K-12 Performance Space Consulting and Live Event Production Training
Backstage Essentials LLC helps school districts, architects, and AV integrators get K-12 performance spaces right and prepares the next generation of stagehand technicians to run them.
School districts invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in auditoriums and performance spaces that often don't work the way anyone planned. Backstage Essentials LLC provides independent consulting for K-12 performance space projects — working alongside districts, architects, and AV integrators to ensure the facility, technology, and budget align.
Services include AV systems review, new construction and renovation advisory, event readiness audits, and student crew program development.
Learn more: backstageessentials.com/consulting
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Backstage Essentials: Skills for Stagehand Technicians in Live Event Production
A practical guide to production operations for educational performance spaces — covering stagecraft fundamentals, crew management, safety protocols, and program sustainability. Written for the people who actually have to run the show.
Coming 2026. Published by Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
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