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Sala has an ETC Ion board. The manual can be found here. It is pretty straight forward and EXHAUSTIVE (it'll answer any question you come up with).
KLT has an ETC ExpressElement. Its manual can be found here.
Backstage lights
Having appropriate lighting backstage is a big help. This includes a lamp at booth (there should be a clip lamp with a blue gel over it in the office) and light for actors backstage (especially near the props table). On some occasions we've had a dedicated stage light for the backstage area that's just on dim for the duration of the show. Alternatively you can use the lights under spacedock. They're controlled by the lightswitch on the column north of space dock (just the normal switch, not the panel. That controls the house lights). If half of the spacedock lights are blacked out (paper or black foil taped over the light works great) and half are gelled blue (gel the light not the waffle) that is incredibly useful.
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- e33: a student run production company. You can rent instruments from them (like 19 degree Source 4 ellipsoidals or strobes, which do not exist in Sala inventory). Email e33@mit.edu.
- ALPS: A lighting company located in Randolph MA, about a 20-30 minute drive from campus. Useful if you want to rent more exciting equipment: like a black-light, strobe, etc. Visit their website here.
- High Output: A lighting company with an office in Brighton MA, from whom you can buy gels and rent other stuff (like ALPS).
- Josh Higgason: a wonderfully nice
- Meredith Sibley, CAC Manager. She can help you with any logistical issues you run may run into. Email: mfsibley@mit.edu
- Mike Bromberg: Class of 1970, does lighting for G&S and MTG. Can be spotted in the wild by his tie-dye plumage. Extremely knowledgeable; also owns lots of equipment and will rent to student group for cheap. Here is his price list and inventory as of Spring 2012.
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