It was an emotional demonstration for the company’s co-founders, Sally and Mark Dietlein, as they watched the first working demonstration of the lifts in the new Centre Stage Theatre.
“Everything in here is custom for this building,” says Andy Wellons, control integrator for TAIT Stage Technology, a London-based company renowned for designing staging for Lady Gaga and other high-profile concert tours. “You will not be able to find a lift system or an overhead crane system like this anywhere.”
The Mountain America Performing Arts Complex will open in parts, beginning Sept. 1 with the run of the popular “Forever Plaid” musical revue on the company’s new thrust stage.