by Jennifer Tankleff | Jan 10, 2019
IWEISS performed a retrofit of the Stage Rigging System at Cornell University’s Willard Straight Hall. Included in the project was the removal of the existing hemp rigging and all of the old draperies. What was put back was nothing short of...
by Jennifer Tankleff | Jan 10, 2019
The Boston Conservatory has undertaken a complete renovation of its backstage area in order to convert it from an all counterweight house to a motorized rigging system. I. Weiss provided and installed 15 variable speed PowerLift® hoists (180 fpm, 1,250 lb. capacity)...
by Jennifer Tankleff | Jan 10, 2019
IWEISS had the pleasure of providing automation, rigging, and curtains for the newly constructed Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago IL. The scope of the work included 18 multi-purpose studios outfitted with pipe grids with perimeter curtains...
by Jennifer Tankleff | Jan 10, 2019
Forty Five years ago, Iowa State University commissioned Japanese artist Ryokichi Mikai to create a work of art that would serve as the Main House Curtain for the Stephens Auditoium. Woven in Japan, it took 7 people working four months to complete the...
by Jennifer Tankleff | Jan 10, 2019
The project included a wire tension grid, a stage rigging system with fire curtain, a motorized Austrian house curtain, and a full set of stage draperies for the new 50,000 square foot Daniel Arts Center.
