City Theatrical Volunteering at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey

City Theatrical team memberrs volunteering at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, USA

This month, members of the City Theatrical team proudly volunteered at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, helping pack 210 boxes of 164 bags of 10lb potatoes for families and individuals facing food insecurity.

Community FoodBank of New Jersey works to fight hunger by distributing food through hundreds of community partners, connecting neighbors with food assistance programs, providing job training opportunities, and addressing the root causes of food insecurity.

If you’d like to help support their mission, please consider making a donation.

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Case Study: Eluxtra at Scripps National Spelling Bee

101st Scripps National Spelling Bee

For the 101st Scripps National Spelling Bee, Lighting Designer John Viesta and the lighting team created a dramatic, visual experience using integrated Environmental Lights LED lighting and City Theatrical accessories and testing tools. The design enhanced the broadcast presentation while maintaining focus on the student competitors and competition.

Discover more about their experience with Eluxtra™ 5-in-1 Strip Light - RGB + Amber/6500K - 60/m - 24 VDC, and EcoFlex LED Neon - RGB, in this City Theatrical case study.

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Martin Accessories and Integrated Multiverse for new MAC Encore Two Fixture

MAC Encore Two with Concentric Ring

City Theatrical offers three standard Martin Accessories designed to fit Martin's NEW MAC Encore Two lighting fixture including Follow Spot Handles, Concentric Rings, and Hexcel Louvers. City Theatrical’s engineers and craftspeople design and create beam shaping lighting accessories from their New Jersey-based factory.

The MAC Encore Two also features a Multiverse Connect Module port, for plug-in wireless DMX when connected with City Theatrical’s Multiverse Connect Module. The chassis of the device plugs into the fixture, and with a few menu changes, the fixture becomes wireless.

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Wednesday Matinee: Titanique

Melissa Barrera as Rose and John Riddle as Cal in Titanique (Evan Zimmerman)

See Titanique at St James Theatre in New York City. Products by City Theatrical includes custom-made Vari-Lite VL3600 Top Hats, and GLP X4L Hexcel Louvers. Products by Environmental Lights include Eluxtra 5-in-1 LED Tape RGB-TW and EcoFlex 4-in-1 LED Neon RGB-6500k. Software used includes Moving Light Assistant™.

Lighting Design by Paige Seber.

City Theatrical and Environmental Lights extend their congratulations to Paige Seber on her Broadway debut as a Lighting Designer.

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ABTT Theatre Show 2026, London Show Report

Aaron Porter, Matt Stearnes, and Gry Vilardi on the City Theatrical booth at ABTT Theatre Show London

On June 3-4, 2026, City Theatrical exhibited at the ABTT Theatre Show 2026, at Alexandra Palace in London, England, where the company showcased its latest innovations in entertainment lighting technology to theatre, live event, and performance professionals.

The ABTT Theatre Show is an exhibition for theatre technicians, suppliers, and live performance professionals, bringing together leading manufacturers and industry experts from across the sector.

See the highlights from the event in City Theatrical's Trade Show Report.

ABTT Trade Show Report

June 2026 Custom Manufacturing

Custom Chauvet Colorado Zoom 2 Top Hat

Every month, we do dozens of custom manufacturing projects for customers all over the world. These projects include entertainment lighting, architectural lighting, and OEM development projects for other companies. Custom projects give us a chance to use all of our experience, knowledge, and capability.

Tell us about your challenges, submit a custom order, and you could see your project in next month's newsletter.

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