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What are the minimum requirements we should include in a Performing Arts Center? Technical, spatial, etc.

• Main Stage (Decking, fiberboard, flat black paintable surface.)
                      Catwalks / pinrails SL and SR
• Black Box / Rehearsal Space (Theatre in the Round?)
                      Small booth – minimal lighting and sound systems?
• Dressing Rooms M/F
• Restrooms - Actors
• Restrooms – Lobby
• Green Room
• Lobby
• Office(s)
• Ticket Booth
• Concessions / Sales area
• Display Cases / Boards
• Tech. Booth
          Lighting, Sound, SM, Projection locations
• Drapery
       Main curtain
       Legs and borders
       Rear traveler
       Cyc
  Acoustic curtains in house
• Wood/Paint/Materials Storage
• Costume Storage
• Fabric
• Accessories
• Lighting Storage
• Instruments
• Cable
• Gel / Patterns
• Accessories
• Set / Prop Storage
• Lighting System
         Programmable light board (Portable to house…)
        Memory cards/disks
        2400W DMX dimmers (min. 64)
        Onstage patch panel
        Basic Instrument Inventory– Fresnels, Pars, short-throw adjustable mini-ellipsoidals,
               6"  zooms, strips, scoops, cyc-lights, inkies
        Accessories - Side-arms, cable, gel stock, frames, barn doors, top hats, 
               pattern holders, gobo selection, 4+ iris, lamp stock
• Lighting Locations (all circuited)
        2-3 Ceiling ports
        Beam @ House 
        Rear Balcony Rail (if balcony…)
        HL and HR locations @ Balcony and Floor Heights
        SL and SR Battens
        SL and SR Vertical Posts
        3-4 onstage electrics
        Forestage and Pit circuits
• Sound System
•       Mixing board (Portable to house)
•       Dual Cassette
•      CD player
•      PC?
•      Amp(s?)
•      Patch Panel, cords, connectors, etc.
• Hard-wired speaker locations
•      Ceiling Ports
•      Balcony or Rear of House L and R
•      House L and R (or forestage)
•      Onstage L and R
• Headset and Mic input locations (booth, house, balcony, SL and SR,
        "Heaven" L and R, Light ports, offices, rear of house, ticket booth)
• Tech Table location in House – Lighting, Sound, SM locations
• Dimmable incandescent house lighting - controls onstage, house and booth
       Fixtures should be easily accessible from above, or lower to house floor
• House Monitor (Speakers in booth, green room(s), dressing rooms, office or lobby)
• Hearing assistance system
• Phones in Green Room(s), onstage, Booth, Office(s), Ticket Booth
       Flashers and adjustable ring volume
• Security system
  Door contacts and glass-break detection
  Limited motion detection (Lobby, stairwells, rehearsal spaces only?)
  Separate arming groups: Rehearsal spaces and lobby, TSD areas, Main stage
• Fire / Life Safety system
• Loading dock behind Main stage
• HVAC system
       Exhaust fans for stage/house
       Emergency ventilation port over fly space

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