Modularly Configurable Staging System and Method

A method for rapid changeover of performance stage staging scenes, comprising:

• selecting a first plurality of preconfigured staging modules combinable to create a first staging scene;
• selecting at least a second plurality of preconfigured staging modules combinable to create at least a second staging scene;
• providing an overhead hoist grid above at least a portion of a stage area, the overhead hoist grid comprising an array of fixed hoist points;
• installing the first staging scene, comprising lifting the first plurality of preconfigured staging modules using selected fixed hoist points from the array of fixed hoist points of the overhead hoist grid to create said first staging scene;
• and
• changing the staging scene and installing the second or a subsequent staging scene, comprising:
• lowering preconfigured staging modules previously lifted with the overhead hoist grid to remove an installed staging scene, and
• lifting the second or a subsequent plurality of preconfigured staging modules using selected fixed hoist points within the array of fixed hoist points of the overhead hoist grid to create the second or a subsequent staging scene.