With nowhere for the community to go for local performing arts, Auburn University wanted a world-class performing arts center with the newest stage technology to ensure great performances and enhanced opportunities for community members and students.

Acoustics were always the priority for the new Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. The focal point of the 85,000-square-foot (7,897-square-meter) Gogue Center is the 1,202-seat Woltosz Theatre. Naturally, it would require superior acoustics to ensure every type of performance would be accommodated and leave the audience wanting more. 

Ten Wenger Transform® Motorized Acoustical Banners line both house right and house left of the audience chamber. They have the ability to be individually controlled, so the user can lower or raise them to adjust the acoustics in the room. The banners are controlled by a J.R. Clancy SceneControl™ 12 Motion Control System.

The forestage reflector ceiling was designed to match the over stage orchestra shell ceiling’s design, so it appears to be a single, seamless ceiling. The forestage reflector is suspended from a motorized hoist, which allows the users to adjust the angle of the forestage ceiling reflector.

The Gogue Performing Arts Center opened its doors in August
2019 with a four-day festival featuring 27 performances at both
the Gogue Center and the school’s outdoor amphitheatre.