Other Products and Pages of Interest

Professional: AutoPlot for VectorWorks written principally by Sam Jones. An alternate toolkit to speed the creation of a light plot in the VectorWorks® environment. Lightwright by John McKernon, the best way to keep track of your lighting paperwork. West Side Systems Eric Cornwell's products that speed the process. Includes FocusPhone, Virtual Light Lab, Template Tiling, and Cue Conversion, which converts cue information between Strand and ETC, or just about any other console platform. Invaluable. United Scenic Artists Local 829, the union that includes professional lighting designers. Our dealers, who also provide many other fine products. Stagelink, a UK-based website linking to a variety of products. ESTA, the organization leading the industry in Technical Standards. Drama Book Shop, the source in New York City for all books theatrical.

Publications: PLSN: Projection, Lights, and Staging News Live Design: The magazine for LDI, Broadway Master Classes, and architainment. Lighting & Sound America: The magazine created by PLASA Media, Inc. Protocol: the quarterly publication published by ESTA. Stage Directions: the eclectic publication that covers high school to Broadway.

Online Resources: Pro Lighting Space; where Entertainment Production and Design People meet! TheatreFace; putting a Face on Theatre. iSquint; Entertainment Lighting News & Review. ControlBooth.com; Where being Behind the Scenes is the Main Event. Blue-Room.org.uk; Bringing Backstage Online [UK-based]. Ramblings of a Techie; The Techie Site [Australia-based].

Other People Who Link to This Site: Do you have a theatre lighting related web site? Link to us and we'll link back to you! Scott’s Theatre Links Singapore Theatre Links LightTrader.com

Credits and Acknowledgements: Many thanks to Knotty Piner Productions and Lorraine Ross Hall. She organized and designed these revised pages. Ask the Pine Knot about getting your own home page. Thanks to John McKernon, Ms. Lori Rubinstein, and Scott Longberry for their assistance in creating this home page. Thanks to Sam Jones, Kevin Linzey, and John McKernon for VectorWorks® SoftSymbol™ suggestions. Thanks to Mitch Tebo (for attitude,) Todd Randall, and Judi Daitsman for MacDraw SoftSymbol suggestions. Finally, thanks to the following for their assistance in the initial incarnation of the Field Template: Fred Allen, James Allen, Ken Billington, Howell Binkley, Ginger Blake, Judi Daitsman, Stuart Duke, Michael Eddy, David KH Elliott, Tom Furgeson, Bill Groener, Sabrina Hamilton, Tom Hase, Lee Magadini, Mark Malamud, Craig Miller, Todd Randall, Terry Richardson, Ken Romaine, Yolanda Santa Cruz, Tony Sclaru, The Shelley Family, Dave Spence, Patrice Sutton, and Jennifer Tipton.