Syracuse Stage serves as equipment manager. By Jaime Winne Alvarez

The Connective Corridor is now offering an inventory of portable production equipment for local artists and organizations to produce and present public programs and performances along the Corridor. Worth an estimated $75,000, the equipment was purchased with State grant monies. Syracuse Stage stores and manages the equipment, which includes sound, lighting and projection packages.

“This program provides a great opportunity for the city’s art and cultural organizations to access high-quality equipment and to further elevate the level of public performance in the area,” says Robbi Farschman, director of the Corridor. “There are numerous creative folks out there who are eager to share their talents, and we’re excited to be a partner in that. This is definitely a boon for the Corridor and a sign of good things to come!”

Dianna Angell, assistant production manager for Syracuse Stage and production manager for the Syracuse University Department of Drama (housed in SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts), says that managing the production equipment is a natural fit for the theater complex, as it’s one of more than 30 cultural venues along the Corridor and at a central, recognizable location.

A complete set of requirements for equipment usage is available and explained in full detail on the Corridor website, under the “Equipment” tab. In addition, artists and organizations using the production equipment are asked to publically recognize, at some point in their programming, that the equipment is provided courtesy of the Connective Corridor.