The Presentation House Theatre

Stage Floor Plan
Lighting Plan
Seating Plan

1. Theatre Capacity & Dimensions

2. Loading Area & Front of House

3. Parking, Dressing & Make-Up Rooms

4. Sound and Communications Inventory

5. Lighting System

6. Instrument List & House Hang

1. Theatre Capacity & Dimensions

158 seats, 137 raked seats in the main body of the theatre, comprised of:
17 rows of 6 seats (102)
5 rows of 7 seats (35),
And 21 on stage-right, comprised of:
1 row of 10 seats
1 row of 11 seats
2 wheelchairs can be accommodated, for which we must be notified in advance.

Stage Dimensions:

Width at Front: 24′ at Rear: 24′ 10″
Depth: 21′ 3″
There is a 5′ 7 1/2″ fire alley in front of the stage that no set piece may block.
Fire alley size is not included in above stage-measurements.
Height to Grid: 14′ 3″

Stage Floor:

Is a masonite covering on a wood subfloor

2. Loading Area and Front of House:

Loading Door:
width 5′ 5 1/2″
height 7′
Loading door located on the ground floor.
Access on west side of the building (this is also the stage door).
Stairway from the loading door stage and backstage on 2nd floor.
(See Theatre Layout )

Front of House:
The Main Entrance and Box-Office are on the ground floor, off the parking lot.
Wheelchair access through fire alley and outer Museum doors on the North side
of the building (4th street entrance). Wheelchair access must be pre-arranged.

Audience entrance into the theatre is on the ground floor,
then upstairs to the 2nd floor lobby.
The Bar is located on the 2nd floor lobby.
Public washrooms are on the Ground floor

3. Parking:
30 free spaces in the Arts Centre parking lot.
There is plenty of street parking on Chesterfield Ave. and 4th Street.

Dressing and Make-Up Rooms:
Stage Level – Capacity 15
- L-shaped
- two washrooms
- one shower
- mirrors, counters, make-up lights and clothing racks
- three access points to stage from backstage

Miscellaneous Technical Information:
Utility sink/painting area is directly backstage.
Very limited storage space.

4. Sound and Communications Inventory

House Sound System:

Control and Speakers

Mackie DFX 12 Mixing Board
2 FOH Speakers – PL10 Yorkville Pulse 10 Monitors (hung from grid)
1 Peavey CS1000 X Stereo Power Amplifier (Powers FOH Speakers)
1 Yorkville SR300 Stereo Power Amplifier (Spare)
4 PL10 Yorkville Pulse Monitors
6 Channel XLR Snake from Stage to Booth

Play Back

1 JVC XL-V182 Single CD Player
1 Stanton C-500 Dual CD Player w/Autopause
1 Sony JE 520 minidisc player (recordable) w/Autopause

Microphones

1 Sure SM 58 Dynamic Microphone
1 Boom Stand
1 Floor Base Straight Stand

Communications Systems

“Production Intercom” MS200 2 channel intercom master station with 2 belt packs in Booth
Intercom backstage with 2 belt packs SR for communication with Booth
Intercom in Lobby for communication with Booth and Backstage

Related Equipment:
Piano – Newcombe 5′ upright (Honky-Tonk sound, not concert sound)

5. Lighting System:

Control Board:
ETC Express 125 and 250 Lighting Control System Version 3.1

Circuits: 72 – 15 amp. Load circuits (64 on grid, 8 on floor)
divided between 18 duplex boxes

House Lights are manually controlled, not part of the Lx Control System.

Dimmers: 1 CD80 2.4 kW pack (12 Dimmers) hard wired
1 CD80 1.2 kW pack (12 Dimmers) hard wired

6. Instrument List:

Lamps:

Fresnels -
44 (33 New, 11 Old) – Altman 65Q, lamped with 500 W bulbs
(There are 6 “soup cans” that do work, but no guarantee.)
Lekos -
15 Strand SL 25/50 – lamped with 575 W bulbs
6 Altman 6X9 -can be lamped with 575 W or 750 W bulbs
1 Altman 6X12 -can be lamped with 575 W or 750 W bulbs
5 Altman 6X16 -can be lamped with 575 W or 750 W bulbs
7 Strand 2205 – lamped with 500 W bulbs (these are in rough shape)
Accessories -
4 iris kits that fit sl zooms
small assortment of gobos
an assortment of gels

House Hang: 32 Fresnel

7 Area Front Wash (11 Fresnels + 1 Sl Zoom)
6 Area, 2-Tone, Top/Back Wash (12 Fresnels)