Research Live! is a speech competition hosted by the Graduate College at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Graduate students have three minutes to explain their research and its impact to non-experts. The development of the Kappel Rigging Trainer was presented in a speech titled “Teaching Theatrical Counterweight Rigging in the Classroom.” This speech was selected as one of 13 finalists and received the “Storyteller Award.” For more information about Research Live!, visit the Graduate College website.