Altman Lighting, Inc. exclusively ofers a UL-Listed
Ghostlight. All profts for the sale of the Ghostlight
will go to support the Behind the Scenes charity. The
Behind the Scenes Charity is an initiative of the ESTA
Foundation.
Behind the Scenes provides fnancial support to
entertainment technology professionals when they
are ill or injured. With this initiative, our industry can
make sure our colleagues are cared for when tragedy
strikes. The traditional Ghostlight was used as the
logo for the Behind the Scenes charity and supports
it’s tagline of ‘Don’t leave your colleagues in the dark.’
A Ghostlight serves both a practical and a traditional
role in theatre. On the practical side, a Ghostlight is
the single light left burning onstage when the theatre
is closed so that anyone coming into the theatre can
see the set, the edge of the stage, or any potential
obstacles or dangers. On the traditional side, theatre
superstitions vary, but most say that the Ghostlight
keeps the good ghosts of past productions in the
theatre. If a theatre was to be completely dark, these
beneficial ghosts would leave the space.
Another
version is that if the ghost thinks the theatre has been
abandoned they would cause accidents to happen
on the stage. Whatever your belief, the Behind the
Scenes Ghostlight is a symbol of our willingness to
help out our colleagues, who for years have not had a safety net of any kind.
