about

An innovative, paperless collaboration tool for live events that is revolutionizing how we work...

overview video

A quick video to introduce you to Cuelist! Watch our user guide tutorials for deeper explanations about many of the software’s capabilities.

features

Just some of what you can do with every paid Cuelist subscription:

  • A completely paperless and totally environmentally friendly way to work

  • Real-time ability to add and edit cues anywhere from your studio to the tech table

  • Your cues go in your personal layer and can't be edited by anyone without proper permission

  • Hide or show all your collaborators' work at any point

  • Update individual script pages as revisions occur, no need to rewrite every cue on the page

  • Add text notes anywhere on the script

  • Access a live, always updated list of your cues in spreadsheet format

  • Export your scripts to a PDF file or send all compiled cue information to a spreadsheet at any point

  • Invite unlimited collaborators and control their ability to edit your cues

  • Your entire team can be working on different parts of the document simultaneously and Cuelist will track it all

  • Create a permanent archive for every show that you can access anywhere with an internet connection even if you let your subscription expire

  • Stage managers can lock a script to prevent changes during a performance

  • Create a history of your revisions and revert your script to any old version

  • Dark mode allows for you to view the script and all the cues in show conditions without disturbing others around you

  • Works with both Apple and PC on many of the most common web browsers

For more details on current features, click here.

the team

Cuelist is the brainchild of Josh Epstein and Beth Johnson. As a lighting designer who has spent thousands of hours in theaters over the last 25 years, Josh imagined that there must be a better way to share information and collaborate while sitting in rehearsal. Josh and Beth took that question and answered it, guiding a team of developers to create the first program designed specifically to help stage managers, designers, and backstage crew communicate and collaborate during the development of live performance events.

  • Josh Epstein, Founder

    Josh is a lighting designer for theater, opera and dance as well as environmental and event spaces. 

    He has worked regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Kirk Douglas Theater, Philadelphia Theater Company, Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Baltimore Centerstage, Trinity Rep, Playmakers Rep, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theater, Lyric Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Actor's Theater of Louisville and The Alliance Theater. Opera work includes productions at Minnesota Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Ft. Worth Opera, Opera Saratoga, Opera Santa Barbara, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Berkshire Opera festival and the Manhattan School of Music. He has also served as an associate lighting designer on several Broadway productions.

    Josh received his BA from the University of Chicago and his MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He is a faculty member at the Chapman University College of Performing Arts. Josh is a Los Angeles Ovation Award winner, a Knight of Illumination winner, a Washington DC Helen Hayes nominee, and a recipient of the 2004-2006 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers. Josh is an IAMA Theatre Ensemble Member and served on the O'Neill Playwrights Conference Artistic Council for many years. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three daughters. For more information about Josh's design work you can go to: www.joshepsteindesign.com.

    To reach him directly, email: joshepstein@thecuelist.com.

  • Beth Johnson, Co-Founder

    Beth has been worked in Digital Media and Technology for over 25 years.

    After a decade working as an executive on the Digital Media team at The Walt Disney Company for ABC television, Beth now works alongside her husband at Cuelist. Her expertise is in Digital Content Strategy, with a focus on fan engagement and audience growth. Beth oversaw a team creating content and developing multi-platform programming strategies for ABC Digital, The Oscars, and ABC Family (now Freeform). 

    Beth's consumer-first focus has been a guiding principle throughout her career. She has contributed as an editor or writer for: ABC, ABC Family, Bravo, InStyle and The New Yorker.

    Beth is a proud alumnus of the University of Chicago and was the Metro Chair for the Los Angeles chapter of the Chicago Women's Alliance.

    To reach her directly, email: bethjohnson@thecuelist.com.

partners

Cuelist is proud to be recommended by the Broadway Green Alliance.

Explore the Broadway Green Alliance's new Production and Design Toolkit—your free guide to actionable steps you can take in your show, theatre, or even at home. This interactive resource offers valuable tools for management, designers, directors, and technicians to center sustainability from concept to opening.