Operating Policy / General

Only Cal Poly Theatre Staff and technical assistants are permitted to operate sound, lighting or projection equipment. Qualified artist’s personnel may also be permitted.

Stage crew must be under the supervision of at least one Cal Poly Theatre Crewmember; especially if flying of scenery is involved. Volunteer or other user-provided crew may be used for ushering, stagehands and additional follow-spots (one must be CPT Crew).

All technical crews shall be directly responsible to the Theatre Technical Director (or his designated theatre technician) in all matters regarding the facility or equipment. Safety for performers and audience shall be paramount and the Theatre Technician shall have the final say.

Rigging shall be under the supervision of CPT Staff ONLY, with CPT Crew as needed, and any user scenery crew. All flown scenery will be inspected for safety and may be rejected for any cause by the Cal Poly Staff person in charge.

The user must conform to University fire code regulations, which include but are not limited to:

All scenery and soft goods provided by user shall be flame-retardant treated or non-flammable in nature. No flash-pots, open flame or flammable fluids shall be permitted.
No obstructions shall be placed in the exit-ways, including audience aisles.
The occupant load shall not exceed the rating of the space (497 persons). No standees or aisle seating.
Operation of the safety curtain shall not be impaired (such as by scenery crossing the proscenium line).

Exceptions require the written approval of the Fire Marshal.

No food or beverages are permitted on the stage or in the theatre at any time.

There is NO SMOKING permitted in the building, as Cal Poly is a no smoking campus.

CONTENTS

Operating Policy ...... 1

Greetings ...... 2

I.General Description ...... 3

Floor ...... 3
Stage ...... 4
Soft goods available ...... 4
Dressing Rooms ...... 4
Lighting ...... 5

Lighting Positions ...... 6

Equipment List ...... 7

VII.Sound and Intercom ...... 9

VIII.Projection ...... 11

IX. Location ...... 12

X.Loading ...... 12

Figure 1 (Pit and Forestage) ...... 13

Figure 2 (Floor Plan) ...... 14

Figure 3 (Cross Section) ...... 15

Figure 4 (House and stage layout) ...... 16

Figure 5 (Positions and Circuits) ...... 17

Figure 6 (Map of San Luis Obispo) ...... …18

Figure 7 (Map of Cal Poly State University) ...... 19

Figure 8 (FOH, AP’s & Apron Light Plot)...... 20

Figure 9 (Stage Light Plot) ...... 21

Figure 10 (Booms Light plot) ...... 22

Greetings from the staff of the Cal Poly Theatre! We are looking forward to having your event here. In order to best serve you, we have prepared this information package about the theatre.

Please contact our Technical Director as soon as possible with your specific needs. San Luis Obispo is 200 miles from both Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the local area has limited resources for any technical equipment or supplies on short notice. Last-minute acquisition of equipment is next to impossible and quite expensive when it can be done.

Our goal is to give you the best possible presentation. We have quite a bit of equipment here and some very talented crewmembers that know how to use it. By working together we can make your show a success.

CONTACTS:

David BealsTechnical Director / Manager

(805) 756-7113

BobbyGenereuxClassroom Tech / ATD

(805) 756-6421

FAX: (805) 756-5656

The Cal Poly Theatre is a NON-UNION HOUSE. Your crew will consist of the Theatre Technical Director, one or two Staff Stage Technicians and paid Part-time & Student Assistant technicians. A few crew positions are permitted to be filled by volunteers or staff of the sponsoring organization or the artist’s personnel.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The theatre was built in 1960. It is a 498 seat proscenium house (486 seats with sound board in the house) with a single slightly sloped floor of seating and 2 aisles, and the sightline nearly parallels the stage floor, making the floor barely visible.

The apron wraps around the orchestra pit forming “calipers” which are backed by adjustable louver panels. The house is 47’ wide at the pit rail and 67’ wide at the back, and it is 61’ from the pit rail to the back wall. The ceiling is about 23’ above the house floor. The proscenium and louvers are painted black.

