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Historic Stage Services, LLC Historic Theatre Consultants

Contact Information: Contact Information:
Wendy R. Waszut-Barrett, Ph.D., President Herb Stratford, President
4021 Adair Avenue N, Minneapolis, MN 55422 308 East 2nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85705
waszut_barrett@me.com herb@historictheatreconsultants.com
(612) 715-6505 (520) 204-2240
http://www.historicstageservices.com/ http://www.historictheatreconsultants.com/

Company Description: Company Description:
Historic Stage Services LLC is the only theatre Herb Stratford spearheaded the creation and
consulting company with stage historians who building of an organization that saved an
offer you options for your historic venue. We historic 1929 movie palace in Tucson, Arizona.
can restore your stage to its original technology He managed the restoration, re-opening,
and scenery, we can update it to the most programming and operation of the 1,200 seat
recent technology, or we can work with you theatre for several years following its debut. A
to determine the perfect balance between past member of the Board of Directors of LHAT,
the two. We work with you and your technical Herb has consulted with many theatres across
staff to evaluate, restore, replicate or replace the country and speaks regularly on topics such
your painted scenery, stage machinery and as branding and programming. He teaches Arts
other systems. Our artists and technicians are Management at the University of Arizona and
trained, practiced and experienced in the holds an undergraduate and Master’s Degree
materials and methods of the nineteenth and in Art. He is also a graduate of the IAVM’s Public
early twentieth century theatre. Whether it is Assembly Facility Managers School.
historical consultation, design, manufacturing
or installation, we have decades of experience
working with everything behind the curtain line.
For further information about our services, please
visit our website at www.historicstageservices.com

IS PROUD TO BE A NATIONAL PARTNER

OF THE LEAGUE OF HISTORIC AMERICAN THEATRES

Lyric Theatre, Broadway • Hudson Theatre, Broadway • Emerson Colonial Theatre, Boston • Kings Theatre, Brooklyn
Majestic Theatre and Empire Theatre, San Antonio • Saenger Theatre and Mahalia Jackson Theatre, New Orleans
Smart Financial Centre, Sugar Land • Curran Theatre, San Francisco