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Switch Off The Theater: UK’s Northern Stage

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from the Northern Stage Website, January 22, 2009:
Northern Stage is changing the way it works to reflect our commitment to Energy Efficiency and our impact on the environment.
We believe that building a more energy efficient and carbon friendly world in 2009 will involve subtly changing the way we live and the things we do.
You […]



Sustainable Makeover at UNH

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from University of New Hampshire Campus Journal, January 21, 2009:
If the year 2009 signals an era of change, then the Department of Theatre and Dance will embrace that sentiment with gusto. Since 1960, the department has utilized two performance spaces in the Paul Creative Arts Center; The Johnson Theatre, a 700-seat proscenium theatre, and The […]



Jakarta Playhouse Embraces Green Spirit

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 23rd, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from The Jakarta Post, January 24, 2009:
The Gedung Kesenian Jakarta playhouse is back with an array of events scheduled throughout the year to cheer up its audiences, presenting some big names and sealed with a go green theme.
The playhouse, known as GKJ, has prepared its own five annual festivals and dozens of solo art […]



Arcola Theatre Wins Green Award

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from Lighting and Sound Online, December 2, 2008:
The Arcola Theatre was honoured at the Growing Business Awards in London on 27 November, jointly winning the Green Award for commitment to sustainability. The awards - run by Real Business magazine and the CBI - are designed to recognize innovation and entrepreneurial spirit amongst Britain’s business […]



Daktronics to Illuminate Minneapolis Skyline

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from Daktronics Press Release, January 13, 2009:
BROOKINGS, S.D. –  Daktronics Inc (Nasdaq-DAKT) of Brookings, S.D., announced today that The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minn., has chosen the company to design, manufacture and install unique lighting elements atop the roof of the theater.
“The Guthrie is pleased to bring Daktronics on board to complete our […]



MSU Department of Theatre Goes Green

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from MSU Press Release, November 18, 2008:
From natural fabrics to ecofriendly lighting, Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre will produce its first “green” play.  
Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” will run Tuesday, Nov. 18, to Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts Pasant Theatre.
Theater sustainability is unchartered territory, said Christina Traister, director of […]



Home, Icy Home: An Eco-friendly Play

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from The Dominion Post, November 1, 2008:
In what is believed to be a New Zealand first, performances and rehearsals of Heat are powered by wind and solar energy - using a one-meter wind turbine and four solar panels - to mirror the challenge of life in the polar region.
The panels and turbine take energy from the […]



So. Illinois Univ. Theater Saves Money and Resources

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from alestlelive.com, June 23, 2008:

In keeping with the “going green” trend, the Department of Theater and Dance’s latest show, “Point of Revue,” will be the first eco-friendly SIUE production.
Kathryn Bentley, theater professor and director of the show, said the idea for a “green” production came from fellow professor James Wulfsong, director of Design and […]



Cate Blanchett’s Green Theater

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from BANG media international, May 2008:

Cate Blanchett is creating a green theatre.
The 38-year-old actress and her husband, playwright Andrew Upton - who are both artistic co-directors of the Sydney Theatre Company - want to make the business the first green building on Sydney Harbour.
She said: “We would have greened the internal offices anyway, […]



Kettering University Aims for Greener Lighting

By Bailey Woodhull • Feb 1st, 2009 • Category: News

Reprinted from Kettering University’s website, September 19, 2008:

A “green” lighting revolution will happen over the next few years, according to Dr. Doug Melton, associate professor of Electrical Engineering, and Kettering University students will have had an opportunity to be in the vanguard, developing new solid-state lighting electronic systems based on recent advances in high brightness LED’s for The Whiting, […]