LIGHT TALK Episode 471 - "Landman - Our Conversation with Bruce Rodgers"

LIGHT TALK Episode 481 - "The Big Easy"

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss everything from Rowing your Boat, to Becoming a Visual Storyteller. Join Ellen, Steve, and Dennis, as they discuss: Visiting the Asolo Theater; Dinner with Brother Stan; The Coxwain; LDI moving to New Orleans; The Four "C's" of lighting; How to survive a Lighting MFA program; The most important skill to have to be a successful professional lighting designer; and How to design a plot for a multi-purpose space. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.

LIGHT TALK Episode 480 - "The Holy Moment of Darkness - Our Conversation with Isabella Byrd"

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview Broadway Lighting Designer Isabella Byrd. Join Isabella, Ellen, Dennis, Steve, and David, as they discuss: Attending this year's Tony Awards Show; Jules Fischer's Lifetime Achievement Award; Historic Firsts; "No Boys Allowed"; Qween Jean; Lighting Theatre in the Round; Lighting "Caberet"; The story of DOTS; How union contracts are adapted for multiple designers working as a collective; Freelancers' rights; The difference between Europe and North America in the way theatre artists get paid; "The Most"; A "Production Design" Tony award category; Bringing Caberet to our time; "Designing the Dark": "Less is Less so that More can become More"; Discovering the power of "...At Full"; "It's all about contrast"; "Trusting the less"; Being the "squeeky wheel"; Early inspiring mentors in "The School of Hard Knocks"; Asking questions; and Advice for young designers. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.

LIGHT TALK EPISODE 479 - "Blue Light and Fog"

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss everything from Wisconsin Shot Glasses, to "Breaking Up is Hard to Do". Join Ellen, Steve, David, and Guest co-host Drew Bielinski, as they discuss: What to do with crappy Light Talk swag; Slumming it in the ETC Lounge; Do you really need a degree to do this?; The Seven-Year Plan; John Haupt; Should you be in this business if you want to raise a family?; What to do when a Director "Ghosts" you after a long relationship; When hiring an Associate LD makes sense; "A Beginners Guide to Lighting Hamlet"; and Where to place your sidelight booms. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.

LIGHT TALK Episode 478 - "I Love a Lightbulb! - Our Conversation with Jen Schriever"

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview Lighting Designer Jen Schriever. Join Jen, Ellen, Dennis, Steve, Zac, and David, as they discuss: Everything you ever wanted to know about lighting "The Lost Boys"; Straight onto Broadway; Lighting flying Vampires; Longing for "Luma-Suck"; Co-designing with the Director; Tech table madness; The beauty of slow cues; Being a part of Broadway history: Being a member of the first all-women production team on Broadway; Teaching at SUNY Purchase; Living and designing in a LED world; Cutting noisy lighting fixtures; "Revolutions, baby!"; "The Essence of Love"; How AI could help the process; and "The Tour" conversation. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.

LIGHT TALK Episode 477 - "Landscape vs. Portrait, or Yachts vs. Dinghies... Our Conversation with Bruce Aleksander"

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview Lighting Director and Director of Photography, Bruce Aleksander. Join Bruce, Ellen, Dennis, Steve, and David, as they discuss: Getting started in lighting in the 2nd grade; Theatre summer camp; Finding the way into television studios; Learning by working with the studio crews; "Signing with Cindy"; Renovating studios; Designing the lighting for studio sets with video walls; VIrtual worlds; The evolution of lighting news shows with the changing audience watching habits; Bad remote guest lighting; Does the audience care about bad lighting?; Will virtual anchors care?; The future role of the Lighting Director/Designer; and Advice for young lighting artists. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.