Backstage Video: Paul Whitaker on Designing Three Musketeers at the Alley Theatre
20 Jun 2019 / Perspective
Alley Theatre captured this video interview describing how one designer feels lighting is the icing on the cake.
A College Music Center Debuts A Multi-Purpose Performance Hall With Chameleon-Like Lighting
17 Apr 2019 / News
The school's new Music and Performance Commons is a mecca for students, with Kracum Performance Hall at the heart.
New Trier High School wanted to stage more complicated, more advanced performing arts productions. That meant getting the right spaces for rehearsal and performance.
Why Mothers Leave Design (and How to Keep Them)
18 Feb 2019 / Perspective
Why do mothers leave design, and what can be done to keep them? These questions had never been formally asked of the lighting design world. Until now.
Schuler Shook's Jody Kovalick discusses the past, present and future of rigging systems.
New Partners at Schuler Shook
15 Jan 2019 / News
Schuler Shook congratulates Emily Klingensmith, IALD, IES, LC, LEED AP, Giulio Pedota, IALD, IES, LC, LEED AP, and Joshua Grossman, ASTC, as the firm’s newest Partners.
LED Technology in Theatres
19 Dec 2018 / Perspective
How is the latest LED technology changing stage lighting? Paul Whitaker talks with designers and lighting supervisors about everything from design process to tape light.
David Barbour with Lighting & Sound America fondly recalls attending shows at Emerson Colonial in Boston and is thrilled with the last-minute rescue of this Broadway jewel.
Promotions, New Team Members
18 Oct 2018 / News
We are proud to recognize and celebrate three recent promotions among our designers and introduce our newest team members.
Bunjil Place Opening Festival
25 Sep 2018 / News
Tour this community and civic centre that has something for everyone.
Duane Schuler Lights “Refreshingly Original” Faust
14 Sep 2018 / News
Duane Schuler joins "unusual and highly creative" design team in co-production of Faust with Lyric Opera of Chicago and Portland Opera.
Michael White Retires After 15 Years With Schuler Shook
13 Aug 2018 / News
Michael White, IESNA, LC, EDAC, LEED AP, Senior Lighting Designer retires from Schuler Shook after nearly 15 years in the Minneapolis office and 42 years in the lighting industry.
Schuler Shook’s lighting designers are pleased to receive recognition from the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) for their recent lighting designs.
Schuler Shook Announces A New Principal in Minneapolis
23 Jul 2018 / News
Schuler Shook is pleased to announce the promotion of theatre consultant, Jody Kovalick, ASTC, to Principal.
A Gothic Revival at Cincinnati Music Hall
26 Jun 2018 / News
Lighting & Sound America's David Barbour captures the vintage remake of Cincinnati Music Hall.
McAllen PAC Brings the Arts to South Texas
05 Apr 2018 / News
VenuesNow reviews McAllen Performing Arts Center's first year in operation, serving the Rio Grande Valley.
Jack Hagler Receives IAVM Award
02 Apr 2018 / News
Jack Hagler, ASTC, Partner at Schuler Shook and IAVM Allied Member is the first performing arts Allied Member to be awarded the Joseph J. Anzivino Distinguished Allied Award.
John Jacobsen Named a 40 Under 40 Lighting Designer
28 Feb 2018 / News
Schuler Shook Project Lighting Designer, John Jacobsen, is recognized as one of North America’s brightest young lighting designers by Lighting magazine.
First Gold Coast Cultural Precinct Project Opens
07 Feb 2018 / News
First Gold Coast Cultural Precinct project opens under new name “Home of the Arts” (HOTA).
Kimberly Corbett Oates, ASTC, Promoted to Principal
19 Jan 2018 / News
Schuler Shook is pleased to announce the promotion of theatre planner and consultant, Kimberly Corbett Oates, ASTC, to Principal.
FJMT-designed Cultural Centre Opens in Melbourne
12 Jan 2018 / News
A new arts, civic and community facility designed by FJMT for the City of Casey has opened in the outer Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren.
Promotions, New Team Member at Schuler Shook
20 Dec 2017 / News
We proudly announce three recent promotions and the addition of our newest designer.
The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope College in Holland, MI, designed by HGA Architects and Engineers, is a world-class facility for music
New Arts Venue for the Rio Grande Valley
31 Oct 2017 / News
The Performing Arts Complex at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
Schuler Shook Lights Up Chicago’s Riverwalk
25 Sep 2017 / News
"Not your typical urban park," says AZURE magazine.
