Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn to read our articles as they are published! |
|
|
|
In the Spring Newsletter: |
|
Where's the Brief by Robert Long, FASTC and Robert Shook, FASTC
Stage Floors that Work by Paul Sanow, ASTC
The Impossible Quest for the Perfect Sound Mix Position by Robert Shook, FASTC
|
|
Did You Know - Not All Seats Are Created Equal by R. Andrew Gibbs, Ph.D., ASTC
Did You Know - Color My World Robert Long, FASTC and Robert Shook, FASTC
ASTC - USITT Renovation Challenge Returns in 2023 by Paul Sanow, ASTC
|
|
Robert Long, FASTC and Robert Shook, FASTC
|
|
 |
The Brief will provide key information to prospective design teams.
Kennedy Center.
|
|
|
|
Too often, American performing arts facilities get off on the wrong foot, with the design team being solicited with scant information. Other parts of the world have found a better way.
|
|
|
A stage floor consisting of engineered sleepers, plywood subfloor, and Tempered Plyron. Note the layers are staggered to support the joints.
Photo by Peter Scheu, ASTC.
|
|
|
|
Just when you think you've seen it all, someone will try to put something new on a stage. Stages aren’t just for dancers, musicians, or plays with elaborate scenery; sometimes there are cars or the odd elephant. How do we design the stage floor to meet these exacting and unpredictable requirements?
|
|
House Mix location situated at the rear of an audience.
Photo courtesy of Heather McAvoy, ASTC
|
|
Mix positions for sound console operators are notoriously difficult to integrate into performing arts spaces due to several competing priorities.
|
|
D. Andrew Gibbs, Ph.D., ASTC
|
|
A sea of seats, using a variety of seat widths for sightlines and a neat layout.
Photo by Kurt Wehmann.
|
|
A little known tool for creating well organized seating layouts and good audience sightlines is to vary the widths of the seats. But don’t tell the audience lest they start asking for individual seats because they are just a bit wider.
|
|
Robert Long, FASTC and Robert Shook, FASTC
|
|
Multicolored or “Confetti” seating areas can look like there are more people in the audience even with lower occupancy. Photo courtesy of Schuler Shook. |
|
When it comes to color in a theatre or performing arts space, it’s not always necessary to follow that age old advice from The Rolling Stones. Color can be used wisely in a theatre. No, it’s not always necessary to, “Paint it, Black.”
|
|
ASTC - USITT Renovation Challenge
Returns in 2023
Paul Sanow, ASTC
|
|
Participants were: Oliver Church, Catherine Henebery, Jackson Key, Caitlin Kreinheder, Tim Victorio. Faculty sponsor: Steven Warner. ASTC mentor: Kimberly Corbett Oates |
|
Participants were: Elliot Mahoney, Mike Delaney, Emily Chancellor, Wesley Seiderman, Raistlin Yovan, Hannah Smith, Nathaniel Feit. Faculty sponsor: Jim Lile. ASTC mentor: Christopher Sprague. |
|
The next installment of the ASTC-USITT Venue Renovation Challenge will occur during the USITT Conference in St. Louis, MO scheduled for March 16-18, 2023. The event is held in even numbered years, and will follow a successful, albeit virtual presentation in 2021.
This is an excellent opportunity for university students to team with an ASTC mentor to learn more about the work and influence of a Theatre Consultant on performing arts spaces. This is a theoretical project, where students design a renovation or remodel of an existing venue. Projects are submitted electronically then presented in a live setting during USITT. There are two cash prizes, the Edgar L. Lustig Honor Award, and the Director’s Award.
|
|
Helpful ASTC website pages:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
