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Adirondack Studios Adirondack Studios (ADKS) crafts award-winning design and fabrication solutions for entertainment and cultural experiences. www.wemakeascene.com.

With 350 artisans over 5,000 projects worldwide, we prioritize storytelling, innovation & guest experience. Since 1975, Adirondack Studios (ADKS) has provided award-winning creative solutions for designers, artists, producers and owners across the entire themed entertainment market. With our culture rooted in theatrical production, Adirondack Studios is a collaborative partner that focuses on story and guest experience by examining thoughtful design solutions, innovative methods and materials and out-of-the-box thinking across the breadth of the project cycle. With a combined 210,000 sf. of production facilities in upstate New York, Orlando and Dubai, as well as offices in Pasadena and Shanghai, ADKS’ team of 300 artisans, managers and installers has provided ideation, concept & schematic design, design development, custom fabrication, technical support and installation & commissioning services for some of the world’s biggest amusement & leisure attractions, real property & public spaces, live entertainment & special events and museums & exhibits – over 4,700 productions in total. Clients and projects include Universal Destinations & Experiences, Disney Parks, Experiences & Products, Resorts World Sentosa, Doha Oasis, Dubai Parks & Resorts, Cedar Fair Entertainment, Carnival Cruise Line, Disney Cruise Line, The Puttery, Warner Bros., Level99, SkyFly: Soar America, Hersheypark, One World Observatory, Meow Wolf, Christian Dior, Chanel, Brookfield Properties, Mastercard, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Lincoln Center, New York Hall of Science, National Geographic, National Comedy Center and The Franklin Institute.

Maybe it was the flowering dogwood you climbed as a kid.....or the oak you got married under.....or the maple you plante...
10/23/2026

Maybe it was the flowering dogwood you climbed as a kid.....or the oak you got married under.....or the maple you planted in honor of a loved one.

For most of us, trees, animals and nature play a special role in our lives, but how do you translate that emotion into a commitment to conservation?

That story of conservation through emotional connection is at the "root" of the largest capital project in Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's history: Primate Rainforest. The goal of this new experience is to reinforce the interconnectedness of people, animals and habitats, and the journey begins in the CrossCountry Mortgage Forest Home.

When Adirondack Studios was introduced to the Primate Forest project, Local Projects and the Zoo had already developed a strong artistic intent. Our initial scope was to confirm that their intricate vision for the Mother Tree, the dramatic centerpiece of Forest Home, was experientially achievable. Through various iterations of mockups, we confirmed that the Mother Tree, even with its complex integration of interactivity, lighting, sound and media, could not only be functionally and operationally achievable, but a true "wow" moment for Zoo visitors.

From those initial seeds of prototyping Local Projects' designs, our scope under Higley Construction grew to comprise final drawings, fabrication and installation of all the physical theming elements of Forest Home, including scenic flooring, trees, rocks, the foliage canopy and of course, the Mother Tree. The resulting scene beautifully complements the immersive projection mapped media of Local Projects, Electrosonic, and PIXERA, and the lighting of Illuminated Integration.

While we wanted the Forest Home to have a mystical storytelling quality, we knew that the Zoo's vision for the space would be best achieved with hyper-realism. From peeling birch bark to native fungi, we created the trees to be indicative of the species visitors would see outside the Zoo's Northwest Ohio doors. We can't wait for visitors to discover the little surprises dotted among the branches, embedded in the trunks, and scattered along the forest floor.

In addition to the Forest Home, our scope included the 200 curved wooden fins throughout the Michael Talty and Helen Talty Charitable Trust Learning Gallery, the faux rockwork kiosks in the Cleveland Foundation Sustainable Future Design Lab, and the monitor enclosures in the Lubrizol Connections Studio.

