Dawn Chiang is one of the busiest professional designers around. She has worked on many of the largest Broadway shows as both a designer and assistant, and is also a member of the creative staff of Theatre Projects Consultants, and in that role plays a part in getting theatres built around the world. Dawn's had an interesting career and she tells us about it in this interview.

Al Crawford of Arc3design utilized a wide range of CTI gear to light the recent state dinner for China's President Hu Jintao. This was the first time that wireless DMX was permitted to be used in the White House. CTI's Larry Dunn travelled to Washington for the load in and this challenging installation worked flawlessly for this very important international moment in one of America's most cherished historic buildings.

If you are a Lightwright 5 user and you love your iPad, you'll want to see Lightwright Touch. Lightwright Touch is a companion app to Lightwright 5, and enables viewing and editing of your Lightwright worksheet on a mobile device. With your lighting data literally at your fingertips, you'll glide through your paperwork using the Lightwright functions you know in the iPad interface you love.

CTI's Colorado dealer, Mountain Light, installed a very innovative outdoor lighting rig utilizing Philips Color Kinetics LEDs and City Theatrical's award winning SHoW DMX wireless DMX. This colorfully lit ice sculpture competition showcased the work of artists from all over the world. These sculptures have to be seen to be believed!

Some say roadies occupy the area of the social spectrum somewhere between cowboys and pirates. It's a colorful life spent travelling around the world with most days spent in dark theatres and late nights spent looking for fun and adventure. Another bit of historic roadie archeology bites the dust in St. Louis, Missouri as the Peabody Opera House (formerly the Kiel Opera House) is renovated and the roadie autograph wall in the front light booth is demolished.