“Under the able direction of Emerson A. Kington, the gospel song play is currently being performed at the highest level possible” – Bay State Banner
ekTEK was started by Boston University graduate Emerson Kington. A highly technical thinker, Kington, who is a former dancer, started his career at Gillette Company in Boston as an engineer. Driven by his love for the arts, Kington assumed a career change and started a production company to work on a diverse portfolio of projects in the New England area.
Kington’s mission is simple: that great art deserves superb presentation. Over a period of 20 years, ekTEK built a reputation for reliability, flexibility and a strive for excellence on multiple platforms by using the most skilled production personnel in the area. The company’s excellent working relationships with permitting bodies in the city made it a popular choice for outdoor events in non-traditional event locations.
ekTEK’s production portfolio includes some of Boston’s most iconic events such as the Boston Local Food Festival, the inaugural Boston Arts Festival, Boston Landmark’s Orchestra at the Hatch Shell, First Night Boston and Black Nativity. The company has produced events in non-event specific outdoor environments and in the great performance spaces such as Symphony Hall.
Check out ekTEK in action at the Hatch Shell, turning an empty space into a a concert venue. (it moves quite fast!)
ekTEK offers production services in the following areas:
- TECHNICAL DIRECTING: Arming your creative vision with the tools needed to create production impact. Includes elements such as finding the appropriate lighting package to fit your production needs (often lighting packages are purchased, and the package exceeds the needs of the production meaning money is wasted)
- STAGE MANAGEMENT: Getting your show over the finish line. On-site running of the production, the Stage Manager implements the show-flow to the second. ekTEK stage management brings harmony to the many moving parts of the production at show-time, and is the production traffic-cop
- PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: The holistic ekTEK approach to delivering a creative vision its production impact, the ekTEK team works with artistic staff in rolling a creative plan through a production process. This involves:
- Sketching staging areas
- Assessing creative needs and building a production budget
- Providing the most cost-efficient technical packages
- Building a production plan
- Meeting regularly with creative stake-holders.
- Creating a show-flow
- Visiting site & meeting with site management
- Forumlating a stage management plan
ekTEK has experience in production management in a diversity of situations and locations and is very flexible in making a production plan that works for YOUR creative vision.