Lighting Supervisor's Toolkit

Jason E. Weber is in his sixth season as Lighting Supervisor at Actors Theatre of Louisville. During his 13-year career, he has been the Master Electrician on over 90 professional productions. Prior to Actors Theatre, Jason served as Lighting and Sound Supervisor for seven seasons with the Merrimack Repertory Theatre and Master Electrician for four seasons with the Adirondack Theatre Festival. Jason has an M.A. in Theater Education from Emerson College and a B.F.A. in Theater from Marietta College.

• Part 1: Collaboration 1. Meet and Greet 2. The Architect and the Engineer 3. The Lean, Mean, Lighting Team 4. Always Learning; Always Teaching Part 2: Interrogation 5. The Pre-Production Process 6. The Review and The Price Out 7. Electrical Planning 8. Documentation and Shop Prep 9. The Load-In 10. Focus 11. Tech, Performance, and Strike Part 3: Innovation 12. Boy, Wouldn’t it be Cool if…? 13. Asset Management and Season Planning 14. Your Turn

“This book is extremely successful in what it sets out to do: provide tools to be a successful lighting supervisor. Weber has added a valuable book to both the Focal Press Toolkit Series as well as the library of any lighting supervisor or faculty member teaching in the field.”Caleb Stroman, University of Montevallo, Theatre Design & Technology - Fall 2024