Staging equipment set up for a live event in New Orleans

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Service

Staging for Live Events

Safe, level, professional stage decks and risers built to the height your program needs.

A great show starts with a solid platform. We deliver, build and strike modular staging in any configuration — head tables, runways, choral risers, band platforms and full general session stages — with proper skirting, steps and rails so everything looks finished and stays safe.

Staging Offerings

  • Modular Stage Decks in Custom Configurations
  • Variable-Height Risers & Choral Risers
  • Runways, Catwalks & Truss Stages
  • Band Platforms & Drum Risers
  • Stage Steps, Handrails & ADA Ramps
  • Stage Skirting & Deck Carpet
  • Truss Structures & Ground Support
  • Podiums & Lecterns
  • Delivery, Installation, Strike & Load-Out
Modular event stage deck with skirting and steps in a ballroom

Gallery

Staging in the field

Real productions from New Orleans and across the Gulf South. Select any photo to view it full screen, or filter by event type.

Proof

Staging outcomes

Recent staging work from live events across the region, and what the client walked away with.

Hotel ballroom

Awards stage in a working ballroom

Challenge: Catering needed the room until late the night before, leaving an overnight window to build a 40-foot stage.

Outcome: Pre-staged deck carts and a rehearsed crew had the stage, stairs, skirting and rail set and safety-checked before breakfast service.

Stage width
40 ft
Build window
Overnight
Safety issues
0

Event hall

Runway and truss build

Challenge: A fashion showcase needed a center runway with clean sightlines from three sides.

Outcome: A tiered truss with hidden cable paths and matte deck surface kept the walk safe and the sightlines open for every table.

Runway length
48 ft
Deck height
24 in
Sightline rows
3 sides
They make our events look and sound the way we imagined them, and the crew leaves the room better than they found it.
Wes HowellDrakes Catering

Answers

Staging questions

Does Abstract Productions build stages for events?
Yes. Abstract Productions builds decks, risers, runways, trusses, stairs and rails with skirting and safety rail, sized to your venue and delivered, installed and struck by our crew.
How fast can a stage be installed?
Most ballroom stages are built in an overnight window, with pre-staged deck carts and a rehearsed crew so the room is ready before morning service.
Is setup and breakdown included in staging quotes?
Yes. Full-service staging quotes include delivery, installation, on-site support and breakdown.

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Let's talk staging

Tell us the date, the venue and what has to happen on stage. We will get you a clear written quote and one point of contact from first call through breakdown.

Planning staging for an upcoming event?