Stage
General Information
Stage Floor
The floor is a suspended sprung floor covered with 1/4" black Masonite. Typically the floor is painted with a flat-black latex paint.
Stage Dimensions
| Proscenium: | 45'-0" w x 21'-4" h |
| Depth: | 49'-0" with lift at stage level 40'-3" with lift in orchestra position 33'-9" Plaster Line to US Wall 15'-4" Grand Drape to Apron |
| Width: | 41'-6" center line to locking rail SL 36'-0" Center Line to Shell Storage SR (shell unable to leave stage) |
| Height: | 53'-0" deck to grid 49'-6" deck to batten high trim |
Stage Access
The stage is approximately 50' from the loading dock door. One 90 degree turn is required. The entire path no less than 8' wide.
There are personnel access doors up-stage right and left which lead to a crossover hallway, dressing rooms, and shop. There is a door down-stage right off the apron which leads to a hallway and the orchestra pit.
The door from the shop (and loading dock) is on the upstage wall and is 13'-0" tall by 8'-0" wide.
Orchestra Lift
Construction, Capabilities, and Control
The orchestra pit uses a Spiralift from Gala. It is controlled by a hand held wired remote from either the stage manager panel or a jack on the pit itself. The lift can be stopped at any level. Preset levels are listed in the table below. The stage has warning lights embedded in the floor surrounding the pit which are controlled from the stage manager panel.
When stopped at the orchestra level, a door stage right allows personnel access to the pit via stairs to a hallway off stage right. At the basement level, double doors open into a storage area where the grand piano, chairs, and stands are stored.
The pit is rated to 50 lbs/sq ft lifting and 125 lbs/sq ft sustaining.
Dimensions
| Depth: |
7'-6" (at stage level) |
| Width: | 37'-0" US 26'-0" DS (trapezoidal) |
| Height: |
-8'-9" (orchestra level) |
Stage Manager Panel
The stage manager panel is located on the downstage left wall. This panel houses a monitor for viewing stage cameras, a houselights control panel, controls and indicators for the orchestra pit, safety light controls, and a ClearComm station. The panel folds out when using the light board or when a writing surface is needed. It has two built-in dimmable work lights.
More information on what is within the stage manager panel can be found in Sound and Lighting.
Band/Orchestra Shell
The shell consists of 7 towers and 3 flown ceiling pieces. The towers are normally stored downstage right against the wall. They are too tall to leave the stage. The ceiling pieces fold flat vertically and fly out for storage.
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