By cracking the cover and starting to read this book, perhaps you are preparing to tackle your first automation project, seeking to expand your existing automation toolkit, or just curious to understand how the magic works. Stage automation is technically fascinating, visually exciting, and terribly addictive. The combination of machinery, electronic controls, and software used to choreograph the movement of scenery on stage is exhilarating. The thrill of watching giant pieces of scenery gracefully sweep across the stage with surgical precision never gets old.

This is a marvelous time to be a technician in the entertainment industry. Automation technology is rapidly becoming both less expensive and ...

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