2008 SEASON

FACILITY SPECIFICATIONS

Saint Michael's Playhouse

Saint Michael's Playhouse produces professional theater in the The McCarthy Arts Center Theater on the campus of Saint Michael's College. The Playhouse which operates on an Equity CORST (Council of Resident Stock Theaters) Contract has been producing professional theater since 1947.  McCarthy Arts Center has been the home of Saint Michael's Playhouse since it was was built in 1975.  The facility, which was partially renovated in 2000, also houses a Recital Hall and Art Gallery. The theater has a proscenium stage with a partial thrust and has a total seating capacity of 366.
 

STAGE SPECS

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Theater Floor Plan
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Theater Section
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Dimensions

Stage is 3’-5 ¼” off of the house floor

Proscenium arch is        17'-10" SR high

                                    17'-9" SL high

                                    35'-6 1/4" wide

Plaster line to US pilasters is 25'-1"

Plaster line to front of pit is 15’-9”

Traps

There are six removable trap doors on stage. 

The total size of the traps area is 9’-6” x 24’-5” 

They are all large and unwieldy:  approximately 4’-9” wide and 8’-1 5/8” long. 

Traps are supported on two permanent wooden members running US/DS and three smaller removable joists running SL/SR

These traps have been removed all at once only one time (spring 2002).  They are large, heavy and awkward—other than that, they’re great.

Orchestra Pit

The orchestra pit is movable with four fixed stop points. 
(It may be stopped at any point along the way)

- stage level

- house level (-3’-5 ¼”)

- midway down from house to greenroom (-7’-1 3/8”)

- greenroom floor (-12’-1”)

Pit is curved with a radius of 33’-6”

Pit is 8’-10” wide

The pit has built-in edison floor plugs

Loading Dock
 

• Dock has room for a single truck up to full trailer size. 
• There is no awning or shelter outside on the dock.
• Dock height is 3’-1”
• Loading dock chamber allows for materials to be loaded into the building all material  must turn 90^o to move into the studio or the stage
• Dock door is a garage-style door: 9’-11”h x 9’-10”w
• Door to studio: 15’-4”h x 10’-4”w (broken fold out door)
• Door to stage:  15’-10 ½”h x 12’-0”w (rollup steel door)
• There are no house ramps.

Flys

The grid is 46’-6” off of stage floor and reachable by narrow, steep switchback steps UL

There are 30 line sets to the fly system, spread out over 25’-0” 

Out trim is 45’-0”; In trim varies

SOFT GOODS
 

• Forestageright—permanently mounted on proscenium and adjustable hard torms:

Legs:    (3) 10’-0” x 19’-6”  all older drapes

(1)   12’-0” x 20’-0”

• Forestageleft—permanently mounted on proscenium and adjustable hard torms:

Legs:    (4) 10’-0” x 19’-6”  all older drapes

• Legs:

(1) 13’-0” x 21’-4 ½”

(1) 11’-6” x 20’-6”

(1) 11’-6” x 19’-9”

(4) 10’-0” x 24’-0” new ‘02

(2) 12’-0” x 20’-3”

(3) 12’-0” x 21’-0”

(1) 11’-10” x 16’-6 ½” dirty, no hem

(1) 6’-0” x 16’-9” dirty, old

(1) 6’-0” x 17’-0” dirty, old

(1) 7’-7” x 19’-0” dry rot

(1) 10’-2” X 21’-0” dry rot

• Borders:

(2) 10’-0” x 42’-0” new ‘02

(1) 8’-0” x 40’-0”  new ‘75

(1) 7’-6” x 31’-0” dry rot

(1) 7’-6” x 42’-0” dry rot

(1) 7’-9” x 36’-0” dry rot

(1) 7’-9” x 50’-0” dry rot

• Full stage blacks

(2) 24’-0” x 24’-0” new ‘02

(2) 21’-6” x 24’-0” old—hung as side tabs

• Scrims:

(1) black 24’-0” x 48’-0”  new ‘02

(1) black 24’-0” x 38’-0”  new ‘ 93

(1) 18’-0” x 18’-0” needs grommets

• Drops:

(1) 25’-0” x 44’-0” muslin drop hung as cyc new ‘96

(1) 20’-0” x 60’-0” muslin drop with curved pipe new ‘03

Grand Drape—in blue—(2)  21’-0” x 22’-6” new ‘02

LIGHTING

Lighting positions

There are 3 catwalks over the house reached by two strait ladders from the second floor

1 Cat hanging position at 11’-0” from plaster line and 23’-10” from stage floor;

Circuits # 26-40

2 Cat hanging position at 20’-6” from plaster line and 24’-9” from stage floor;

Circuits # 11-25

3 Cat hanging position at 27’-3” from plaster line and 22’-6” from stage floor;

Circuits # 1-10

There are four onstage electrics

1 Elec 3’9 ½” US of plaster line; Circuits # 41-50, 95, 96

2 Elec 8’-3” US of plaster line; Circuits # 51-63

3 Elec 13’-7” US of plaster line; Circuits # 64-76

4 Elec 19’-1” US of plaster line; Circuits # 77-83

Control

98 sensor dimmers D-20 modules with CEM-96 control module; 2.4K capacity

18 sensors controlling the house lights

ETC Expression 3 computerized lightboard

DMX jacks (stage, back of house and cats)

1 Remote Focus Unit (jacks in the cats and stage)

1 ETCnet Remote video unit (with plugs in house and stage)

Leprechaun 6/2 2 scene preset portable board

CD- 360 portable dimmers (2 packs 6 plug ins each, 600 watt max)

Equipment
 

Accessories and Special Effects
 

SOUND

• Clear COM system (jacks in booth, stage, cats and loading bay)
• 8 mic jacks on stage floor
• 4 remote speaker plug in (jacks on stage)
• 4 JBL MR 925 speakers
• 6 permanent mount speakers in cats
• Tascam DAT and portable DAT
• Tascam dual cassette
• Sony CD player
• Fostex D-108 8 virtual 16 track recorder
• HHB CD player and burner
• Alesis Q-20 effects processor
• dbx DDP compressor and expander
• Dynacord DRP effects processor
• Mac G-4 with Pro Tools version 5 software
• Digi 001 digital interface
• Alesis QS8-1 synthesizer
• Mackie 32/8 board
• Sennheiser true diversity em-100 wireless system (8 receivers and Transmitters and MKE 2 capsules)
• Mini Mackie board 16/4

sound effects library

• BBC
• Lucasfilm
• Hollywood edge "Cititrax"
• Warner Bros. Cartoon library
• Jurassic Dinosaur
• Hollywood Edge "Premiere Edition Vol. 1-4"
• Lon Bender's collection
• Hollywood edge "sounds from a different realm"
• Sound Ideas Sci-fi edition