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314 West Main Street  Grass Valley, California 95945 530 274 8384 |
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Overview Our 300 seat theater has become Grass Valley's premier venue for the performing arts. With permanently installed sound and lighting systems, an 1,800 square foot stage, tiered continental style seating and a 1500 square foot maple dance floor, this venue is readily adaptable to musical concerts, theater and dance presentations, seminars, workshops, trade shows, exhibitions, festivals and parties. Center for the Arts Ground Plan in 11 x 17 printable PDF format
Parking There is 3-hour metered street parking on West Main Street and Richardson Street, plus a small parking lot with 12 spaces (including an ADA space) immediately adjacent to the loading doors for staff and production vehicles and a larger 24-space (including one ADA space) public parking lot just west of the small lot (12 of these spaces are by permit only Monday through Friday between 7 am and 6 pm). Each parking lot has it's own access to Richardson Street.
Seating Seating consists of seven rows of permanent tiered upholstered seating plus room for movable chairs on the main floor in front of the stage. The combined total maximum capacity is 300 seats.
Center Stage Seating Plan in 8½ x 11 printable PDF format
Stage Area and Dimensions This is a proscenium stage, with access from the house consisting of two sets of two-step movable stair units on stage right and stage left. Floor surface: medium density fiberboard (MDF) painted black Stage height: 2'-6" Stage width: 58'-6" Stage depth: 28' Proscenium height: 11'-6" Proscenium width: 37'-9" SR wing: 7'-6" SL wing: 12'-6"
Center Stage Plan in 11 x 17 printable PDF format
ADA There is permanent wheelchair access to the auditorium and public areas, but not to the stage. The staff and production parking lot contains two handicap spaces, and the upper public parking lot contains one handicap space.
Grid All pipe battens, electrics and soft goods are dead hung. The height from the stage floor is 12'-6", and access is via one 8-foot ladder and one 10-foot ladder.
Soft Goods Drapery Schedule Legs #1 4' x 12'-6" Black Legs # 2 8' x 12'-6" Black Legs # 3 8' x 12'-6" Black Legs # 4 8' x 12'-6" Black Upstage curtain 32' x 12' Black Cyc 32' x 11'-6" White
All drapes are fixed—there are no travelers.
Lighting Control House
and stage lighting are controlled from the lighting/audio desk area
in the back of the house, Dimmers Leviton dimmer packs are mounted to the electrics above the stage. Connectors All stage lighting connectors are Edison. Electrics All electrics are dead hung. Console Leviton MC7524 24/48 channel memory console,
384 memory scenes, 24 submasters, encoder, Remote focus capability There is no remote focus capability at this time. Distribution There are no stage lighting circuits. Instruments are hard-patched into modular grid-mounted dimmer packs. Color A limited supply of Roscolux color is available. Original color must be restored during strike. Equipment Inventory (stage lighting) Fixtures 6" 300w fresnels: 7 (movable) 300w par cans: 26 (movable) 500w sky cycs: Two 3-cell units and three single cell units (all movable) Altman 1000w follow Spot: 1 (movable) Accessories Color frames: thirty-three 7½" frames Access for focusing: One 8-foot ladder and one 10-foot ladder. House plot The standard lighting plot consists of the following elements: Front light Eight
6" par cans in the FOH position paired into DR,
DCR, DCL and DC areas, Side light High side consisting of eight 6" par cans, two per color per side (warm and cool). Backlight Eight
6" par cans on the upstage electric provide two color
washes (warm and cool), Specials A hot spot center stage consisting of two high-diagonal par cans from the first electric. Cyc Three
color washes (red, blue and amber) provided by
a combination of two 1000w 3-cell In addition, three 6" fresnels located on the FOH pipe can be used either separately as specials or in tandem as an additional downstage front wash, and a small 1k follow spot can be located in the rear of the house, near the lighting console.
Center Stage Standard Lighting Plot in 11 x 17 printable PDF format
Projection An Optoma EP1691 2500-lumen DLP projector is permanently mounted in the FOH position, utilizing the cyc as a projection surface. One 10'x10' hanging screen, one 7'x7' hanging screen and two smaller 4'x4' portable screens are also available.
Sound System Main Mixer A&H GL2400-32
Speakers JBL 4894A-90 (main speakers) JBL 4893 (subs) Mackie C300Z (side fills)
Effects/Compressors/House System Yamaha REV500 Lexicon MX200 dbx 2231 (mains EQ) dbx 231 x 3 (monitor EQ) dbx 166 x 2 dbx 1066 Behringer DCX2496 (house EQs and overall sound processor)
Direct Boxes Horizon SL 2 x 4 Countryman Type 85 x 4
Power Amps Crown XTI1000 Crown XTI4000 x 2 QSC 2450 x 3
Microphones Shure SM57LC x 8 Shure SM58LC x 8 Audio Technica ATM450 x 2 Audio Technica Pro35 x 4 Sennheiser MD4212 x 2 Sennheiser E609 x 2 Sennheiser EW135G2 Wireless x 2 Audix D6 x 4 Audio Technica Pro45 x 6 (overhead choir mics)
Mic Cables Horizon LZ3 Horizon HC3 x 4 Horizon LZ50 x 4 Horizon HC30 x 20
Mic Stands KM 21090B x 10 KM 25900B x 4 KM 25910B x 4 KM 19900B x 4
Green Room Monitor
Communications There is no permanent intercom system available.
Monitoring Video monitoring (without audio) is available to the Multi-Purpose Room and the Green Room.
Other Equipment Kimball studio upright piano Four 4-foot x 8-foot x 1-foot high black platforms Iron Ironing board Banquet chairs—130 brown and 120 black Three music stands Two keyboards Various instrument amplifiers Drum set
Loading Primary loading access is via double doors on the main floor level on the north side of the theater (house right), opening onto a 12-space parking lot for staff and production vehicles, which is accessible from Richardson Street. There is additional loading access through the main public entrance to the theater from the Gallery/Lobby on the south side of the theater (house left).
Door location Height Width Opens to: Stage access House Right 6'-9" 5'-8" Parking lot Up 3 steps House Left 7'-10" 5'-8" Lobby Up 3 steps
Other Dimensions The distance from the front of the stage to the lighting and sound consoles and follow spot position is 40 feet.
Backstage Support A combination Green Room / Dressing Room SR will accommodate 18 people and is equipped with tables and mirrors. Access to the stage is up 3 steps. Restrooms are shared with the public. Contracted for an additional charge, the Granucci multi-purpose room, which has access for rolling carts and hand trucks, can be used as a chorus or rehearsal room; however, access is only through double doors at the sidewalk level on Main Street or through the main lobby area.
Granucci Multi-Purpose Room Plan in 11 x 17 printable PDF format
Laundry There are no laundry facilities at the venue, however commercial laundromats are located nearby.
Crew The following non-union crew members can be provided for an additional fee and must be included in your contract (for crew rates, contact Nancy Solyan at 530-274-8384 ext 16): Stage Manager Lighting technician Audio technician Projectionist Stage crew Wardrobe Security guard Make-up artist |
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