As part of the University of Maine Campus in Orono, Hutchins hosts a wide variety of events, presenting classical and contemporary music, dance, theatre, comedy, and lectures. It is recommended that, because of the breadth of the seating layout, openings less than 40' be avoided to prevent sight line problems. Upstage of the main curtain are twelve motorized line sets which are detailed in the enclosed rigging schedule.
All soft goods are black velour.
An orchestral enclosure is assembled by hinging four large walls, two per side, on-stage until they meet n a straight line, where they anchor to the floor. These barrel-contoured walls are hinged at their upstage or down stage corner respectively, and are contoured to match the permanent upstage wall. The orchestral ceiling is a steel box truss, hinged across the top of the upstage wall and hoisted by five pickups from a 7,500 lb. fail-safe dead haul winch. Suspended from the truss are eleven circular sound reflectors, designed to reflect sound back down onto the stage. These sound reflectors, match those suspended over the stage apron and pit-lift.