Combating Congestion

Stage-directions: "Wireless systems are ubiquitous these days, with everything cutting the cord from portable navigation systems and handheld Internet-enabled devices to specialized two-way business radios. As cables and connectors uncoil into our collective repository of all things forgotten but properly recycled, it should come as no surprise that sound design for theatre has benefited on many levels from advances spawned by the “Wireless Age.” Admittedly, wireless systems are not new in theatre. Since their introduction in the early ’80s, wireless microphones have been used onstage in form factors ranging from traditional handheld devices to micro-tiny lavalier transmitters hidden along an actor’s hairline. Behind the scenes, wireless intercom has served in an equally important capacity, offering stage managers communication capabilities with working crews, and individual crewmembers specialized channels of communication for dedicated talk among themselves."