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Technical Specifications

Seating Capacity

343, plus 5 wheelchair seats

Acoustics

Excellent throughout, and complement the sight lines

Stage

  • Total Size: 26 feet deep, 34 feet wide
  • Apron: 10 feet deep, 55 feet wide
  • Stage Depth
    • Front of Stage to Proscenium: 10’
    • Proscenium to Upstage Back Curtain: 25’
    • Proscenium to Upstage Muslin Cyc: 26’
  • Wing Space:
    • SR Proscenium to SR Wall: 15’
    • SL Proscenium to SL Wall: 12’6”
  • In front of Stage: Unobstructed Pergo flooring: 10’ X 53’

Stage Draperies

Front main curtain and back panel curtains provide wing protection, and grand opening appearance.

  • Front main curtain traveler pull on SR
  • Black Legs 3SR and SL adjustable upstage and downstage
  • Midstage Black on track, two 8’ panels
  • Rear Black two 18’ panels on pull along track
  • Read cyclorama 40’ with chain natural muslin

Access to stage from both sides in front, rear access door to hallway and lower level dressing rooms, plus there is a rear emergency door.

Retractable Projection Screen

  • 12’ x 9’

Control Booth

Sound System

Professional Auditorium and backstage sound systems to enhance meetings, concerts, and theatrical productions.

Included:

  • 8 Channel Mixer
  • Amplifier
  • 2 monitor speakers over stage
  • Microphone jacks (5)

Extra Rental Charge:

  • 16 Channel mixer*
  • 2 line array speakers on stands (600 Watts each)

*Our snake cable capacity limits the sound system to 8 channels, but additional snake cable can be rented from outside 3rd party to increase the capacity to 16 channels.

Lighting Sysyem

Built-in architectural lighting system with dimming controls and feature lighting for speakers and other presentations in front of the curtain.

  • 24 dimmers: 16 2.4 KW dimmers, 8 3.4 KW dimmers
  • 80 circuits
  • Slider patch panel

Updated Board

  • 24/48 Leviton Innovator Lighting Control Console
  • DMX available backstage right

Original Board

  • Two-scene preset manual crossfade control console board with 24 channels & 4 non-dim switches

*Theatrical lighting with a full range of performing arts effects is available for an additional charge.

Lighting Positions

Front of House

  • House Electric #1
    • Distance from stage: 0
    • Height: 15’6”
  • House Electric #2
    • Distance from stage: 16’6”
    • Height: 15’6”

Onstage 

  • 1st Electric
    • Distance from proscenium: 3’0”
    • Height: 14’
  • 2nd Electric
    • Distance from proscenium height: 9’0”
    • Height: 14’
  • 3rd Electric
    • Distance from Proscenium: 17’6”
      Height: 14’

Extras

  • Fire sprinklers and fire exit.
  • Air-conditioning throughout the building.

Platforms

  • 12 - 4 x 4 platforms similar in height
  • 4 - 4 x 4 platforms 8” high each

Loading Area

  • Exterior loading door: 6’ x 8’
  • Stairs from ground to stage
  • Level distance from door to stage
  • Door location, upstage left

Technical Assisstance

Theater groups with their own technical staff are required to meet with our technical representative to be instructed in use of our equipment. We also provide groups without technical staff our preferred list of technical professionals for hire.


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