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A Test Is Worth A Thousand Words
Testing Equipment & Instructions
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How To Participate |
A Test is Worth A Thousand Words
ESTA’s fog testing program helps theatres make sure they
are using theatrical fog responsibly by keeping concentrations
within accepted standards and guidelines, and to demonstrate
that they are doing so. Because there are clear exposure standards
and guidelines that detail the responsible use of fog - including
guidelines endorsed by Actors’ Equity - theatres
that demonstrate they are using fog according to these accepted
standards
should alleviate performers’ and crew members’ concerns,
as well as protect their health.
The program, A Test is Worth a Thousand Words, gives
theatres the information and support they need to:
- Monitor
and test all types of fog, including glycol/glycerin, mineral
oil, dry ice/liquid CO2, and liquid nitrogen fogs
- Compare
results to accepted standards and guidelines
- Tell performers
and crew members that the theatre monitors and tests its
fog, and give them the test results for their
productions
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There is no charge to join the program and receive
printed materials. The only cost to theatres is the testing itself,
and those costs are minimal. Testing can be done in-house, by the
theatre’s own employees, with no additional training.
Program Overview
Participating theatres receive:
- Access to testing equipment, including information
about rental and purchase
- Instructions for using equipment and calculating
results and comparing those results to accepted standards and
guidelines
- A poster, directed to performers and crew, that can
hang backstage
- A form for reporting test results for individual
productions (the form is a label that theatres complete and apply
to the poster)
- Flyers that can be distributed to performers and
crew with scripts, with rehearsal schedules, or in response
to specific questions
To participate in the program, or for more detailed information,
please contact Karl G. Ruling at ESTA, (212) 244-1505,
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A Test is Worth a Thousand
Words is sponsored by ESTA. The following industry publications and associations
contributed to the cost of printing materials for this program:
Entertainment Design, Lighting Dimensions, Stage Directions, and
the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT).
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