Weekend Forecast July 23-24-25, 2021

Let's get Wilder with the Philadelphia Quintessence Theatre Group's virtual production of Thornton Wilder's classic play, The Skin Of Our Teeth, winner of the the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1943. The creative team includes video production and photography by Phillip Todd, scenic design by Brian Sidney Bembridge, costumes by Summer Lee Jack, lighting by Ellen Moore, and sound by Alex Burns. Buy $29 tickets here, for three 45-minute acts. Perfect viewing for the weekend of July 23-24-25, 2021 or anytime before August 1. Live events are coming back but lots of cool stuff online as pandemic pivots have led to new kinds of creativity.

The Skin Of Our Teeth, trailer:

 

Looking Ahead, Register In Advance:

. July 26-August 6: USITT and Arts University Bournemouth are once again collaborating to bring you a virtual costume study tour. Starting on July 26, daily seminars will introduce participants to British costume for theatre and film through the study of historical costume. Sessions will include lectures by university professors, including 19th century tailoring, historical underwear, and dress in the age of Versailles. There will also be talks by industry professionals, a virtual museum tour and a series of hands-on workshops focused on costume surface decoration. The virtual symposium will be an exciting event for all participants. Registration is now open.

USITT and Arts University Bournemouth virtual costume symposium
 

July 30 @ 10am: SP Insight Session | Workflows for AR and green-screen applications with realtime engine control: If you want to find out more about Stageprecision, our lens calibration workflow or how to handle Unreal scenes out of SP in general you might want to sign up for this webinar.  Register Here.

New Webcasts & Podcasts:

• Light Talk With The Lumen Brothers: Episode 225: The Lumen Brothers Talk With Production Designer David Gallo: Join David, Zak, Steve, and David as they pontificate about: Babysitting Zak; Everything you wanted to know about "Xanadu";   "The music was very thin"; The great mirror ball famine; The influence of "CATS" and "Star Wars"; Throwing body parts onstage; "The Who's Tommy"; Designing "Machinal"; Robert Edmund Jones stories; No preconcieved notions; Choosing and collaborating with lighting designers; Working with Don Holder, Howell Binkley, Jane Snow, and Ken Posner; The lighting designer's temperment and personality; Working with August Wilson; "Make sure we get this guy for the next one...";  Naming babies; Moving beyond traditional theatre; There are no rules in art; Creating movies with "[Fat] Life"; Silent musical; Discovering LEDs on "Thoroughly Modern Millie"; Releasing Alexa; Future technologies in the theatre; 3D printing; The Commodore 64; and "If you can imagine it, it exists." Listen Here.

• Making Theatre: James Farncombe and Bruno Poet: Lighting designers James Farncombe and Bruno Poet host conversations about the complex and sometimes messy business of making a show for theatre. We aim to draw in guests from all aspects of production; from directors and designers to actors, stage managers, technicians, makers, builders and producers, to start a broader conversation about all things involved in bringing a show to the stage. Listen Here.

 

• Artistic Finance: Diversify: A discussion of diversification within a financial portfolio with lighting designer David Martin Jacques. He explains how his portfolio allocation has changed over time as he’s gone from freelancing to becoming a theatre professor. David has been designing lighting, sets, and projections for the past 40 years. His work spans across Europe, Asia, South America, Scandinavia, and North America. David has designed at venues such as The Royal Opera House, Teatro alla Scala, The English National Opera, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, and The National Theatre of Tokyo. David served as lighting consultant for Disney Creative Entertainment where he helped design many attractions for Disney Orlando, Euro-Disney, Epcot, and MGM.In 2017, David, along with fellow lighting educators Steve Woods (SMU) and Stan Kaye (University of Florida) created the popular weekly podcast "LIGHT TALK with The Lumen Brothers." Listen Here

• USITT: TECHnically Speaking: Technical Director Francesca DiCicco: The 2021 YDMT Award winner podcast series with Francesca DeCicco, winner of the 2021  Bernhard R. Works, Frederick A. Buerki Scenic Technology Award. Francesca has just completed her third year as an MFA Candidate in the Technical Design & Production Department at the Yale School of Drama. Prior to attending grad school, Francesca lived and worked in New York City as a Technical Direction Apprentice at The Juilliard School. Her time at Juilliard motivated her to pursue graduate school and further develop her technical and management skills. She was first introduced to technical theater in high school and went on to pursue a BA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Design & Technology at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Listen Here.

Francesca DiCicco, USITT, 2021  Bernhard R. Works, Frederick A. Buerki Scenic Technology Award. 

Archives:

• 4Wall Sunday Roundtable Episode 48: Pat MacKay Diversity Scholarships: Join judges and former recipients of the Pat MacKay Diversity In Design Scholarships. Founded in 2019, and funded by LDI and Live Design, the goal of these unique Diversity In Design scholarships is to support underrepresented and unique voices in the field of entertainment design. The scholarships are named for Pat MacKay, formerly publisher of Theatre Crafts and Lighting Dimensions magazines and founder of the LDI Trade Show and Conference. Guests: Sydney Dye - Projection Designer (Past Recipient);  Nina Field - Lighting & Sound Designer (Past Recipient/Judge); Roma Flowers - Lighting & Projection Designer (Judge);  Ellen Lampert-Greaux - Live Design/LDI Creative Director; Yuko Taniguchi - Lighting Designer (Past Recipient). Watch Here.