Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 18:23:24 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
From: The Independent Eye <eye-AT-independenteye.org>
Subject: [Puptcrit] Black theatre lighting


Friends-

	(Please ignore if you're not a techie, unless you can direct 
me to vehement techies.)

	I'm looking for information on black-theatre (sheet-of-light) 
equipment.  Maybe there's something posted in the archives - if so, 
please guide me to the approximate place, as I've searched pretty 
far.  Two questions:

	1.  I need instruments that will work for a stage opening 
about 7 ft. wide, 5 ft. high.  I have a stock of 500w lekos from our 
live-actor theatre work, but that's vast over-kill and this is for 
touring.  I'm assuming I need ellipsoidal spots for sharp definition 
of beam, and in Googling I find the 75w Altman "Micro Ellipse" that 
seems workable, but at $175 per instrument I don't wanna be wrong. 
Any other suggestions from people who've worked with small-scale 
black-theatre?

	2.  We're also looking for new lighting control & dimming 
equipment for our puppet work.  Everything we're familiar with from 
regular theatre work is overkill in terms of load (not to mention 
cost).  We'll be needing lots of programmable cues but very low total 
wattage at any given time.

	Our ideal control/dimming system would be this:
	* A control board with between 12 & 24 channels, but no 
channels would need to carry more than 500w.
	* Programmable for 80-100 cues at least.
	* Ideally, dimmers could get power from a 15-amp household 
Edison outlet - that's what I mean by low wattage.  Lots of tiny 
instruments, lots of cues, but not lotsa amps.  I'm hoping not to be 
restricted to spaces where we'd have to wire into the 220 box.

	Any guidance toward a vague approximation of these impossible 
criteria would be enormously appreciated.  I'll give you a scalp 
massage at Puppet Rampage or whatever your heart desires - except 
money.

Peace & joy-
Conrad B.



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