The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the arts and entertainment industry, despite the fact that people relied on them heavily to get them through the early days of the pandemic. Concerts and other performances were postponed and eventually canceled for most of 2020 to late 2021, leaving many theater employees urging the general public to help “save their stages.”
No one knows this feeling more than Katrina Sturtzen, facility director, Schauer Arts Center located in Hartford, Wisconsin. Throughout the shutdown, the Schauer Center made the leap to convert an unused outdoor courtyard space into a new outdoor venue. Sturtzen served as a project manager on the renovation, coordinating construction contractors, creating a design plan for theatrical lighting and sound, ordering and more while staying on budget.
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