University Job: New Media Technology Lab Assistant, Wellesley College

finearts.academickeys.com: Responsible for running, maintaining and supervising the use of technology labs: Video Editing Suites, Digital Print Lab and Media Arts Lab. Ensure the proper use of equipment and materials and foster greater collaboration and cross disciplinary studio projects in the visual arts. Maintain clearer channels of communication and better logistical coordination, in collaboration with the individuals working to support the various studios, labs and the Jewett Gallery. Insure that space, tools and equipment may be utilized for intermedial studio projects, without compromising the safety or effectiveness of specialized studio coursework. Provide technical support to faculty and students working independently and off hours in the studios. Assist faculty and students in authoring, printing and installing their art productions, both for final critiques and final display and screenings.

More L.A. area theaters offer Christmas shows

latimes.com: "What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?" — Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol." At the box office there is no "Bah! Humbug!" The recompense that two big Southern California theaters reap from Christmas plays would quiet even Ebenezer Scrooge's scoffing. But the holiday-theater franchises that the Old Globe in San Diego and South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa enjoy have eluded — or gone unsought by — L.A.'s four biggest nonprofit stage companies.

Robin Byrd Onstage - Live, but Not Nude

NYTimes.com: ANYONE who has watched late-night television in Manhattan in the last 35 years has probably run across “The Robin Byrd Show,” the clothing-optional talk show and explicit striptease that, depending on your point of view, is either a testament to the wonders of sexual liberation or to the occasional perils of basic cable.

Taking note of a wave of shorter plays

latimes.com: As artistic director of L.A.'s Center Theatre Group, Michael Ritchie reads more than a play a day on average — perhaps 500 a year — in quest of the 15 or 16 he'll pick each season for his company's three stages. But lately he's noticed that there's a bit less to read. Shorter scripts have been popping up more than they used to.

The Holiday Hustle

American Theatre – December 2012: Each Autumn, whether we’re ready or not, the signs of Christmas come glittering into focus. The first glimpse of red and green décor. The first opportunity—or obligation—to see family. A cinematic street scene of Christmas lights and falling snow (no matter the temperature). Meredith Willson described this anticipatory time best: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”

For Quiara Alegría Hudes, Plays Are Family

NYTimes.com: THE playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes lives in an eighth-floor apartment in Washington Heights with mesmerizing views of the Hudson. But she never strays far from Philadelphia, the city of her birth and the setting of nearly all her plays.

Seven Industry Standards in Public Review

PLSN: Seven industry standards are currently in public review at http://tsp.plasa.org. Comment deadlines are either on Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Jan. 22 and Jan. 29, 2013. The standards relate to DMX512-A, fog equipment, GFCIs, gobo projection and the use of chain hoists.

J-O-B TD

Technical Director

First Stage - Milwaukee, WI

First Stage is now accepting applications for Technical Director.  This position reports to the Production Manager, and is responsible for managing the Scene Shop and a three-person full time crew and occasional overhire in the production of an eight-show TYA season plus other workshops and events.

JOB DESCRIPTION

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Technical Director is responsible for the construction and installation of theatrical productions. The position requires a strong organizational background, excellent communication / interpersonalskills, the ability to multi-task while maintaining attention to detail and a creative approach to scenic construction.

Congressman calls for ban on 3D printed guns

Boing Boing: Well, that was predictable: days after a 3D printed gun fired a few rounds, Rep Steve Israel has called for a ban on of Wiki Weapons. The congressman points out (correctly) that all-plastic 3D printed weapons would not be easy to spot using traditional methods, such as metal detectors.

Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret's A Grand Night for Singing

Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper: I guess you can't blame Rodgers & Hammerstein for being the most successful creators of musical theater in history. They were just writing what they wrote; it's not their fault a vast majority of Americans clutched them to their bosoms. So the question that keeps popping up during the Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret's very sturdy production of the R&H revue A Grand Night for Singing is whether the vast majority of Americans are knuckleheads.

