Case Study
Hancher Auditorium - Seating Wagon
CASE STUDY: HANCHER AUDITORIUM SEATING WAGON W hen the University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium was devastated by the historic flood- ing of 2008, it was the beginning of an eight-year road to recov- ery. In 2016, Staging Concepts provided theatrical wagons and a black box seating riser system for Hancher Auditorium in Iowa. The auditorium features a variety Staging Concepts Seating Wag- ons and platforms. A seating wagon is a movable platform (on wheels or a track) with fixed audience chairs. Seating wagons are placed on the orchestra pit lift to provide additional audience seating, and moved to storage when not needed. This flexible theater design allows for premium seating to be moved in and out of storage for specific performances. When not in use, the chair wa