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Troy University Montgomery The Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts 251 Montgomery Street Montgomery, AL 36104 334-241-9567 (Office) 334-241-9756 (FAX)
Technical Information Package AUDITORIUM The seating area is divided into a balcony and a main floor. (Seating Chart) The balcony (an extended floor - not an overhang) seats 616 while the main floor seats 584 for a total capacity of 1200. Both the balcony and the main floor are accessed from the lobby via two sets of stairs from the lobby. The distance from the orchestra pit wall to the first row of seats is 10'4". The stage floor is 3'10" above the floor of the house. The distance from the apron to the balcony wall is 78'. LOAD-IN INFORMATION The load-in door opens directly onto the stage via a 12'X12' roll-up steel door located in the USR corner. The loading dock is 16'2" square, 2' above ground level and is at stage level. STAGE DIMENSIONS AND INFORMATION Proscenium Opening: Width - 32'6" Height - (MAX) - 26'8" Distance from Apron to Plaster Line: 3'2" Distance from Plaster Line to Upstage Wall: 35'2" Distance from Grand Drape to Upstage Wall: 34' Stage Width (wall to wall): 76' Distance from Apron to Front Row Seats: 18'4" Wing Space SR: 16' Wing Space SL: 16' Grid Height: 60'
The theatre stage is a resilient, flat floor constructed of 1/4" Masonite laid on a 3/4" plywood sub floor.
There is an orchestra pit which extends 8' into the house from the stage apron. The pit is kept covered and requires 10 days prior notice and an additional fee to uncover it for an event.
The
stage is accessible from the main floor to the house by means of steps on
either side of the orchestra pit. Access
to the main stage floor is only possible from the apron if the grand drape is
open. Access to the backstage area and dressing rooms is
available from the main house floor through an entrance House right.
There is also a door DSL which allows stage access from the downstairs
dressing rooms, the stage entrance, and the house.
Wing
space on stage right is limited by the locking platform and pin rail.
The stage right wing space is full stage height for 12' from the onstage
edge of the legs. An additional 8'
of wing space is available beneath the locking platform with a maximum vertical
clearance of 8'1".
Wing
space stage left is limited by the onstage dressing room located DSL.
The onstage wall of the dressing room is 11'7" from the proscenium
opening and extends 6'6" upstage from the downstage wall.
A
4' wide crossover may be made upstage by bringing in the cyclorama or the
upstage traveler and crossing upstage of it.
Fly
and Stage Rigging
The
fly system is a single purchase counterweight system with 27 line sets.
The locking platform is located stage right. Each arbor has a maximum capacity of 1100 pounds.
The pipes are of steel composition 1 1/2" in diameter and 48' in
length. There are 12 free line
sets. A pin rail is located on the
onstage side of the locking platform at a height of 13'3" above the stage
floor. Please refer to the attached
Line Set Schedule for the location and normal assignment of individual line
sets.
Draperies
The
Grand Drape is a 32 ounce gold curtain of the Austrian type and is new.
The curtain flies and is operated by an electric winch.
Curtain operation may be controlled from either the Stage Manager's
position DSR or from the lighting console in the FOH control
booth. The Grand Drape has
an opening/closing time of 27 seconds.
All
stage draperies, with the exception of the cyclorama, are made of 21 ounce
velour. All legs, borders, valence,
and travelers are black in color.
There
are four sets of black legs available in the space.
Three of the four hang as legs on line sets 9,18, and 27.
These three sets form a thirty five foot opening with the onstage edge of
each leg hanging 17'6" from center stage.
The fourth set of legs normally hangs on line set 14 as the Midstage
Black. This is a 24' H x 38' W
curtain, in two pieces, which may be used to reduce the depth of the stage.
Three
black borders mask the stage and are normally hanging on line sets 8, 16, and
25. The curtains measure 10' H x
74' W. In addition, there is a
valence on the first line set with the same dimensions and color as the borders.
Directly
upstage of the Grand Drape and valence there is a House Curtain which normally
hangs on line set two. The traveler
is composed of two black curtains each of which measures 24' H x 27' W. The traveler is operated from DSR. Similarly, a black traveler hangs just downstage of the cyc
on line set 31 having the same dimensions as the house curtain.
The upstage traveler is also operated from the stage right position.
There
is one white cyclorama hanging from line set 32.
The cyc is a white filled Leno cyclorama curtain and is 29' H x 48' W.
When either the upstage traveler or the cyc is in, a crossover is created
on its upstage side. The distance
from the cyc to the upstage wall is 4'.
Electrics
Dimming
and Control
The
dimmers are I series e manufactured by Colortran.
