Forthcoming

Cover art for Backstage Essentials: a production desk with lighting console and headset on a road case.

Backstage Essentials : skills for stagehand technicians in live event production / Bill Larsen. Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis Group. First edition, 2027. 300 pages : 79 color illustrations. ISBN 978-1-041-04518-2. Release 24 March 2027. Preorder not yet open. Sheet 3 — the book Record at Routledge

Detail from the light plot for Strega Nona at the Phipps Center for the Arts: two electrics with fixtures, channel numbers and dimmer addresses.

Light plot, Strega Nona, The Phipps Center for the Arts. Detail: two electrics. Lighting design by Bill Larsen.

I have designed lighting for twenty five productions since 2016, at Theatre in the Round Players, Teatro Del Pueblo, TheatreX, the Phipps Center for the Arts, and three other houses around the Twin Cities. I run ETC Element and Ion, draft in Vectorworks, and keep show files in Eos.

The rest of the week I am District AV Technology Coordinator at ISD 197, where the AV in eight buildings is mine. I teach audio and video production for live events at Laurus College.

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Backstage Essentials LLC

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Index

DESIGNER

William D. Larsen

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DATE

12 OCT 26

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1 OF 5