We extend our deepest thanks to Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, our external partners, and our ADKS project team members: Abby Cox, Abigail Hopkins, Alan Walkup, Andrew Doonan, Andrew Leinwol, Andrew Sanders, Andy Keech, Benjamin Batkay, Benjamin Brown, Benjamin Hydock, Benjamin Vass, Bill McDonald, Bree Perry, Brian Bentley, Brian Reed, Bruce Nancarrow, Chris Kristant, Christian Colon, Christopher Hamburg, Courtney Harwood, Curtis Condon, Cydney Ruork, Damien Andersen, Dan Koudelka, David Quackenbush, Derek Weeks, Devin Fitzpatrick, Dylan Rogers, Eric Anderson, Ethan Liptak, Forrest Norton, Gianna Fasulo, Glenn Sturgis, Gordon Mlynarek, Houston Norman, Jada Clement, Jake Krasnove, Jaryn DeShane, Jason Noble, Jeffrey DuVilla, Jeffrey Loveland, Jing Agunzo, Jinna McHugh, John Getty, John Owens, Jonathan Bauman, Jordan Auclaire, Jordan Bardin, Josh Baker, Joshua Cummins, Justin Hudson, Justin Miller, Justine Schneider, Karen Koziol, Katelyne Harwood, Kelly Brooking, Kelly Vincent, Kevin Benedict, Kurt Jilek, Lara Brunelle, Liam Keating, Lucien Rockwell, Madaleine Perry, Madison Carpenter, Maggie Tagher, Margaret Bollendorf, Marisol Merced, Mark Hotte, Marshall Stevens, Maryanne Toto, Matthew Cone, Matthew Jackson, Matthew Johnson, Matthew Newton, Matthew Winch, Max Dembling, Meaghan Carpentier, Michael Bollendorf, Michael Colon, Michael Federico, Michele Molea, Myles Roberts, Noah Schmitt, Paige Setchell, Pamela Fryer, Patrick Tynan, Peter Gray, Richard Jamieson, Riley Maddison, Robert Bentley, Robert Rathbun, Robert Willard, Rocket Craig, Russell Poole, Ruth Durling, Ryan Breheny, Ryan Hoffman, Sakshi Nemlekar, Seth Belden, Shannon Browne, Stanicka Mathurin, Tara Dirga, Thomas Grover, Tony Shortway, Valerie Tran, Victor Armstrong, Vincent Belotti, Warren Cicotte, Wesley Corson, Wesley Craig, William Stoddard, Zachary Lockwood

Learn more about the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Primate Rainforest and the collaborative process that brought it to life in our next Blooloop article, coming soon.

10/23/2026

It's time for another Adirondack Studios Middle East Office Challenge! This time, we're asking ADKS ME team members rapid fire trivia questions, and the stakes are high - bragging rights, fake dirhams, and hard candy.

Keep checking in for more shenanigans from our fun-loving Dubai studio!

10/21/2026

For Adirondack Studios Soft Goods Manager, Bree Perry, artistry is in the blood.

Bree's been working in the entertainment field for over 20 years, from theater to fashion to commercial work. Along the way, she's built clothing for Miss Piggy, Animal, Richard Gere, Chloe Sevigny, Barbara Walters, and the Rockettes.

She also created a Chewbacca for LucasFilms, styled two global ad campaigns for Under Armour, fashioned costumes for Sesame Street (season 55), and most recently, served as a Senior Builder/Co-Team Lead for Jim Henson Creature Shop, creating the walk-around puppets for the 2025 Fraggle Rock Live Tour. Most recently, her mastery can be seen in ADKS' 2026 work for Hersheypark Dark Nights.

In her People Profile, Bree describes how creativity is baked into her DNA, explains why diversity of thought makes for a better end result, and reveals the type of room she'll gladly enter anytime.

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Original music for this video composed by Jak Lizard and used with permission.

Let us "direct" you to another amazing in-shop leadership opportunity!Adirondack Studios is actively seeking a Director ...
10/14/2026

Let us "direct" you to another amazing in-shop leadership opportunity!

Adirondack Studios is actively seeking a Director of Production for its 126,000-square-foot fabrication facility in Argyle, New York. This opportunity comes as our current Director of Production advances into a broader role with the company after growing their career within ADKS. The incoming Director will provide leadership and oversight across production planning, scheduling, prioritization, and ex*****on, ensuring finished work is delivered on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with project requirements and quality standards.

We are looking for a leader who can provide clear direction, manage competing priorities, and support a highly skilled team known for crafting exceptional themed environments and experiences. The ideal candidate combines a strong understanding of the production cycle with the ability to manage, develop, and motivate people. Experience in theater production, theme parks, or museum exhibits is preferred.

Responsibilities include the ability to provide leadership to all production-related operations, manage the Argyle workflow toward the goal of on-time delivery, keep our growing production departments working at capacity, understand and apply applicable labor agreements, company policies and workplace rules, manage production projects to meet established budgets, and motivate team members to provide exceptional work.

