By Sara Plummer
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When Pat Sharp started looking for a lighting system that would be energy efficient and practical for a theater, prospects were dim.
Sharp, the technical and operations director for Tulsa Performing Arts Center, began his lighting project more than two years ago.
“We couldn’t find a supplier who could do what we needed to do,” he said.
LED lights were ideal, but the bulbs could only dim 30 percent to 50 percent and Sharp said “we needed to get to 100 percent.”
Sharp began working with Crossroads LED, a Tulsa-area company that designed a completely dimmable LED light.
“It will change how people do theatrical lighting,” he said.
About 95 percent of the shows at the PAC take place with the house lights out, said John Scott, PAC director.
“Figuring out how to get over that hump, to get (the lights) all the way down, it’s something completely u