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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

                        Director of Operations      Melissa Hill                (619) 440-0372

                        Technical Director             Patrick Hadlock         (619) 440-0343

                        Box Office                                                                (619) 440-2277

Box Office hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm.

HOUSE SEATING

                       

The House features continental seating with 1098 permanent seats in 27 raked rows of approximately 50 seats each.  There are NO center aisles.  There is space to accommodate 12 wheelchairs.  Orchestra pit available upon advance notice.

Permanent Seating               1098                                                                                                  

Wheelchair Seating                  12                                                                                                   

Orchestra Seating                     32                                                                                                                           

 TOTAL                                     1142

Artist Accommodations

1 Green Room (not to be used as a dressing room)                                                        

1 Star Dressing Room at stage level with restroom and shower (for adult use only.)      

2 Chorus Dressing Rooms on the 2nd floor with restroom and showers.             

Additional dressing areas are available by advance request only. 

Load In

The stage door and loading dock driveway are located on the East side of the building on W.D. Hall Drive.  The dock is wide enough to accommodate two semi trailers.  The dock door entrance is located on the upstage right hand side of the stage.  The dock height from driveway is 3'4" and the loading dock door is 8'w x 11'h.

STAGE SPECIFICATIONS

 


 

General:         Stage is a Tempered Masonite  floor, painted black

Dimensions:  Plaster line to Back Edge of Stage                      40'                                                      

Apron to Back Edge of Stage                                                          46'                                                      

 Front of Raised Pit to Back Edge of Stage                                  56'

Please note: If Pit is used unseated, 32 seats are killed.

Stage Width                                                                                       70'

Proscenium Opening                                                    

Curtain Line to Apron                                                                         6'

Curtain Line to Lift Apron                                                                 16'

Stage Right Area (concrete floor)                                                   40' x 16'5"

Stage Left Area (concrete floor)                                                      40' x 18'10"

Proscenium Height                                                                           26'

Height to Grid                                                                                    40'

NOTE: Due to storage of Non-usable orchestra shell ceiling, maximum usable stage height is 19'6". House Floor to Stage                                                                      

Pit Lift:            Is electric and cannot be moved with riders                                                                                  

Has 3 operating positions - stage level, house level, and pit level    

                        At pit position, can accommodate 45 musicians

RIGGING

Single purchase counterweight system is Stage Left at stage level

Uses an underslung fly system, therefore, blocks cannot be moved

DRAPERY

 


 

The Main Drape is an Austrian Curtain that is electrically controlled at Stage Right and takes approximately 20 seconds to raise and to lower. 

Main Drape                            Purple velour                          71' x 28'

                                Borders                                  Black velour, 3                       60' x 10'

                                Legs                                       Black velour, 3 pair               30' x 27'

                                Travelers                                Black velour, 2                       72'x 27'

                                Cyclorama                             White Leno Filled-Scrim      60' x 30'


 

LIGHTING EQUIPMENT

ORCHESTRA SHELL

 


 

            Control:                                   ETC Obsession II 1500 (software version 4.4.2)

            Dimmers:                              

            Circuits:                                  20a/120v New Style Twist Lock

           

            Fixtures:                                 30 36º ETC Source 4 Ellipsoidals

                                                            30 26º ETC Source 4 Ellipsoidals

                                                            20 19º ETC Source 4 Ellipsoidals (deadhung in AP)

                                                            10 ETC Source 4 15/30 Zooms

                                                            40 ETC Source 4 PARnels

                                                            40 ETC Source 4 PARs

                                                              8 Quartzcolor Iris 4

            Followspots:                          2 Stong HMI 575 (Metal Halide)

                                                            2 Strong Truss Trouper 1.2

Company Switch/Supplemental Power is located Down Stage Right, 400 amp/3-phase

NOTE: The ante-proscenium lighting positions are dead hung. There are permanently mounted fixtures for front lighting.  ECPAC does not have a catwalk system and no one is allowed in the AP position.  Prior arrangement must be made with Technical Director to focus this area.

The standard Lighting consists of:

21 cting areas with warm/cool front light and neutral-colored back lighting.

4 Neutral-colored stage washes (this includes one far upstage wash that is only usable if the cyclorama is not to be utilized).

Down-, mid-, and up-stage high side lights with Forerunner color scrollers.

1 down-stage right podium special.

1 down-stage center special.

*Contact Technical Director for current inventory, light plot, and stage diagrams.

 
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