EVERY DISCIPLINE
ONE TEAM
Fatfish is a full-service production company built for commencement. We plan, design, build, and run your ceremony top to bottom — from the first production call, to the last graduate across the stage, and the content captured along the way.
Founded in 2015 with deep AV roots, we cover every production discipline in-house: producers who own your ceremony from concept through execution, production managers who run logistics and crew, department leads in audio, video, and lighting, scenic and design teams who build the stage from the ground up, and content teams who capture every name called so the story lasts long after the recessional.
We produce commencements alongside concerts, corporate general sessions, and live broadcast — and that range is the point. A ceremony gives you one shot, a hard clock, and thousands of families watching in the room and online. We've run that pressure for years, and we take the vendor coordination and the stress off your team so the day simply works.
By the numbers:
2025
Two purpose-built mobile production units — scalable to your show.
- Onsite editing suite
- Fiber with server access
- Isolated audio booths & teleprompter
- Client & show-caller working area
- Handles multiple simultaneous shows
- Climate controlled even in extreme temperatures
- Towable by pickup — rapid deployment
- 30A power — virtually any venue
- Fiber connected
- Isolated audio booths & teleprompter
- Climate controlled
- Small footprint
A snapshot of the gear we own and stand behind.
WHAT WE HANDLE FOR YOU
The full scope of a commencement under one roof — audio, video and broadcast, creative, graduate flow, content, and special effects. Every one is a vendor your team no longer has to wrangle.
Sound and stream you own — run by one team, not three vendors.
- –We run the sound. Console, tuned PA, mics, and monitors come with us — no outside sound company or rental list to manage, and every name is heard to the back row.
- –We run the video. Cameras, jumbotron, IMAG, and the YouTube livestream operated by pros — so your athletics crew isn't stretched and each graduate is front-and-center on screen.
- –Built for a packed arena. Bonded, redundant connectivity keeps the stream up even when Wi-Fi and cell service buckle under the crowd.
A stage worthy of the day — designed, branded, and built.
- –Your brand, on every surface. Stage design, LED content, signage, and program graphics built around your seal and school colors.
- –Designed for the name-call. The stage, the walk, and the handshake are framed so they read in the room and on camera.
- –We design or adapt. Full creative from scratch, or we take your existing brand and make it stage-ready.
Every name read right — and the line never stalls.
- –We run your name-display system. QR scanned as each graduate crosses, integrated with your Flash Photography name display so the screen always matches the student and the reader is cued in real time.
- –Names read correctly. Phonetic spelling surfaces for the reader so every name lands right, in order, live.
- –Keeps the line moving. Multi-lane reading and a tight flow move 20+ graduates a minute without rushing anyone's moment.
Captions, drone, and every grad's clip — under one roof.
- –Live captioning, coordinated. We provide or manage the live captioning so it hits the screen and the stream on cue — not a separate vendor for your team to chase.
- –Indoor drone that lifts the room. Drone footage live on the big screen and the livestream, flown and licensed by our crew.
- –Every grad's moment, after. Searchable per-graduate clips plus a recap reel and marketing content, delivered on a fast turnaround.
A livestream that isn't dark — light built for camera.
- –Fix the dark-stream problem. Dark curtains and low light make a broadcast look flat; we light the stage and the graduates so the stream and IMAG read bright and clean.
- –Ready for your arena upgrade. We design lighting that delivers now and complements the new arena rig you're installing.
- –The celebration moment. Balloon drops, confetti, PixMob, or even pyro turn the tassel-turn into a send-off worth filming.
OUR CEREMONIES
A closer look at the commencement ceremonies we've produced.
Multi-city commencements for WGU — thousands of graduates across arena ceremonies, produced with full audio, IMAG, broadcast, and content in every market.
▶New York, NY Ceremony 2026
Large-scale virtual and broadcast commencements — our latest featured 3,000+ graduates, with pre-production and reading flow built for accessibility, efficiency, and a professional finish.
▶Las Vegas, NV Ceremony 2026
A full ceremony production for Juan Diego — audio, staging, and content scaled to the school, handled end to end so faculty could focus on the graduates.
▶JDCHS Commencement 2026
OUR WORKFLOW
End to end, under one accountable team — what it's actually like to hand us your show.
Leadership &
deep expertise
"Stress-free" means nothing until you know exactly who owns your outcome. For you, that's two people — Chase and Bubba — with a deep bench behind them.
Manages events worldwide with meticulous planning and a calm head when show day turns. Off the clock, he's happiest with his son Russell and his two dogs, Pete and Friday.
Production pro with a talent for immersive tech, turning big ideas into experiential events that land. Former Head Carpenter for the Lindsey Stirling Tour — and once a fan favorite on a Swedish reality show.
10+ years in AV, including 8 years as lighting designer for The Piano Guys. Sets the bar for visually engaging environments.
Built Fatfish into a standout in experience design for clients like Adidas, Meta, and Amazon. Serves on Salt Lake's Culture Core board.
8 years making scenic dreams real across every medium — experiences built to stick with you for life.
Certified Project Manager with deep experience across live music, corporate, and trade shows — a calm, common-sense show leader.
With Fatfish since 2014; production manager and audio engineer for The Piano Guys. Blends creativity and precision for standout events.
Focuses on relationship building through clarity, trust, and reciprocal value. Utilizes storytelling to develop our brand and your experience.
LET'S TALK
Tell us about your commencement.
We'll walk your team through exactly how we'd run it — and take the vendor coordination off your plate.
YOUR COMMENCEMENT.