D.C. venue guide
Event Production & AV at the Washington Hilton
The Washington Hilton's International Ballroom is one of the largest hotel ballrooms in the city and hosts high-visibility galas, dinners and association general sessions. Rooms at that scale need a production designed for the back row, not the front table.
Designing for a very large ballroom
In a room that size, the two things guests judge instantly are whether they can hear the speaker and whether they can see a face. That means a properly designed audio system with delay coverage, and IMAG large and bright enough to read from the far tables.
Lighting has to serve both the room and the cameras. Warm table wash and uplighting set the mood; stage lighting has to hold color temperature so the video does not look flat or green.
- Distributed audio with delay coverage for deep rooms
- Large-format LED or blended projection with IMAG
- Stage, scenic and uplighting design
- Multi-camera video with a live-switched program feed
- Live streaming and recording for remote audiences
Show flow and timing
Galas and awards nights move fast and rarely go exactly to script. We provide show calling, cue-to-cue rehearsals and a stage manager so the program keeps its timing when a speaker runs long or an award order changes.
Common questions
- Can you handle a gala with an awards block and live entertainment?
- Yes. That combination is routine for us: presentation playback, walk-on music, entertainment audio, lighting looks per segment and a show caller running the cues.
- Is IMAG necessary in a ballroom?
- In a room this size, yes. Without IMAG most of the audience is watching a distant silhouette, and engagement drops quickly. It also gives you clean footage afterward.
- Can you stream a gala to remote guests or donors?
- Yes. We produce the stream as its own program — switched cameras, console audio, lower thirds and redundant delivery — rather than pointing one camera at the stage. Send us the venue, the dates and a rough headcount and we will price the actual build rather than a range.
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What we do
A full-service event production and audio visual company
Clients come to us for everything from a single professional sound system to a full corporate event production with LED walls, stage lighting and a live stream. Here is the range, in plain language.
Event production
We work as a full-service event production company: one team producing the entire show from design through strike.
- Live event production and show calling
- Corporate event production for meetings, conferences and summits
- Special event production, galas and awards shows
- Concert production, sound and lighting
- Festival production and outdoor staging
- Hybrid event production for in-room and remote audiences
Planning, management and coordination
Beyond gear, we provide event management and on-site production management so the run of show holds.
- Event management and production management
- Corporate event planning and coordination
- Run-of-show building, rehearsals and speaker wrangling
- Venue walkthroughs, load-in scheduling and vendor coordination
- On-site event production managers and show crew
Audio visual production
As an audio visual company with owned inventory, we supply and operate the systems rather than sub-renting them.
- AV production services for corporate meetings and conferences
- Conference audio visual services and boardroom support
- Professional sound and live sound production
- Event lighting and stage lighting design
- Video production for live events, IMAG and multi-camera switching
- Projection, screens and presentation management
LED walls and video
We own, deliver, build and operate LED video wall systems — no third-party scheduling risk on your show date.
- LED wall rental and LED video wall rental
- LED screen rental for events, indoor and outdoor
- Content scaling, playback and show graphics
- Rigging, ground support and processing
Live streaming
One integrated system runs the room and the stream, so remote attendees hear the same clean program feed.
- Event livestreaming to Zoom, Teams, YouTube, Vimeo and custom RTMP
- Multi-camera webcasts and virtual event production
- Recording, editing and post-event deliverables
Where we work
Breasia Productions is a Maryland event production company serving the entire DMV, with national travel for multi-city programs.
- Baltimore event production and AV production
- Washington D.C. audiovisual and event production
- Northern Virginia and the greater DMV
- Annapolis, Columbia, Silver Spring, Laurel and Montgomery County
- National Harbor, Alexandria, McLean and Tysons Corner
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