Wybron Cygnus LEDs at Irish Repertory Theatre, New York

Michael O'Connor, describes his experience working with Wybron's Cygnus Wash LEDs for the first dance production seen at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York: "While the Irish Repertory Theatre has been home to countless successful shows, NOCTÚ is the first dance piece to be produced there. With the wall of the building stage left and the audience, seated stage right, it is a space really geared to plays. This layout meant booms were out of the question. For a production as dramatic as NOCTÚ, the thought of losing all low side light angles was daunting. My light plot needed to be flexible enough to handle the 18 sections of the show with only back-- light, some color on the back wall, and a few high sides. With these limitations, I was quickly drawn to the two Wybron Cygnus 200s, which IRT has in-house. Just two of them were able to cut through both my warm and cool down light washes, which had nine ETC PARs in each. Every section looked great, but it wasn't until we added the Cygnus fixtures to the cue that we all went 'Wow." The additional pop of color on their shoulders made the performers glow and really heightened the overall look of the production. When there is no set and minimal costumes, as an LD, it's just you and the dancers up there. Having the two Cygnus 200s let me keep up with Breandán de Gallaí's powerful choreography and bring the lighting to that next level."

Wybron says Cygnus Wash LEDs' (available in 200W medium flood and 200W/100W very narrow beam angles) RGBW in-lens color mixing, you will achieve exceptional results in one of the most important aspects of a theater production -- creating and enhancing visibility, composition and mood with lighting design. The Cygnus LED family now includes the variable white light Studio series, and the Incite 375W Profile, providing all the LED luminaires needed for stage, broadcast, film, architectural, exhibition, entertainment venues, house of worship, and many other indoor lighting applications.