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Building Together, Issue: 3
June 18, 2025Welcome to “Building Together”, Wenger’s newsletter designed to support your expertise as architects in shaping exceptional spaces for music education, performing arts and athletics – whether new construction or renovation.
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An Industry Salute to Mark Ingalls
April 30, 2025As Mark Ingalls prepares to retire from Wenger later this month, the performing arts industry reflects on his career of innovation, integrity and collaboration.
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Three Decades of Diva: Celebrating Innovation with Mark Ingalls
As Wenger marks the 30th anniversary of our iconic Diva acoustical shell in 2025, we also celebrate the career of Mark Ingalls, who will retire at the end of April after 37 memorable years.
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FREE Rigging Guide and Resources
April 25, 2025We are happy to share one of our best educational resources, the Rigging Guide for Performance Spaces. This free, comprehensive 32-page guide will help enhance the knowledge and skills of individuals involved in theatre rigging projects, from beginners to advanced professionals.
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iRigging App by J.R. Clancy
April 22, 2025Making capacity calculations by hand can be tedious and time consuming, and accuracy is critical. To simplify this process, J.R. Clancy is proud to announce the release of its updated iRigging app, available for download April 25th, 2025.
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Building Together, Issue: 2
February 19, 2025Welcome to “Building Together”, Wenger’s newsletter designed to support your expertise as architects in shaping exceptional spaces for music education, performing arts and athletics – whether new construction or renovation.
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Understanding Flexible Staging: Best Practices and Layout Options
February 18, 2025For theatre directors, performance venue managers, and educators, flexibility is key when designing a stage setup that can accommodate a wide variety of productions.
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Building Together, Issue: 1
December 1, 2024In this issue, we spotlight the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, Oregon—a state-of-the-art 45,000‑square‑foot multidisciplinary arts center that opened in 2022. Designed by Opsis Architecture and enriched by The Shalleck Collaborative, the center features a 550‑seat proscenium theatre whose back‑lit wood paneling and vivid blue seating evoke the warmth of a beaver’s home and the serene beauty of a pond. A standout is the custom Diva Shell, seamlessly integrated into the building’s architecture to deliver both striking visual appeal and world‑class acoustics.
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Cavea™ Fixed Audience Seating: A New Choice for Affordability and Durability
November 18, 2024Fixed audience seating is a cornerstone of auditorium and performance venue design, where comfort, durability, and functionality must align. Cavea™ Fixed Audience Seating from Wenger Corporation elevates this standard with a range of features and benefits tailored for the modern performance space.