There is a 288 space dimmer rack located on the DSR wall which contains
112 dimmer drawers with 2 dimmers each for a total of 224 solid state dimmers. Each dimmer has a capacity of 2400 watts.
Dimmer drawers may be moved to different spaces within the rack so that
each circuit in use will have a dimmer. Non-dim
circuits are available only by soft patch and are therefore not suitable for
intelligent lights.
The
dimmers are controlled by an ETC Express 48/96 board. There are 24 programmable submasters
on 10 pages, giving 240 submasters and 96 channel sliders. The
console is capable of controlling 1024 dimmers, with 2 DMX inputs. The board is located in
the FOH control booth.
Circuiting
The first three electrics have 32 circuits each with one pigtail per circuit and two circuits each with two pigtails per circuit. The fourth electric has 24 circuits with one pigtail per circuit. Six drop boxes are onstage with three located stage right and three located stage left. Each drop box has eight circuits. On stage left there are two wall boxes. One box is located on the upstage wall with six circuits, while the other is on the downstage wall with four circuits.
The
FOH lighting cove contains 48 circuits with one pigtail per circuit.
All pigtails and plug boxes on stage and in the cove have 125v 20A twist-lock type connections.
Please refer to the circuit chart for the locations and numbers of
individual circuits.
Instruments
FOH:
10
- 12 degree Colortran 1000w
Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight (ERS)
6 - 20
degree Colortran 1000w ERS
Onstage:
22
- 20 degree Colortran 1000w ERS
14
- Colortran 500w mini-ellipse
22
- 8" 1000w Fresnels
10
- PAR 64 1000w MFL 5 - Altman 3-cell cyc lights
Spotlights:
2
- Lycian using MARC 350 Quartz Lamps
All
figures reflect normal instrument quantities.
Other instruments are available from a local rental house.
For information on the lighting system in the theatre or rental of
additional equipment, please contact the theatre’s Technical Mgr:
Tim Billman
The
Davis Theatre
334-241-9567
Power Distribution
There
is a 350A 120/208V 3 ph Y fused disconnect located DSL for supply of auxiliary
lighting equipment. There is a
150A 120/208V 3 ph Y disconnect DSR for supply of auxiliary sound
equipment.
Sound
System
The
sound mixing console is located house left in the first row of balcony seats.
The mixing console is a Crest X-Eight
– 40 x 8. The mixer feeds 8
Yamaha PC 2002 stereo amplifiers with a power output of 200 watts per channel,
via a Peavy Media Matrix Digital System. Speakers are broken into three
different groups which are stereo, central cluster, and delay cluster. The stereo group has 4 low frequency drivers and 3 high
frequency drivers. The central
cluster, located in the house ceiling above
the orchestra pit, contains 3 high and 2 low frequency drivers.
The delay cluster is suspended from the house ceiling above the balcony
rail and contains 6 high and 4 low frequency drivers.
Playback
devices are as follows:
Onkyo
DX-705 CD Player
Yamaha
K-2000 cassette deck
There
are approx. 10 handheld microphones including Shure SM58's and Electro-Voice
RE13's.
Two
Telex wireless microphones are available (1 lapel and 1 hand held).
Two
JBL floor wedges are used for stage monitors.
There
are two wall-mounted side-fill monitors between the 2nd and 3rd legs.
Communication System
Headset
communications are available through the two-channel Clear Com system.
Ten headsets are normally used on the system with a Stage Manager's
position located DSR and an Assistant Stage Manager's position located DSL.
Paging to the dressing rooms is possible from the control
booth
or Stage Manager's position. Two
microphones over the stage provide stage audio to the dressing rooms.
Dressing Rooms
There
are five dressing rooms in the theatre. Four
of the five are located downstairs, beneath the stage.
Here there is a chorus dressing room with mirrors, make-up lights, &
hanging bars which measures 24' x 17' and a second open dressing room with
mirrors and tables which also measures approx. 24' x 17'. Additionally,
there are two "star" dressing rooms downstairs with a capacity of 8
each. There are two bathrooms
downstairs, each having a toilet, sink and shower.
On stage, there is a dressing room located in the DSL corner.
This dressing room measures 6'6" x 10' and has a toilet, sink,
mirror, hanging bar, and make-up lights.
The
theatre also has an iron, ironing board, and steamer, but no washer or
dryer.
Other Equipment
1
- Steinway D9 Grand Piano in excellent condition (a usage fee is required)
1
- 15' Aluminum A-frame ladder in good condition (no charge)
1
- AWP-30 Genie Lift in excellent condition (no charge)
Questions
regarding any equipment or space should be directed to the theatre’s Technical
Manager. LINE SET SCHEDULE LINE SET SCHEDULE
Line Set Schedule
Circuit Schedule
[Technical Information updated on October 8, 2002] |
