Orlando, Florida

Built by show people.
For show people.

Northstar Show Systems designs, builds, and supports custom show control for themed entertainment, attractions, venues, churches, and live events. Hardware, firmware, and software — designed end-to-end by people who've worked the booth on opening night.

Our mission

Mission-critical, without the price tag.

Show control has historically meant one of two things: a custom six-figure system from a legacy vendor, or a duct-taped pile of PLCs and shell scripts that crashes when you least want it to. Neither felt right.

We built Northstar to be the third option — industrial-grade reliability at integrator pricing, designed end-to-end by people who've stood in the booth on opening night.

What we believe

Six principles we hold to.

  • Offline-first. Your show doesn't need the public internet to run.
  • No surprise bills. No per-cue licensing, no concurrent-operator caps, no surprise renewals.
  • Own your show. Show files are plain text. Export them, version them, take them with you.
  • Real humans on support. Engineers, not a phone tree.
  • Built where we sell it. Hardware comes off the bench in Orlando.
  • We use what we build. Every product ships through our own showroom first.
What we do

End-to-end show systems.

Beyond the platform, our integration team designs and installs the rest of the technical stack — so one team owns the whole project.

Show control

The Northstar platform: Helm, Polaris, Bridge, HelmOS, TrueNorth, Compose, Cuemaster.

AV systems

Audio, video, projection mapping, content delivery — fully integrated with show control.

Lighting

Design, programming, fixture selection, install — across architectural, theatrical, and effects lighting.

Automation & effects

Pneumatics, animatronics, motion control, scenic effects — tied into the show cue stream.

Network & infrastructure

TrueNorth deployments, structured cabling, racks, power, and network design.

Service & support

Service contracts, RMA, parts inventory, season-prep visits, 24/7 critical-line support.

Let's build something together.

Customer, partner, hire, vendor — whatever you have in mind, send it our way.