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Industry | Live entertainment, Software, Theatre |
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Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Chris Ashworth [1] |
Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland |
Key people | Chris Ashworth ( CEO) [2] |
Members | 16 [3] [1] (2020) |
Website |
figure53 |
Figure 53, LLC is an American technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland. [3] Figure 53's flagship product is QLab, a proprietary cue-based multimedia playback system for macOS for use in theatre and other forms of live performance. Some of their other products include Go Button and QLab Remote. [4]
By the time Figure 53 was incorporated in Maryland in March 2006, QLab had been in development for over 2 years. [5] Over time, it has evolved into an industry standard for show control. [6] [7] [8] [9] In 2018, Figure 53 announced the acquisition of the defunct Playhouse Theatre building, and revamped it to create The Voxel theatre in 2020. The Voxel serves both as a research lab for the company and as a theatre intended to promote and facilitate technological experimentation in performance art. [10] [11] [12] [13]
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Industry | Live entertainment, Software, Theatre |
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Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Chris Ashworth [1] |
Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland |
Key people | Chris Ashworth ( CEO) [2] |
Members | 16 [3] [1] (2020) |
Website |
figure53 |
Figure 53, LLC is an American technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland. [3] Figure 53's flagship product is QLab, a proprietary cue-based multimedia playback system for macOS for use in theatre and other forms of live performance. Some of their other products include Go Button and QLab Remote. [4]
By the time Figure 53 was incorporated in Maryland in March 2006, QLab had been in development for over 2 years. [5] Over time, it has evolved into an industry standard for show control. [6] [7] [8] [9] In 2018, Figure 53 announced the acquisition of the defunct Playhouse Theatre building, and revamped it to create The Voxel theatre in 2020. The Voxel serves both as a research lab for the company and as a theatre intended to promote and facilitate technological experimentation in performance art. [10] [11] [12] [13]