Cambridge University American Stage Tour (CAST) Present Measure for Measure Using MVS HazerThe Cambridge University American Stage Tour (CAST) is the largest international touring theatre show from Cambridge University, now in its 14th year. Each year, a company of Cambridge's most talented directors, producers, actors, and technicians bring one of Shakespeare's plays to Ivy League universities, high schools, and professional theatres across the east coast of America. Le Maitre provided an MVS Hazer for the tour. This year CAST attempted to present a highly stylized and timeless version of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Faced with restrictions on set size, governed by the weight limits of luggage on the flight over, they chose to create a minimalist but highlight-adaptive set, consisting primarily of three trucking gauze screens which were inlaid with LED strips controlled through wireless DMX solutions. The movement of these screens helped to separate and define the space and was complimented by stark lighting contrasts, which sought to differentiate tone and place. The staging was further added to with the Le Maitre MVS Hazer, which provided high definition to the aerial light beams. The tour ran for three weeks and visited towns including Nashville, Columbia, Washington, Rochester, Erie, New York, Providence, and Cambridge. See Le Maitre at PLASA Focus: Nashville, February 18 - 19. 
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