PC Control of Theatre Stage Machinery:
A $183,000 matching project funded in the amount of $70,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company--Chicago, IL
I am the project leader and principle investigator for Steppenwolf's efforts for this project. Its goal is to build and install a PC-based control system for theater stage machinery at the Steppenwolf Theatre that:
 | utilizes the existing and affordable industrial-control components recently available as a result of advances in microprocessor control and power electronics, |
| integrates the technology currently used by theater practitioners, and |
| serves as a highly flexible system that
promote a wide range of artistic experimentation. |
The following pages include--
| details of the project, and |
| a look at Steppenwolf's production of Mother Courage and her Children |