SETTING THE STAGE: Gareth Conner, left, founder and president of Creative Conners Inc., talks with automation technician Josh Stoller about a product Stoller is working on. It’s a Spotline Practical hoist used in theatrical shows. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
2019 PBN Innovative Companies: Arts & Entertainment Creative Conners Inc. NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO, having seen the limitations of existing solutions, theater tech Gareth Conner developed his own idea – an affordable and modular motion control system for live theater that would bring the scenery automation and computer-controlled mechanical effects typically seen only in large-scale,…