Because the stage is so far from the audience (almost 30 feet from front row to Grand Drape), many usersprefer the pit cover for their events.

The cover is 2-1/2 feet above the front aisle, (13 inches below the stage) 12 feet deep and is 28 to 40 feet wide (see diagram). An 8’x8’ section elevates to the stage and drops about 2 feet into the pit on hydraulics. There is a single intermediate step down to the pit cover. Bandshell units can be rolled into place on the apron (behind the performers) for acoustic concerts. Quite a bit of lighting can be done on the pit cover, including back lighting from the “A-Bar” and the first electric, but no flying of scenery is possible downstage of the Grand Drape.

The working height of the pit cover can be altered, but it is all manual labor and quite time-consuming.

The theatre is equipped with a small upright piano. By special request, we can obtain a Steinway baby grand or full-size Steinway Concert Grand.

II. FLOOR

The entire stage floor, including pit cover, is painted black. The stage floor is softwood to the plaster line and hardwood to the apron and on the calipers, which has been covered in ¼” Masonite. The wood is laid over wood sleepers and cushion pads. There are 6 traps center (4-1/2’x8-1/2’), floor pockets and irregularities all over, but not serious. We have a Rosco floor available for dance use (requires advance notice). Atrap room is available.

The stage floor is 3-1/2 feet above the front aisle (7’ form the pit floor), and wraps around the pit on both sides. The pit is solid covered, set at 13” below the stage, with a step leading down to it. It is of aluminum frame and plywood deck modular construction, covered with a vinyl flooring material. It is solid but hollow-sounding, and can be carpeted.

The first row of seats is 6 feet from the pit rail, 18’ for the apron edge, 28-1/2’ from the
Grand Drape and 34’ from the movie screen. Then stage floor is roughly on a line with the audience’s eyes from all seats, and is therefore nearly invisible.

STAGE

The proscenium is 38’ wide and 19-1/2’ high. It is closed with a dark blue traveling velour Grand Drape and a Guillotine Main Drape. The backstage floor is 36’x75’ (less 5’ for flies) and the gridiron is 50’ high. Everything flies on 30 sets of counterweighted lines. There are some limited handlines, including three set for legs with a full 38’ proscenium opening (these are particularly useful for dance productions).

Both systems operate stage right: counterweights at the floor and handlines from the pin rail at 22’. All pipes are 40’ long. Some rigging is permanently assigned, so check with the T. D. before committing any line sets.

There is a white cyclorama 31’ high and 52’ wide which is located 30’ upstage from the Grand Drape. There is crossover space of 2 to 3 feet between the cyc and the back wall.

The cyc flies and when fully out there is only 16’ of clearance under the bottom. It can be tripped to gain another 10 feet.

Stage right wingspan is 17’ and stage left wingspan is 16’ (proscenium to sidewall).

See Figure 2 on page 6 for typical masking & layout.

SOFT GOODS AVAILABLE

Three scrims, one white and two black, two are 40’ wide x 30’ high, and one black is 50’ wide.
A new flat cyc (white muslin), 40’ wide x 30’ high (bought in 2011)
A dark blue traveling velour Grand Drape
A dark blue Guillotine Main Drape also used as the Valance.
Legs & Borders: 4 pair black, normally hung.

Legs are 22-1/2’ high and 10’ wide, flat

Borders are 6’ high and 40’wide, flat.

Travelers (tracks rigged as shown on schedule/not to be moved):

Two black, both are 22-1/2’ high.

One48’ x 6’ high tormentor panels is available upstage of the cyc for crossover.

8. Ten flat black panels for “Black-out drape” or additional masking.

V.DRESSING ROOMS

There are 3 dressing rooms located about 50 feet from the stage left door (near the loading area), plus a greenroom directly off stage left. Costume racks on wheels are available, as well as a steamer, an iron, and a washer and dryer. TV monitors and stage sound are fed to the dressing rooms, and a paging mic is available from either side of the stage.

