Lighting
· Stage Lighting
We have four on-stage electrics, mounted permanently on counter-weighted line sets 2, 6, 13, and 20. There are 24 circuits on the number one electric and 12 each on the other three. Available are two floor pockets and two upstage wall boxes surrounding the playing area. Placed on either side of playing area are two floor pockets with Edison receptacles, 110 AC.
The dimmers are Strand Century CD80 dimmers. There are 2 dimmers per module at 2.4K each, with 96 dimmers available. Two modules have one dim and one non-dim circuit. The two non-dim circuits are set to the upstage wall, but they may be moved to any location. They are wired as a dimmer per circuit system with pigtails on the four onstage battens and sockets on the two wall positions and the booth wall.
The lighting control board is an ETC Element with 40 faders and 500 channels connected to 2 Elo 19 inch LCD touch screen monitors. These are usually located in a booth at the rear of the balcony. Dimmers are soft patchable and cues may be set.
The standard lighting plot is loosely divided into 9 areas. The Ocean Optics Sea Changers allow for a myriad of colors coming as top light over the general stage areas and/or from the front into the downstage area and/or from the top sides. The stage is down lit warm (R02) with fresnels. The cyc is lit red (R124), amber (R20). and blue (R80).
Our light booth is located at the back of the balcony. The two follow spots, the usual placement of the light board, the Clear-Com main console, a small secondary sound mixer, and a large film projector are located here. In an adjoining room reside the sound amps and patch bay.
Our current concert lighting hang is:
Front of House:
8 Source Four 19 degree outfitted with Ocean Optics Sea Changers Extreme Green Profiles 575 watt on individual circuits on our balcony booms (4 on each boom.) These are mid to high placement on booms and hard to reach.
8 Altman 6 x 16 (equivalent to 19 degree) ellipsoidals 750 watt used as specials for curtain warmers, peacock logo, and flags (4 on each boom.) These are placed at bottom of the booms and may be easily refocused.
2 Lycian short throw follow spots located in booth at the rear of the balcony.
See Washes below for FOH Wash information and Moving Lights below for more FOH.
Moving Lights:
4 ETC Revolutions with Wybron Color Scrollers located at top of balcony booms — two on each side. The outside (nearest wall) units are outfitted with iris and rotating gobo modules while the inside (nearest center) units are outfitted with iris and shutter modules. These have 15 to 35 zoom capability.
1 ETC Revolution with Wybron Color Scroller located at center of first electric. It has iris and shutter modules with 15 to 35 zoom capability.
2 ETC Revolutions with Wybron Color Scrollers outfitted with iris and rotating gobo modules and 15 to 35 zoom capability. These are mounted on the first electric.
Upstage Areas:
8 Source Four 26 degree instruments 575 watt on each electric for upstage specials and/or hitting hard to reach upstage corners.
Washes:
Top Light: 10 Ocean Optics Sea Changer Extreme Green Wash 750 watt instruments.
Down Light: 18 fresnels (6 ETC Source Four 7 inch fresnels 575 watt on each of the first two electrics and 6 Strand Century Fresnelite 1000 watt 6 inch fresnels on the third electric.
High Side Light: 8 Source Four Profile 19 degree outfitted with Ocean Optics Sea Changers 575 watt -- one on each Electric Pipe end
FOH Wash: 8 Source Four 19 degree 575 watt mounted on light booth to give full across stage coverage, but these are on two circuits only
Cycs:
5 Strand Century Iris Cyc Lights 3 x 500 watt mounted on the fourth electric.
In storage: We have more instruments, but all are older (no Source Fours) mostly Altman ellipsoidals and some wide PAR cans.
We may add more instruments on a bar going across the front of balcony, but light comes in flat as it is not high enough. These can be cabled using 2 socapex 19 pin (one from each boom) that access 4 circuits from each boom not already used by currently hanging lights.
· House Light Control Top
All auditorium house lights are on a keypad system. They are located in the light booth, backstage stage right wall, and lobby area. There are settings for Movie, Full House, Half House, and Performance. These can be operated off the lighting console, if needed.