Lighting Design Resources

• Harvard Resources
• Manufacturers Websites
• Recommended Reading

Harvard Resources

• Information on the various production groups on campus can be found at the Harvard Groups page on this website.
• Information on the various theater spaces can be found on the Harvard Spaces page on this website.
• Alan Symonds (website) provides technical help for all House and Agassiz shows. He's also a great resource for almost any theater question.
• David Corlette (495-5922) maintains this website and will also attempt to answer any of your questions.
• Michael Griggs is the Loeb liaison. Ask him for help with any Loeb-related issues.
• If you're interested in learning CAD for lighting design, we have a site-licensed copy of VectorWorks (formerly MiniCAD) available for download.

Manufacturers Websites

The manufacturers listed are here because I know of their equipment on campus. If you find a piece of hardware not listed, you can probably find the manufacturers website at the general links below; please notify me and I will add them to the top-level links.

Lighting Instrument Manufacturers

• Altman (Most ERS, Fresnel, strip units on campus)
• ETC (Source 4, Source 4 PAR, etc)
• L&E (Cyc units on Mainstage)

Lightboard Manufacturers

• ETC (MicroVision (Ex), Expression (Mainstage))
• Leprecon (Adams Pool)
• Strand

Dimmer Manufacturers

• NSI/Colortran

Moving Luminaires

• CLAY PAKY
• High End
• Martin
• Vari*Lite

General Links

• Huge collection of links
• More links, some informational

Recommended Reading

• The Harvard Theater Collection (between Lamont and Widener) is a vast, relatively untapped resource for the undergraduate theater community.
• Alan Symonds sells the "Backstage Handbook", an invaluable resource.
• There are many light design books available, including one by Gillette, which is pretty good, and one by Pilbrow.