About Us
Your Performance is Our Priority
Here at Texas Scenic, we believe equipment should work as intended and seamlessly coordinate with existing systems. We are ready to design the equipment your performance space requires. No project is too large or too small. Whether it’s a simple, off-the-shelf solution or a complete custom design, our highly qualified engineer and design teams are prepared to work with you through every phase of your new construction or renovation. A commitment to service and quality are the cornerstones of our success, and we are proud of our hard-earned reputation for bringing projects in on schedule, and more importantly, within budget.
Our Story
Based out of an old theatre building in San Antonio, Texas, Adolph and Martha Beck envisioned for themselves a business that would combine their skillsets and their passion for the arts. With a little cash and a lot of determination, the Becks founded Texas Scenic in 1936 and watched it grow into the premier one-stop shop for performance halls builders; a needed partner that could design, build, and install theatrical stage equipment.
In the early days of the business, Adolph got the word out for their services by hosting lavish parties for the military NCO clubs around town. He worked with local schools and small theaters to sell advertising on the stage curtains he installed to help cover the cost for their stage equipment needs. Martha was the original stage curtain seamstress and would take Adolph’s measurements and cut and sew the materials to spec, passing them back to her husband who would then go install them.
By the 1960s, Adolph and Martha’s daughter Mildred had married Glenn Martin, Jr., and the two carried on the Becks’ tradition of providing high quality stage products to area theatres and performance venues. Glenn learned the business from the bottom up, a self-educated and driven entrepreneur in his own right, and continued to learn the trade, getting involved with the trade associations, and staying on the forefront of advances in the stage equipment industry. When his son, Glen Martin, III, got into the family business, he followed in his father’s footsteps, pushing the business towards rigging equipment as the next crucial product line for Texas Scenic to invest in.
In the 1980s, Glenn III took over as president with an eye towards the next phase of the business. He and lifelong friend and coworker Richard Mecke, an engineering grad from Texas A&M University, started growing the company further, expanding services to include a broader, more comprehensive product offering in theatrical equipment and supplies. Another critical change during this time was a decision they made to start manufacturing more products in house and retain more control on the quality of the products, all the way down to the raw materials they chose.
As performance spaces continued to evolve Texas Scenic stayed on top of the industry, adding products and services to meet their clients’ needs. In the 2000s, motorized rigging took off as an industry standard, and once again, Texas Scenic Company, under the leadership of Richard, as president, and Steve Surratt, as chief operating officer, ensured that the company was in the position to take advantage of the high demand as they made this line the focal point of the company’s manufacturing business. That foresight is still evident today as motorized rigging continues to be our number one product category.
In 2018, Pook Diemont Ohl, a regional northeast stage equipment manufacturer/installer company was acquired by Texas Scenic along with their premier sub brand acouStaCorp, industry-leading adjustable acoustic curtains. This merger gave Texas Scenic a strategic foothold into the east-coast market, making it possible to increase business opportunities in this region.
In 2022, another acquisition gave Texas Scenic a strategic advantage in the industry. H&H Specialties, a leader in the stage rigging and equipment manufacturing industry was based on the west coast, in City of Industry, CA. This acquisition gave Texas Scenic an additional geographic footprint, spanning from coast to coast.
Today, our vision is to provide a place for the next generation of leaders in the company to continue on this entrepreneurial path, driving the company and our industry up a path of discovery and innovation in theatrical design and equipment capabilities.
Explore Our Recent Projects
Our work can be found in performing arts centers, theme parks, churches, schools, broadcast facilities, hotels, museums, convention centers, and civic facilities all across the country. Take a look at a few examples of venues implementing our products and design.
Tobin Center for the Arts
Dead hung and motorized rigging, motor controls, fire curtain, acoustical and stage curtains, tracks, pit filler, orchestra shell, platforms, concert lighting fixtures, theatrical lighting controls, central dimming and controls, specialty…
Texas State University
Provide and install dead hung, counterweight and motorized rigging, motor controls, fire curtain, stage curtains, tracks, dimming and controls, distribution, lighting fixtures, and orchestra shell.
Tuloso-Midway High School
Provide and install dead hung, counterweight and motorized rigging, motor controls, fire curtain, stage curtains, tracks, dimming and controls, distribution, lighting fixtures, and orchestra shell.
Klein High School
Pipe grid system, counterweight and motorized rigging, motor controls, fire curtain, stage curtains, tracks, dimming and controls, distribution, lighting fixtures.
Alamo Cafe
Upgraded lighting to color-changing LEDs provided by MEGA systems, allowing the sky to change colors throughout the day to match the actual sky outside.
Metronational Treehouse
Dimming and controls, dead hung system, and lighting fixtures.
The Smith Center
Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, The Smith Center is home to the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Nevada Ballet Theatre. Opened in March 2012, H&H Specialties provided acoustic tracks and…
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
The latest addition to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the Segerstrom Concert Hall is home to the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, the Pacific Chorale, and the Pacific Symphony….
Vaughncille Joseph Meng Concert Hall
H & H manufactured custom heavy-duty nylon rigging blocks for the orchestra canopy to allow the hall’s acoustics to be controlled for various performances.
