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Working With Moving Lights

Part 1, Moving Lights 101 will be a discussion and demonstration of the basics of moving light technology and control. Moving Light Programmer Cory FitzGerald will give us an inside look at the Studio Color and Studio Spot fixtures, and discuss the various components of different moving head and moving mirror fixtures. Cory has extensive experience with the Wholehog III, and will outline for us the significant developments in this console versus the Wholehog II. Cory will also discuss the use of palettes and techniques for executing cue sequences. Lighting Designer Ed McCarthy will share his thoughts on what a designer needs to understand about the console in order to cue efficiently. Video projections will allow close-up viewing of the board and the lighting units. The video display of the Hog monitors will be presented on a large screen.

Part 2, Working With Your Programmer Lighting Designer Ed McCarthy will team up with Cory FitzGerald to demonstrate and discuss designer-programmer collaboration. They will show us prepared cue sequences and we will observe as they create new moves and edit the existing ones. The video projections will allow us to see both the keystrokes Cory uses to execute the commands as well as the output on the Hog's screens. This demonstration will include the use of several different types of moving fixtures including the Vari-lite 1000 which has programmable shutters. In the latter part of the afternoon, the audience will be encouraged to participate by suggesting cueing ideas and using the vocabulary introduced during the day. Ed and Cory will entertain questions throughout the presentation.

Please note that the workshops are lectures and demonstrations. While there will be opportunities for individual questions and an up-close look at the Wholehog III, "Hands on" will be limited to a few participants depending on attendance.

PRICING:
Session One OR Session Two $30
Both Sessions $50 (includes a box lunch and drinks)
Pre-payment is requested by credit card, check, or cash. However, payment at the door by cash is acceptable. The box lunch will be included only for those who prepay for both sessions in advance. Please RSVP to BAI@BALNY.COM or call Patrick O'Rourke at 212/226 -925 or 917/560-1978 to pay by credit card. Checks should be made out to Big Apple Lights and must be received by November 11th.

Panelists:

ED McCARTHY (Lighting Designer) Ed recently lit the Irving Berlin revue I Love A Piano! at the Denver Center. Other credits include the BC/EFA Benefit production of Once on This Island on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre. Regional : Actor's Theatre of Louisville, designing 11 shows over 2 seasons, including the Humana Festival. Also: House of Blue Leaves, Other People's Money, Pump Boys and Dinettes. NY Theater : Over 30 Off and Off-off Bway shows; Concerts: JVC Jazz, Cole Porter's Jubilee, Tributes to Noel Coward, George Shearing, Comden & Green, all at Carnegie Hall. Also: Judy Collins, Ben Vereen, Marvin Hamlisch. Associate LD for five companies of Mamma Mia! in the US and Canada, The Unexpected Man, Putting It Together, Dame Edna, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dance of the Vampires (someone had to!) Ed's television credits include: Lighting Director for this year's Grammy Awards and Latin Grammys, the 2001 thru 2003 Tony Awards, Daytime Emmy Awards, and Kennedy Center Honors, PBS: Live From Lincoln Center, CNN: Town Meeting: The Economy. He is currently working as Associate LD on the Broadway production of Wonderful Town, with Peter Kaczorowski.

CORY FITZGERALD (Programmer) Cory is High End Systems' Wholehog III Support Specialist for the United States. He has been beta testing and using the console for a year and a half. He has programmed many smaller shows around the city including Brave New World, the theatrical community's response to Sept. 11th, as well as shows around the country and in Bermuda. Cory started working for Angstrom Stage Lighting in Los Angeles when he was 16 and has continued with production and design work since then. He recently graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he studied Lighting Design. Currently, he has been spending his time traveling the country with Hog 3, teaching training classes and learning the intricacies of expense reports.

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October 14

7 p.m. at Fordham University

Pope Auditorium, at 113 60th Street (Corner of Columbus Ave. and 60th Street).

