What follows is an edited version of a great conversation among designers and lighting supervisors – Duane Schuler, Nicole Pearce, Lee Fiskness and Andrew Vance with Paul Whitaker as host.
LED Technology in Theatres
Insights – Dec 2018
How is the latest LED technology changing stage lighting? Paul Whitaker, Principal at Schuler Shook, has seen the transformations first-hand as a theatrical lighting designer. He wondered what his colleagues were experiencing and how LEDs are impacting the varied needs of dance, opera and theatre.
I do a lot of work in dance and time is always at a premium. When LEDs surfaced, no one was accounting for the time it takes to come up with the color itself.”
Nicole Pearce, Lighting Designer
If you look at how Phantom of the Opera was lit in the ‘80’s and how musicals are now lit, there’s such a dramatic difference in intensity.”
Andrew Vance, Lighting Supervisor, Alley Theatre
