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Casting Light Podcast

Featuring leading practitioners of the art, craft, and business of entertainment lighting, we serve the need for user-driven information in the hope of creating a forum for sincere, unscripted communi... Read more

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Randy Wade: the Morpheus circle is complete

Randy Wade: the Morpheus circle is complete

Randy is the Senior Accounts Manager at Morpheus Lights, which is both a major production rental shop as well as the US ... Read more

1 Dec 2015

1hr 1min

Ranked #2

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Scott Barnes: making movies one cue at a time

Scott Barnes: making movies one cue at a time

Scott has worked with cowboys, aliens, the Whos down in Whoville, recording stars, and marvelous superheroes of all kind... Read more

18 Oct 2016

1hr 2mins

Ranked #3

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Chris Landy: experienced TV LD, business owner, cheesemonger

Chris Landy: experienced TV LD, business owner, cheesemonger

Even before founding Vibrant Design with his wife Ellen Waggett, Chris Landy already had a colorful career as a TV light... Read more

5 Oct 2016

1hr 1min

Ranked #4

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Pete Borchetta Part 2: a new home at Altman Lighting

Pete Borchetta Part 2: a new home at Altman Lighting

We're back for more from Pete Borchetta in the second half of our interview with him.  He's been with Altman Lighting fo... Read more

18 Sep 2016

1hr 4mins

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Pete Borchetta Part 1: How to rappel into a life in lighting

Pete Borchetta Part 1: How to rappel into a life in lighting

Season 3 is here!  Pete Borchetta, who's worked everywhere from the Far East to the far end of Ashburton Ave in Yonkers,... Read more

6 Sep 2016

1hr 2mins

Ranked #6

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Dennis Parichy Part 2: Sharing a legacy, educating the next generation

Dennis Parichy Part 2: Sharing a legacy, educating the next generation

We are back for part two of an interview with "The best creator of mood, time and place through light in the contemporar... Read more

15 Jul 2016

53mins

Ranked #7

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Dennis Parichy Part 1: 50 years of illuminating the play

Dennis Parichy Part 1: 50 years of illuminating the play

There are few who know more about lighting plays than Dennis Parichy, whose career has brought him into close collaborat... Read more

2 Jul 2016

57mins

Ranked #8

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Kellen McNally: Accuracy in surveys, models, and layouts lead to more successful designs

Kellen McNally: Accuracy in surveys, models, and layouts lead to more successful designs

We all love the massive lighting systems we see at outdoor festivals, but when environmental and safety requirements nec... Read more

16 Jun 2016

52mins

Ranked #9

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David Arch: here comes the general

David Arch: here comes the general

We are back, and we want you to join us in the room where it happens with David Arch.  David is a multi-talented lightin... Read more

1 Jun 2016

1hr 16mins

Ranked #10

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Steve Lieberman: tripping the light fantastic

Steve Lieberman: tripping the light fantastic

A great light show has been an element of the most well-loved and successful nightclubs and music venues since Jules Fis... Read more

3 Apr 2016

59mins

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Daniel Connell: take us to church

Daniel Connell: take us to church

Lighting and production design for houses of worship combines the design needs and skills for theater, concerts, and tel... Read more

16 Mar 2016

56mins

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Robert Mokry: on lighting service, guitars, and becoming a businessman

Robert Mokry: on lighting service, guitars, and becoming a businessman

What happens when a fixture is discontinued?  Normally manufacturers will continue support for a given length of time, b... Read more

1 Mar 2016

1hr 1min

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Kelly O'Connell: designing, building, and installing educational theaters

Kelly O'Connell: designing, building, and installing educational theaters

How does an educational theater end up with a masterfully designed rigging system, or non-standard lighting equipment th... Read more

17 Feb 2016

1hr 5mins

Ranked #14

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Norman Coates Part 2: in service to his industry, his city, and his art

Norman Coates Part 2: in service to his industry, his city, and his art

Norman Coates' official UNCSA photoWe're back for more with the Director of Lighting at the UNCSA School Of The Arts Des... Read more

1 Feb 2016

52mins

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Norman Coates Part 1: the life of a designer, the responsibilities of an educator

Norman Coates Part 1: the life of a designer, the responsibilities of an educator

Just over 40 years ago, Norman Coates took a trip from Philadelphia to New York to see a production of Waiting For Godot... Read more

15 Jan 2016

50mins

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Haskell Wexler, ASC: Legendary cinematographer, 1922—2015

Haskell Wexler, ASC: Legendary cinematographer, 1922—2015

Haskell Wexler, A.S.C. joined Bryan Hart and Louis Normandin at Cinematic Immunity Studios for their second episode in 2... Read more

1 Jan 2016

53mins

Ranked #17

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Chris Lose: lighting director and programmer on tour, on ships, and in demand

Chris Lose: lighting director and programmer on tour, on ships, and in demand

Hailing from Las Vegas, Chris Lose has had a varied and consistently interesting 17-year career in the business.  He fou... Read more

16 Dec 2015

54mins

Ranked #18

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Miriam Nilofa Crowe: creating lighting, creating community, and the business of art

Miriam Nilofa Crowe: creating lighting, creating community, and the business of art

Miriam Crowe has been a lighting designer for nearly 20 years, and has worked at every level of the business, from the F... Read more

15 Nov 2015

1hr 2mins

Ranked #19

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Chris Conti: managing some of the most exciting developments in the business

Chris Conti: managing some of the most exciting developments in the business

Chris on the LDI show floor with the newly launched GroundControl Remote Followspot SystemWhen Chris Conti became a PRG ... Read more

1 Nov 2015

59mins

Ranked #20

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Vickie Claiborne: control systems expert and educator extraordinaire

Vickie Claiborne: control systems expert and educator extraordinaire

New Years Eve at Aria, photo courtesy Kelly McKeonIn 2000, Vickie Claiborne was head lighting programmer on the opening ... Read more

15 Oct 2015

1hr 13mins

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