Cigar Box Studios Inc.

What Cigar Box Studios Inc. does

Cigar Box Studios, Inc. is a privately held, full-service scenery shop headquartered at 300 Shore Road, Cornwall on Hudson, NY, with a 15,000-square-foot production facility in Marlboro, NY and a 90,000-square-foot storage facility in Newburgh, NY. The company was founded in 2000 by Gary Rausenberger after nearly 40 years working in scenic shops and backstage on Broadway and specializes in custom fabrication of scenery, displays, and specialty items for television, theater, retail, and private events. Named enterprise clients include Discovery Channel, Planet Fitness, LG, and Coca-Cola, indicating work at the intersection of broadcast, consumer-brand, and live-performance environments.

The core offering combines one-time custom fabrication with a recurring rental business built around an inventory of flats in multiple sizes, portable staging decks with legs, railings and step units, roll-down screens, and furniture. Technology is traditional rather than novel: scenic carpentry, painting, layout, and specialty construction techniques executed by an in-house shop team, supplemented by a company-owned fleet of box trucks and vans that enables logistics and on-site installation. The complement of production space, large storage footprint, and integrated trucking fleet creates a single-vendor fabricate-install-store workflow that is uncommon at this scale.

Commercial activity is project-based and driven by direct enterprise field sales through referrals, industry reputation, and inbound inquiries, with revenue split across custom fabrication (one-time), equipment and scenery rentals (recurring), and installation/strike/storage services (professional services). The company operates primarily in the New York regional market, has no disclosed funding or institutional investors, and is family-operated, with Office & Insurance Manager Jenni Vegliando representing the fourth generation of the family in the theatrical world.

Name

Cigar Box Studios Inc.

Legal name

Cigar Box Studios, Inc.

Website

https://cigarboxstudios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cigar Box Studios, Inc. is a privately held, full-service scenery shop in Marlboro and Cornwall on Hudson, NY that fabricates custom sets, displays, and specialty items and rents flats, staging, and equipment for television, theater, retail, and event clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scenic Fabrication & Set Design Services

SIC

Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures (2590)

akta.pro primary industry

Pipe & Drape, Backdrop & Room-Divider Rentals (HSACAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Event Rentals (Tents, Furniture, A/V, Decor) (HSACAAAG)

Keywords

• Custom scenery fabrication
• Set design services
• Theatrical props manufacturing
• Portable staging rentals
• Event display fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Marlboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Fabrication Services: One-time project-based custom fabrication of scenery, displays, and specialty items for television, theater, retail, and private events. Revenue generated through direct billing for custom fabrication projects with pricing based on scope and complexity.
2. Equipment and Scenery Rentals: Rental of flats, portable staging, furniture, roll-down screens, and other scenic elements from inventory. Provides recurring revenue from returning customers and complements custom fabrication offerings.
3. Installation and Storage Services: On-site installation, strike, and storage services for events. End-to-end logistics services including trucking using company fleet of box trucks and vans.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cigar Box Studios, Inc. is a full-service scenery shop that custom fabricates scenery, displays, props, and specialty set elements for television, theater, retail, and corporate event clients. Offerings are complemented by a large rental inventory of flats, portable staging, furniture, and roll-down screens, plus on-site installation, trucking, strike, and 90,000 sq ft storage services that together form end-to-end production solutions.

Product overview

Cigar Box Studios Inc. operates as a full-service scenery shop offering an integrated portfolio of products and services for set design, props, fabrication, and theater sets. The core offering centers on custom fabrication of scenery, displays, and specialty items, complemented by a large rental inventory of flats, portable staging solutions, and event equipment. The company provides end-to-end solutions combining fabrication, trucking, on-site installation, and storage services, allowing clients to manage productions without additional coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Scenery Fabrication

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• PRG Scenic Technologies (Production Resource Group): Large global production services firm whose scenic division is a former employer of Cigar Box's founder. Overlaps directly with Cigar Box on custom scenic fabrication but operates at meaningfully larger scale and scope across entertainment technology, lighting, and rigging.
• 4Wall Entertainment: National provider of event production rentals including scenic elements, staging, and soft goods. Comparable to Cigar Box on the rental side of scenic flats, screens, and furniture, though 4Wall's footprint is much broader and gear-heavy.
• GES (Global Experience Specialists): Large event and exhibition services provider offering fabrication, install, and logistics for trade shows and corporate events. Comparable to Cigar Box on installation, trucking, and event-side scenic and display work, but at far larger scale.

Direct peers

• Feller Scenery Studios: Long-standing New York scenery shop where Cigar Box's founder Gary Rausenberger trained under his father. Operates in the same custom scenic fabrication category for Broadway, television, and event clients.
• Displayit: Custom display and visual merchandising fabricator serving retail and brand environments. Comparable to Cigar Box's retail display fabrication work for customers like Planet Fitness and LG, with similar project-based commercial model.
• Showman Fabricators: New York City-based custom scenic fabrication shop serving Broadway, television, retail, and events. Closest peer to Cigar Box in terms of product, customer base, and project-based commercial scenic work in the NY market.
• Hudson Scenic Studio: Specialty scenic fabrication firm serving Broadway, opera, museums, and themed entertainment with custom-built scenery and automation. Directly comparable to Cigar Box on craft, project complexity, and theatrical customer base.

Others

• Sparks: Experience design and fabrication agency for exhibits, events, and brand activations. Adjacent to Cigar Box in scenic and display fabrication for enterprise brand experiences but serves more as a creative-led agency than a scenery shop.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cigarboxstudios
• Instagraminstagram.com/cigarboxstudios/?hl=en

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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