Bricolage's Midnight Radio: Cult Movie Classics

Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper: Wrapping up its fourth season of Midnight Radio, Bricolage Production Co. pushes the boundaries of taste, humor and patience with Cult Movie Classics. Prepare to cringe, groan and pound the chairs (hey, they're new) as you double over, laughing at the Bricolagization of The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Mothra vs. Godzilla. The originals are painful enough, but with the careful editing and live dialogue and special effects, Cult Movies is truly a classic.

E-Stop Survey Results

Control Geek: We are updating and unifying our automation control systems at City Tech, and since we strive to model best practices in the industry, I put out a call for respondents to a survey asking questions about Emergency Stop (E-Stop) utilization in the entertainment industry. I was mostly interested in what was the most widely-used connector and control voltage, but (as often happens) I ended up learning something altogether different.

12 Peers Theater's Tick, tick ... BOOM!

Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper: Tick, tick ... BOOM! is an odd choice for 12 Peers Theater, or perhaps for any company this far into the 21st century. Though originally staged in its current form in 2001, Boom is set — and thoroughly rooted — in 1990. The one-act focuses on the angst of late Boomers/early Gen-Xers/Brady Bunch generationers on hitting the Big 3-0 without having achieved one's goal: still living like a kid while friends move into adulthood.

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical's The School for Lies

Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper: It's a cute idea: Take an English translation of The Misanthrope, by Molière, and make it "modern." Keep the 300-year-old plot and the powdered wigs, but add cell phones, text-speak and a beat-box. Then add the finishing touch — everything rhymes. The School for Lies is a harmless re-creation by David Ives, comic playwright extraordinaire, best known for his one-act farces. Ives is one of the cleverest writers in America, a pleasant absurdist, and even when his plays don't rhyme, they seem blessed by Dr. Seuss. Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre often ends its season with a December comedy, and if you have a Zen-like patience, the Pittsburgh premiere of Lies should keep you chuckling for nearly three hours.

Sony Pictures Studios Launches Clean Truck Fleet

Below the Line: Sony Pictures Studios has upgraded its fleet of diesel, generator and camera trucks to achieve compliance with California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations years ahead of schedule, offering its customers in the entertainment industry cleaner and more efficient transportation.

Carnegie Mellon Drama's Angels in America

Theater Reviews + Features | Pittsburgh City Paper: Winning the Pulitzer, Tony and any other award a play can win, Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes was nothing short of an earthquake when it debuted in 1993: a huge rumbling of ideas and an intense examination of what it means to be an American. As he proved with his screenplay for Lincoln, Kushner has no equal when it comes to making huge political ideas personal and making the personal the rock-solid foundation of the political.

'Midnight Radio: Cult Movie Classics' is fun and satisfying

TribLIVE: Bricolage Production Company ends its short but inventive season of “Midnight Radio” with a show themed to cult-movie classics. For those unfamiliar with this popular program, it‘s important to note at the outset that the title is somewhat misleading.

Staples Announces In-Store 3D Printing

Geekosystem: 3D printing is an exciting prospect. Being able to turn literally anything you can imagine into a physical object is truly the stuff of the future, but the days of everyone having a 3D printer in their home is still a ways off. Even so, perhaps it’s not quite as far as many imagine. Staples announced that they will offer in-store 3D printing starting next year. We hope this also means that the process of 3D printing will be simplified, because getting regular 2D documents printed at a copy center can sometimes be a nightmare. We don’t see adding a third dimension to the mix suddenly speeding anything up.

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre's 'School for Lies' is witty break from holiday sentiment

TribLIVE: For those already experiencing sensory overload from seasonal celebrations, amusements and sales promotions, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre offers an alternate diversion. There‘s nary a hint of holly nor a bough of tinsel-bedecked pine to be found anywhere at “The School for Lies,” which opened Saturday in the Charity Randall Theatre in Oakland.

PBT's 'Nutcracker': Dancing into different roles

TribLIVE: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre routinely uses rotating casts for its productions, giving different dancers the opportunity to perform coveted roles. But this season‘s casting of “The Nutcracker” takes the process to another level, with some dancers tackling a dozen or more roles during the run of performances. “It‘s an inspirational thing to do,” artistic director Terrence Orr says. “If you perform the same role over and over, it can become boring. Some roles are very hard, others not so physically difficult. Being on stage with different people makes you create a different performance. Each one is different. That‘s fun for me, too.”