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Genovese Vanderhoof & Associates Historic Stage Services, LLC Irwin Seating Company IWEISS

Contact Information: Contact Information: Contact Information: Contact Information:
Margaret Genovese, Senior Partner Wendy R. Waszut-Barrett, Ph.D., President Anne Chapman, Marketing Coordinator Jennifer Tankleff, President
1103-77 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2J7, 4021 Adair Avenue N, Minneapolis, MN 55422 3251 Fruit Ridge Rd NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49544 815 Fairview Avenue #10, Fairview, NJ 07022
Canada waszut_barrett@me.com anne.chapman@irwinseating.com JenniferT@iweiss.com
gvasearch@gmail.com (612) 715-6505 (866) 464-7946 (888) 325-7192
(416) 340-2762 http://www.historicstageservices.com/ http://www.irwinseating.com http://www.iweiss.com
http://www.genovesevanderhoof.com/
Company Description: Company Description: Company Description:
Company Description: Our team specializes in historic stages and how to Irwin Seating provides seat restoration to IWEISS has been in the business of manufacturing
Over the past 30 years, Senior Partners Margaret make them work for today’s needs. We will work help historical theaters manage costs and and installing theatrical drapery and stage
Genovese and Dory Vanderhoof have built with you to help determine the perfect balance requirements while preserving the look and rigging for over 120 years with a strong
one of North America’s leading arts/cultural of historic elements and modern technology for feel of their theaters, for a better experience expertise in restoration work. IWEISS is proud
management consulting firms. GV&A has an your theater. Whether it is consultation, design, for all their guests. Our process has been finely of its association with many of the League’s
unparalleled record of success in assisting manufacturing or installation, we have decades honed over time. We work with local artisans to members. Recent renovation work includes
their clients in EXECUTIVE SEARCH, effective of experience working with everything behind have metal and wood parts carefully stripped, custom fabric and wall upholstery for the State
planning, capital campaigns, successful facility the curtain line. For further information about then bring items to our Grand Rapids, Michigan Theatre in Cleveland, rigging and drapery at the
development and dramatic improvement to our services, please visit our website at www. facility to be powder coated and refinished. Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY, the Sun Theatre
contributed and earned income. The firm’s historicstageservices.com Our upholstery is done in-house, and we can in Springfield, MO and the Tampa Theatre in
clients range from the continent’s largest ballet add custom details. Our in-house decorators Tampa, FL. In more recent years, IWEISS has
and opera companies, theatres, museums, art Historic Theatre Consultants can hand paint details such as Art Deco style developed their line of curtain track and rigging
galleries and orchestras, to highly specialized embellishments to return them to their former equipment that has been installed in theatres
arts organizations, such as modern dance Contact Information: opulence. both new and old across the country. IWEISS has
companies, folk festivals, theatres for young Herb Stratford, President also expanded their presence to a 44,000 square
audiences, science museums, performing arts 308 East 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85705 foot facility in Ozark, MO which now houses an
facilities, historic theatres, living history museums, herb@historictheatreconsultants.com additional steel and drapery shop.
arts service organizations and government (520) 204-2240
agencies. http://www.historictheatreconsultants.com

Company Description:
Historic Plaster Conservation Services Herb Stratford spearheaded the creation and
building of an organization that saved an
Contact Information: historic 1929 movie palace in Tucson, Arizona.
Neal Mednick, Director of Marketing & He managed the restoration, re-opening,
Communications programming and operation of the 1,200 seat
330 Belleville Turnpike, North Arlington, NJ 07031 theatre for several years following its debut. A
neal@historicplaster.com past member of the Board of Directors of LHAT,
(416) 432-0362 Herb has consulted with many theatres across
http://www.historicplaster.com and www. the country and speaks regularly on topics such
johntiedemann.com as branding and programming. He teaches Arts
Management at the University of Arizona and
Company Description: holds an undergraduate and Master’s Degree
For more than 60 years, John Tiedemann Inc. (JTI in Art. He is also a graduate of the IAVM’s Public
- www.johntiedemann.com) has specialized in Assembly Facility Managers School.
interior decorative painting and plastering. JTl’s
associate company, Historic Plaster Conservation
Services USA (HPCS - www.historicplaster.com)
was formed in 1988 to pursue opportunities in
the very specific field of architectural plaster
conservation. HPCS addresses and repairs
systemic deterioration and structural problems
of fragile plaster in historic buildings, including
theaters. We address the problem at its root –
where the plaster meets its substrate.

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