If you are looking for a dynamic leadership role working on some of the most highly anticipated attractions, shows and experiences in the world, then apply today at the link in comments.

For five years, it has haunted you. You’ve entered long-forgotten rooms of unspoken horrors, followed seemingly never-en...
10/13/2026

For five years, it has haunted you. You’ve entered long-forgotten rooms of unspoken horrors, followed seemingly never-ending halls of illusions, tiptoed through the murky waters of darkened coal mines, and filled up on terror at a “killer” garage.

Welcome to the fifth chapter of Hersheypark Dark Nights. You survived its houses and scare zones so far, but can you withstand the REESE’S DEPOT OF DOOM?

Congratulations to our friends at Hersheypark on five years of Dark Nights attractions as connected to its popular Hersheypark Halloween. Adirondack Studios’ team of haunt masters has been involved in Dark Nights for all of its five seasons, providing fabrication and onsite set decoration for its “Kill ‘N Fill”, “Estate of Evil”, “Auntie Mortem’s Abattoir”, “Twisted Carnevil” and “Haunted Coal Mine” houses, as well as its “Path of Shadows: Coven’s Curse” scare zone. In addition to fabricating “hero” elements, “e-skin,” and props in both our Orlando and upstate New York production facilities, our annual scope has included installation of all the houses and zones, performing on-site finishing, props fabrication, set dressing, and post-opening fine-tuning. We’ve even produced hero graphics for “Kill ‘N Fill” and “Path of Shadows” for use in Hersheypark’s website, social and merchandise.

But the scares don’t end there. This year, we provided fabrication and onsite set decoration for Hersheypark Dark Nights’ newest Scare Zone – “Reese’s Depot of Doom,” Dark Night’s first haunted attraction to leverage a Hershey IP. Follow the fractured tracks, but beware. The freight yard may look abandoned, but it comes alive at night with shadowy trespassers starving for company. Navigate the fog-drenched boxcars with caution. Will you escape the Depot, or will you be doomed forever?

Hersheypark Dark Nights, a USATODAY10Best Theme Park Halloween Event, runs weekends now through November 1.

Congratulations and thanks to our own team of conjurers: Abigail Cox, Adam Kruger, Benjamin Brown, Bree Perry, Brian Bentley, Bruce Nancarrow, Courtney Harwood, Cynthia Lee, Devin Fitzpatrick, Emmett Lee, Garfield Jones, Glenn Sturgis, Gwen Sadler, Jake Krasnove, Jason Ortega, Jason Woodard, Jeff DuVilla, John Getty, Jonathan Elfers, Justine Schneider, Kelly Vincent, Luc Rockwell, Madison Carpenter, Margaret Bollendorf, Marney Miller, Matthew Cone, Matt Jackson, Matthew Johnson, Matthew Pelzzer, Matthew Winch, Michael Bollendorf, Michael Colon, Michael Federico, Michele Molea, Noah Schmitt, Pamela Fryer, Robert Bentley, Robert Craig, Stanicka Mathurin, Stella Lee, Tara Dirga, Tony Shortway, Wayne Idecker, Wesley Craig

Another week - another set of opportunities at Adirondack Studios' global HQ!SENIOR TECHNICAL DESIGNERADKS is actively s...
10/12/2026

Another week - another set of opportunities at Adirondack Studios' global HQ!

SENIOR TECHNICAL DESIGNER

ADKS is actively seeking individuals with leadership experience in design and construction for entertainment environments and the ability to deliver on multiple projects simultaneously. Responsibilities include managing a team of Technical Designers to produce drawings for Clients and our fabricators; working closely with Project Managers and Production Managers to bring projects in on time and under budget; leading internal meetings as well as client coordination meetings; tracking and reporting progress throughout the duration of the project; as well as drafting and modeling.

METAL FABRICATOR

Looking for an opportunity to inspire joy and create memories with your metalworking skills? ADKS looks to add a talented artisan with themed scenic expertise and a problem-solving mindset to its metal fabrication team. Required skills include the ability to read and extract information from blueprints, sketches, shop and construction drawings; the ability to custom fabricate, solve problems, and tackle unique situations; a proficient understanding of geometry and shop math skills; and an aptitude for MIG, TIG, and FCAW welding processes.

If you feel either of these roles could be the next step in your career, then apply today via the link in comments.