Theatrical Lighting as Applied to Architectural Lighting Concepts and Designs with Paul Gregory

Join us for an exciting evening with Paul Gregory as he discusses the tools and skills necessary for a theatrical lighting designer to cross over to architectural lighting design. Whether you are looking to expand your career through pursuing architectural design consulting or if you are considering changing careers completely, Paul is certainly the most qualified in the industry to help you with a transition from the theatrical to the architectural.

Paul Gregory's philosophy of design reflects his belief that a sense of drama and theatre is inherent in successful architectural projects. Trained in theatrical lighting at the Goodman Theatre School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in Architectural Lighting Design at the Parsons School of Design, Paul spent a number of years designing lights for regional theatres such as Alley Theatre, StageWest, and the Goodman Theatre before founding Focus Lighting, Inc. of New York. Since founding Focus Lighting, Inc., eighteen years ago, he has designed such projects as the Toy 'R' Us Flagship store in Times Square , Tribeca Grand Hotel, The Mohegan Sun Casino, Phase 1, Le Cirque Restaurant, to mention just a few in a long list of award winning designs. He has received multiple Lumen Awards as well as the IALD, Waterbury, ASID and Lighting Dimensions International "Lighting Designer of the Year" Award.

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September 15

7 p.m. at The Flea Theatre

41 White Street (3 blocks south of Canal, between Broadway and Church)

Networking, or How Do Freelancers Find Jobs?

How do freelancer designers find jobs?? How do you build a peer network? How do you become part of one? Join us for Big Apple Institute's Networking seminar and find out. We will discuss tips and techniques of networking, followed by a wine & cheese reception designed to encourage conversations & connections. There will be a charge of $10 at the door to cover our expenses

Panelists:

Kirk Bookman (Lighting Designer) BROADWAY:The Sunshine Boys (Jack Klugman and Tony Randall), The Gin Game (Julie Harris and Charles Durning), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Band In Berlin. OFF-BROADWAY: Recent Tragic Events at Playwrights Horizons, Mondo Drama, Bedbound, Shanghai Moon (Charles Busch), Playboy Of The Western World, Havana Is Waiting, Force Continuum, My One Good Nerve starring Ruby Dee; The Importance Of Being Earnest, Major Barbara (director Tony Walton); Eclipsed, Cy Colemanan's Exactly Like You, The Green Heart, The Shawl, Rude Entertainment, The Book Of Liz (David and Amy Sedaris), Les MIZrahi (Isaac Mizrahi), Hope Is The Thing With Feathers, As Thousands Cheer, June Moon. REGIONAL: Breath, Boom by Kia Corthron at Huntington Theatre Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse. BALLET: English National Ballet, Santiago Ballet. Mr. Bookman is a member of the off-Broadway theatre company, The Drama Dept.

Robert Lyons is the Founding Artistic Director of Soho Think Tank, which produces, presents and programs new work at the Ohio Theatre. His newest production, No Meat No Irony, opens at the Ohio Theatre on Sept 26th. It was featured in a profile on Robert in TIME OUT/NY, where his writing was characterized as "Ralph Nader channeling Preston Sturges". His previous play, the critically acclaimed PR Man, was produced at the Ohio Theatre in June 2000, and was featured in American Theatre magazine. His screenplay adaptation is currently in development with Zephuros One Films. Robert's commissioned adaptations include three projects with Kristin Marting at HERE Art Center: The Possessed (May 2000) and The Fever (1996) both by Dostoevsky, and a radical deconstruction of The Changeling, by Middleton (1994). Robert has also directed several works by New Dramatist alumni Lenora Champagne: Mother's Little Helper, The Mama Dramas, Wants, Isabella Dreams the New World, and The Best Things in Life, which have been performed at The Public, The Vineyard Theater, DTW and other venues in NYC and around the country.

Louisa Thompson, Set Designer

Jason Livingston, Moderator

Additional panelists to be announced