Jackson Pattermann Designs Award-Winning Luminaire
15 Sep 2017 / News
Schuler Shook Lighting Specialist, Jackson Pattermann, received the IES Chicago Emerging Professionals' Luminaire Design Award for his latest design, Eclipse.
darc Award for Chicago Riverwalk
15 Sep 2017 / News
The lighting designers for Chicago Riverwalk received a special honor – recognition from their peers – via the UK-based darc awards program.
Schuler Shook’s lighting designers are pleased to receive recognition from the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) for their recent lighting designs.
Down by the River
16 Aug 2017 / News
mondo*arc calls Chicago Riverwalk "vibrant, playful and welcoming."
Lighting of "Banks" Reaps AL Awards for Schuler Shook
Celebrating Four New Team Members and a Promotion!
01 Aug 2017 / News
Schuler Shook sees a bright future enhanced by the addition of four designers in Chicago and Dallas, and recognizes excellence with a promotion
Making everything old new again.
Auditoria Magazine Takes Note of Sophisticated Modeling Programs Used by Schuler Shook’s Paul Whitaker
05 Jul 2017 / News
Auditoria Magazine reaches out to Schuler Shook and other industry leaders to discuss virtual reality and the increasingly sophisticated modeling tools used in the industry.
Robert Shook's article about the lobby as a "third place" appears in the Spring issue of USITT's TD&T magazine.
Schuler Shook Announces Two New Principals
06 Jun 2017 / News
Schuler Shook is pleased to announce the promotion of two talented, dedicated staff members to Principal.
Chicago Riverwalk and Wintrust Financial Receive International Lighting Design Awards
15 May 2017 / News
Lighting designs for an urban landscape and an historic interior renovation garner IALD awards.
Schuler Shook announces Nicolò Brambilla, IALD, has joined our Melbourne office as Senior Lighting Designer, expanding the firm's lighting services in Australia.
Making a Modern Ruin at the Palace Theatre
12 Apr 2017 / News
Schuler Shook's Paul Whitaker helps explain the "modern ruin" approach to renovations, and how it succeeded for the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, MN. (photo courtesy Oertel Architects)
Schuler Shook is pleased to announce Michael Burgoyne, ASTC, as the newest Partner in the firm.
Walking the Walk — Landscape Architecture Magazine
08 Mar 2017 / News
"Fifteen years in the making, a new public space reunites Chicago with the river that runs through it."
Todd Hensley, ASTC, penned this article for Facility Manager about addressing gender identity issues when planning performing arts facilities .
Outstanding Lighting Design Nom for Duane Schuler
13 Jan 2017 / News
Duane Schuler has been nominated for Outstanding Lighting & Sound Design (Large) by Toronto’s My Entertainment World for his lighting work on "Norma".
Ascend Amphitheater Receives USITT Merit Award
09 Jan 2017 / News
Nashville’s new Ascend Amphitheater received a USITT Merit Award from the USITT Architecture Commission. Our theatre consultants are pleased to have been part of the design team.
Schuler Shook Expands Practice, Announces New Office
15 Nov 2016 / News
Schuler Shook announces the opening of our San Francisco Bay office and additions to our California team.
Reduce Time and Cost of Building Façade Lighting
14 Nov 2016 / Perspective
Schuler Shook’s lighting designers performed an in-depth study of building façade lighting for the City of Chicago. From our lighting design research, we offer these recommendations.
What if you could take CE courses from other designers who specialize in a field and know all of the product manufacturers?
Senior Living Environments: Evidence-Based Lighting Design Strategies
11 Nov 2016 / Perspective
Michael D. White, EDAC, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD, and Richard R. Wilson, MD, review the effects of indoor lighting on the health and well-being of people in senior living environments.
Flexible Theatres: Measuring Their Value
11 Nov 2016 / Perspective
Black Box. Studio. Lab Theatres. Experimental Theatres. These flexible performance spaces are known by many names. Just how good are they for teaching and performance?
Light and Human Health
31 Oct 2016 / Perspective
We are taking what science tells us about how light affects the human animal, and using that evidence to inform our design of architectural lighting.
Coming Home to Nashville – Lighting & Sound America
27 Oct 2016 / News
Lighting & Sound America covers the first LEED Gold amphitheatre in the US, Ascend Amphitheater in Nashville's new Riverfront Park.
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