10/06/2026

The mountain has been contaminated, and Camelback Resort PA is sending guests into the danger zone. The Curse of Camelback, a brand-new immersive Halloween attraction, is now open at Camelbeach, transforming the waterpark and surrounding mountain terrain into a post-apocalyptic nightmare filled with toxic fumes, mutated residents, eerie tunnels and unexpected scares.

The experience begins at the base of the mountain, where guests are recruited for a fictional emergency-response mission after chemicals from new trail construction mix with pool-cleaning compounds, creating toxic fumes that spread throughout the mountain and cause those exposed to them to mutate.

Guests board the mountain lift and travel into the Containment Zone, where they navigate fog-filled attractions, abandoned camps, chemical spills, barricades, eerie tunnels and maze-like paths while encountering mutated characters and jump scares along the way. Elaborate sets, special effects and costumed characters help bring the fictional outbreak to life.

The mission reaches its final stage with an encounter with Gary, the outbreak’s hideously transformed “patient zero.” Guests must make their escape through a series of final scares before reaching the Decontamination Zone – where the mission ends and Halloween treats and drinks await.

Camelback Resort invited ADKS to provide specialty creative design-build services for their debut haunt experience, including concept advancement, narrative and experience development, pre-construction design documentation, fabrication planning, selected fabrication, and onsite installation support. Rather than develop a traditional haunted house or fully enclosed maze, our approach focused on transforming Camelback’s existing outdoor environment — including the ski lift, splash park zone, available infrastructure, and existing equipment — into a scare-focused, atmospheric, and story-driven guest experience. The result is a haunt offering that balances seasonal thrills with broad audience appeal, integrates effectively into the resort’s existing guest journey, and supports safe, efficient operational ex*****on.

Experience “The Curse of Camelback” through November 8th. For tickets and information, visit https://www.camelbackresort.com/mountain-adventure-park/curse-of-camelback, and watch this spooky space for behind-the-screams content.

Congratulations to the guys and ghouls who brought this project to life (or in this case, to undead): Charlie Rau, Glenn Sturgis, Jeff DuVilla, Kelly Vincent, Marney Miller, Matthew Cone, Matt Jackson, Michael Colon, Russell Poole, Steve Howey, Tara Dirga, Wayne Idecker, Wesley Craig, and Wendy Bink.

Please join us in congratulating Chris Tsimbidis on his promotion to Lead Estimator!Chris joined ADKS in 2021 as a welde...
10/05/2026

Please join us in congratulating Chris Tsimbidis on his promotion to Lead Estimator!

Chris joined ADKS in 2021 as a welder in our production department. In less than a year, he rose to the ranks of Installations/Install Manager before eventually joining the estimating team in 2023. His broad knowledge of production methodologies, experience with CAD design, and expertise with estimation and takeoff tools have proven invaluable in estimating projects with such discerning clients as Walt Disney Imagineering, Universal Destinations & Experiences, Meow Wolf, Bavarian Blast Waterpark, Fisher Center at Bard, Rye Playland, and others.

Chris’ professional background includes the fabrication/installation of original artworks conceived by some of the world’s most renowned contemporary artists. He holds a BA in Law and Politics from Queen Mary University of London.

In his new role as Lead Estimator, Chris focus on streamlining and standardizing our day-to-day estimation operations. He’ll partner closely with our Director of Sales and broader Sales team to ensure our commercial proposals bring the most value to the client, while protecting our ability to perform to the highest standards. In collaboration with departments across our US locations, he’ll work to continuously improve the handoff process between Sales and Project Delivery, ensuring our client receives the best possible service both pre- and post-award.

Interested in joining ADKS’ Estimation team? Apply for our open Orlando-based estimator position at https://www.adkstudios.com/jobs/themed-entertainment-estimator-orlando-fl-in-office/.

09/30/2026

How do you distill more than four decades of experience in two minutes or less?

Industrial Manager Curtis Condon is Adirondack Studios' longest serving shop employee, with a career spanning over 45 years and a creative impact spanning thousands of projects around the world. In this People Profile, Curtis reflects on the winding road of his journey through ADKS' Argyle shop and shares the details of one of his marquee projects.

While we hope Curtis' career is still far from its finish line, the finish line is exactly the goal when it comes to his favorite hobby...

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439 County Route 45
Argyle, NY
12809

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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