus Deep Red LED Tape, 24V Indoor
QolorFLEX® Quad Chip RGBA Plus LED Tape, RGBA + Deep Red (P/N 5050-24-RGBAD-60-5-20-1) is an interior grade 24V Quad Chip 4-in-1 RGBA plus Deep Red LED tape with a high output brightness and the ability to create a wide spectrum of colours, including deep red, when used with a DMX colour control system.
See QolorFLEX 4-in-1 Plus Deep Red LED Tape pageMartin Viper XIP Accesories
City Theatrical now offers three standard beam control accessories designed to fit Martin Lighting’s MAC Viper XIP lighting fixture, which includes the MAC Viper XIP Follow Spot Handle (P/N 2815), MAC Viper XIP Concentric Ring (P/N 2816), and MAC Viper XIP Hexcel Louver (P/N 2817).
See Martin Accessories pageMartin ERA 800 Performance Accessories
City Theatrical’s new Martin Professional ERA 800 Performance Top Hat (P/N 2820) is a new Standard Top Hat that serves two functions when using this ERA 800 Performance fixture for an entertainment lighting project: To control light spill, or to reduce the viewing angle to the lens. City Theatrical is also now shipping a Concentric Ring (P/N 2821) and Hexcel Louvers (P/N 2822) as beam control accessories for the Martin Professional ERA 800 Performance fixture, as well as a Mount Kit for the Martin ERA 800 Performance (P/N 104-00810).
See Martin Accessories pageLight Leak Shield for ETC fos4 Fresnel
To complement City Theatrical’s Barndoors for ETC fos/4 Fresnel 7 and 10, City Theatrical developed the new Light Leak Shield for ETC fos/4 Desire and Fresnel 7 (P/N 2632-LLS) and the new Light Leak Shield for ETC's fos/4 Fresnel 10 (P/N 2633-LLS) to enhance the use of these Barndoors to control light spill with even greater precision
See beam control pageGLP Impression X4 S Concentric Ring
City Theatrical designs and manufactures the most complete line of beam control accessories for German Light Products (GLP) lighting fixtures and moving lights available anywhere. City Theatrical is now shipping the new GLP Impression X4 S Concentric Ring (P/N 6378).
See GLP Accessories page
15 Wednesday Matinees
Our weekly email series that we call "Wednesday Matinee" releases on Wednesdays at 2pm to feature new shows on Broadway and beyond.
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