Seating Capacity
Orchestra --184
Balcony--139
Handicapped (Total)--8
Total Seating--341
Staging and Fly System
Stage Measurements
Stage Width: 69’6”
Stage Depth: 46’
Proscenium Width: 38’
Proscenium Height: 22’
Proscenium to Rear Wall: 36’
Grid Height: 56’2”
Scenery Storage in Shop Area: 47’ x 15’
Access Through Loading Door Up Center
Pit-Curved Front with 7’10” at center and 40’ SR to SL
Loading Dock
Loading Dock Door: 9’ x 9’6”
Loading Dock Height: 3’8”
Flys
Batten Length: 46’
Grand Drape-Guillotines and Travels
Braille Curtain-Guillotine Only
26 line sets, Single Purchase
60,000lbs of weight available
2 Travelers
5 Borders 6’ x 46’
3 sets of legs 6’ x 24’
5 motorized electrics-3,000lb lifting capacity, weight can be added as needed.
Lighting
There are 384 2.4K Circuits with 12 Circuits occupied by the architectural lighting system.
Instruments and Lighting Control
Lycian Starklite II Spotlight: 1
Expression 3 Lighting Console: 1
19 degree Source 4: 50
26 degree Source 4: 30
36 degree Source 4: 20
8” Strand Fresnels: 25
PAR Source 4: 35
Four Cell Cyc Lights: 12
High End System Technobeams: 2
Circuit Distribution
3 DMX Repeaters
5 Electrics on Stage with Motor Control
1st Electric- 40 Circuits
2nd Electric- 40 Circuits
3rd Electric- 40 Circuits
4th Electric- 40 Circuits
5th Electric- 46 Circuits
Six 6 Rung Side Light Ladders with 6 circuits each (3 on each side) with motor control
4 FOH Bridges
FOH 1- 8 Circuits
FOH 2- 24 Circuits
FOH 3- 24 Circuits
FOH 4- 8 Circuits
Stage Floor Circuits
Deck- 12 Circuits
SR Juliet Window- 3 Circuits
SL Juliet Window- 3 Circuits
Pin Rail
SR- 9 Circuits
SL- 9 Circuits
Grid 12 Circuits
Pit 4 Circuits
Sound
The sound system, controlled by a Mackie 56x3c8 console in FOH position or a Yamaha O3D in the control booth, has a left-center-right speaker configuration with EAW speaker cabinets. A 6-channel surround system powers Renkus-Heinz speakers. There are 4 Renkus-Heinz monitors that are available to provide 2 stage mixes. Speaker outputs and microphone inputs are distributed throughout the theatre and accessible through the control booth patch bay. Four motorized acoustical curtains are available to tune the theatre to a more or less live room in the grid in the rear of house with controls on stage right.
Outboard
24 Sennheiser lavaliere microphone system with 2 tan and black microphones, antennae, and Sabine Feedback Suppression
Denon CD Player
Show Control System Powered by a PowerMac G3
Tascam 112RMKII single deck cassette player
Tascam DA-20 DAT machine
2 Sennheiser wireless handheld microphones
6 Shure Sm-81 condenser microphones
2 Shure Sm-58 dynamic microphones
4 AKG C547 BL stage floor microphones
14 Altas round base boom microphone stands
Communication
All intercom, paging, and hall monitoring can be heard in all backstage areas.
2 Channel Clearcom system-6 belt packs
2 Channel Telex system-6 belt packs
Page microphone system
Monitor microphone in theatre house
Video
Video ports are located throughout the theatre and in the dressing room. Routing is available in the control room patch bay. There are no monitors or cameras at this time, but they are planned as future additions.
Dressing Rooms
1 Green Room with a refrigerator and ice maker
7 Available
4 on stage level (all have restrooms)
3 on pit level (2 have restrooms)
Laundry
1 Washer and Dryer on stage level
1 Washer and Dryer on pit level inside the 6th Dressing Room
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For additional information, contact Dan Gainey, Facilities and Production Director. Call (205) 975-9540 or email dantd@uab.edu.