Theatre · New York
Scenery that loads in, runs eight shows a week and tours.
Scenery for Broadway, off-Broadway, opera, dance and touring productions, from the designer’s drafting to tech.
Scenic wall, from behind · Two 4' x 12' flats, stage jacks · Render
Built to the designer’s drafting and the house’s rules.
NYC FAB builds theatre scenery in New York: flats, platforms, decks, wagons, portals, show stairs, flown pieces and automated scenery, engineered for the performers on it and painted to read from the back row.
What goes into it
- Shop drawings and submittals
Dimensioned shop drawings in feet and inches, with materials, finishes and hardware called out, issued for your sign-off.
- Structural engineering
Load paths, connections and stamped calculations where a venue, landlord or building department asks for them.
- Scenic carpentry
Hard flats, platforms, stairs, wagons and facades, framed to tour, load in and strike.
- Structural steel
Platforms, stairs, decks and set structure designed to carry people and equipment.
- Automation and moving scenery
Motorized turntables, lifts, reveals and moving pieces, built with their controls.
- Rigging
Flown pieces and suspended scenery rigged to the venue’s rules.
- Scenic painting
Scenic artists for faux stone, wood, metal, aging and trompe-l’oeil that reads on camera and from the back row.
- Flame retardance and code
Flame-retardant materials and certificates for NYC venues, including NFPA 701 fabrics and FDNY requirements.
- Venue rules, union crews and insurance
We work to each venue’s rules, with union labor where the venue requires it, and certificates of insurance issued for every job.
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Questions buyers ask
Do you build automated scenery?
Yes. Turntables, wagons, lifts and reveals, built with their drive systems and controls and tested in the shop before load-in.
Is the scenery flame-retardant?
Yes. Materials and fabrics are treated or certified for NYC theatres, with certificates supplied for the FDNY.
Can the scenery tour?
Yes. Scenery is built to break down, travel in road cases or crates and reassemble without rework.
Send the drawings and the date.
A sketch or a render is enough to start. We reply with questions, a plan and a price. Your files stay private.