Lightwright™ 5 Software  

  • LIGHTWRIGHT™, written by Professional designer John McKernon, is the quintessential tool for tracking all aspects of selecting and arranging, numbering and comparing, assigning and footnoting lighting paperwork.
  • Lightwright™ has been used on over 90% of all Broadway shows over the last 10 years!
  • Lightwright was named as one of the "Products that Changed our World" by lighting Dimensions Magazine.

New in Lightwright 5

Features Lightwright/Vectorworks Data Exchange, a new and easy way to share data
with Vectorworks Spotlight 2012!

• Worksheet reconciliation compares and synchronizes show files
• Share files and worknotes via network and built-in email
• Completely rethought and enhanced worknotes
• Global search across all worksheet columns
• Complete history of all changes, with flexible rollback options
• Wheel design window for moving lights
• Color scroll design window
• Template pictures
• New standard colors choose list and color swatches on the worksheet
• Live instrument and accessory counts
• Automatic dimmer load balancing
• More than one show file can be open at a time
• 18 flexible user-definable columns

Lightwright just keeps getting better and better!

Name Cat. #         List Price
Personal Lightwright 5 3890 540.00
Institutional Lightwright 5 3891 1,080.00
Personal Upgrade* from LW4 to LW5 3892 220.00
Institutional Upgrade from LW4 to LW5 3893 545.00
Student Version Lightwright 5** 3894 135.00
Student LW4 or LW5 to Personal LW5 Upgrade 3895 405.00
Replacement Lightwright 5 CD 3896 18.00

*Upgrades must be in the same name and serial number as the original buyer.

**Licensed in the name of one individual student. Not upgradable to future versions of LW. 

"Student license is for a period of three years." Requires valid student ID to be verified by dealer prior to purchase.

Click here for detailed licensing requirements

Click here for a list of City Theatrical dealers where you can purchase Lightwright

System Requirements

Microsoft Windows®
•   Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Service    Pack 3/Vista or later
•   A CD-ROM drive (for installation from CD only)
•   1GB of physical RAM, 2GB or more strongly recommended
•   A color monitor with at least 1024x768
    resolution, 256 colors or better
•   A hard drive with at least 120 MB of available disk space
•   Internet connection required for installation  
    and use of some features    

Apple Macintosh®
•   Mac OSX 10.4 (Tiger) or later, Intel or    PowerPC Macintosh
•   A CD-ROM drive (for installation from CD only)
•   1GB of physical RAM, 2GB or more strongly recommended
•   A color monitor with at least 1024x768 resolution,
    either thousands or millions of colors
•   A hard drive with at least 120 MB of available  disk space
•   Internet connection required for installation  
    and use of some features