Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center at Yavapai College invests in Ayrton Rivale Profile and Karif‐LT
The Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center, Northern Arizona’s premiere entertainment venue, has installed Ayrton Rivale Profile and Karif-LT fixtures in its lighting rig. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.
“Our new Ayrton lights replace fixtures that were underpowered for this space,” says Eric Tuthill, Yavapai College and J&LLPAC Theatrical Systems Engineer and Lighting Designer. “We’re extremely happy with them: They have wildly upped our production values.”
J&LLPAC invested in 22 Ayrton Rivale Profile, a unique 30,000-lumen profile that is the most versatile and innovative fixture created by Ayrton to date, and two Karif-LTs, ultra-compact, hybrid beam-spot luminaires with long-throw capabilities that deliver stunning visual effects. They represent the first Ayrton purchases by the venue.
Twelve Rivale Profiles are mounted on motorized electrics, four are on the balcony rail to paint the proscenium and six are ready to use as needed for the deck. “Their feature set makes them very versatile for anything we want to do: simple colour washes, gobo and prism effects, and as lock-off lights with their shutters. They are fast, colour accurate and ten times brighter than the fixtures they replaced; they’ve made an amazing change to the space.”
The Karif-LTs are also flown on the rig. “They’re a fun moving light, and we use the second gobo wheel quite a bit to create different textures,” Tuthill reports.
Tuthill believes that “you can spend a lot more than we did in this industry and get a lot less value for your money. We’re so happy with the Ayrtons’ versatility and quality and will continue to look at the brand as our need for new lights arises.”
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