There are sinks in one dressing room and the greenroom, and lighted mirrors in all. Restrooms are adjacent to the dressing room, but there are NO SHOWERS.

LIGHTING

There is a large control booth area the full width at the back of the theatre. It is isolated by glass windows, with five Anchor monitors, and has four window panels that can open. There is also a talkback mic from the light board. The booth is 82 feet from the Grand Drape, and about 12 feet above the stage floor.

We have two ETC SR48AF racks in the booth, four SR24AF racks in the AP’s, for a total of 360 dimmers available, and a DR6 for the houselights and Unison controller. For the house-lights there are 7 dimmers in the DR6. The blanks are filled with airflow modules for future growth. Many circuits have at least 2 drop cord pigtails and many have 2 outlets on each pigtail for a total of 4 receptacles per circuit. Maximum capacity per dimmer is 2400 watts.

There are 50; 60 amp fused 120/208 disconnect and 200 amp 3 phase cam SR

The theatre is wired with 20-amp twist lock connectors in the “Old Code” configuration with the lug on the ground blade OUT. We have some adapters to stage pin and “U-Ground or Edison” plugs, and lots of cable and twofers.

Dimmers are allocated as follows:

2- ETC SR48 AF Racks DMX 1-192 Light booth

4- ETC SR24 AF RacksDMX 193-336AP HSE L

1- ETC DR6 w/UnisonDMX 337-348AP HSE R

Lighting Control Boards:

The Theatre has 2 control consoles, connected in parallel and able to control all dimmers.

The Unison U51012 Control Board. This is a 10 slider, 12 button programmable board with a lockout feature.

This board is used primarily for classes and small events where basic lighting is needed.

The ETC Ion 2000. With two 2x20 fader wings and two19” ELO touch screen monitors. Our Ion has 2 universes of DMX. 2048 outputs. 10,000 channels, 10,000 cues and 999 cue lists.

We also have, if you need it,

The ETC Express 72/144. With the faders, this board can be either a two-scene 72-channel or single scene 144-channel control board. With the keypad, it has a total of 240 channels. It also has 10 pages of 24 submasters for a total of 240 subs, two sets of faders (AB and CD), programmable cues, ability to profile dimmers, and a variety of effects. The ETC Express is also compatible with the Expression, and will read its discs, so please bring them and it will cut down on programming time.

Lighting Equipment list

MultiParameterDevices:

1 – VL1000

1 – ETC Revolution

8– Elation Platinum Spot 5R Pro

16- Robe Spiiders

9 - ETC Desire D40

20 - ETC ColorSource Pars

16 - ETC ColorSource Pars Deep Blue

12 – MEGA lite Pro Color Cannon

Ellipsoidals:

2 - 10 ETC Source 4’s

10- 14 ETC Source 4’s

20- 19 ETC Source 4’s

24 - 26 ETC Source 4’s

30- 36 ETC Source 4’s

40- 50 ETC Source 4’s

1 - 70 ETC Source 4 barrel

1 - 90 ETC Source 4 barrel

86- Century Lekolite #2200 Axial Bodies (FEL 1000).

22- Century Lekolite #2300 Medium Prefocus (EGG 750).

44- 6 x 9 lens (40 degree) assemblies; 64 – 6 x 12 (27 degree) lens assemblies. These lenses are

Interchangeable.

20- Century Lekolite #2216 Axial 6 x 16 (17 degree) (FEL 1000).

Other Instruments:

80- ETC S4 PAR 575 w HPL. Very narrow, narrow, medium, and wide lenses available + 4 very

wide lenses.

20- Strand PAR-64 1000-watt sealed beam. Wide and narrow available.

12- L & E PAR-64 All are permanently assigned for lecture hall use.

6- Par 16 Wide on bases

24- Strand #3380 6-inch/1K zoom Fresnel (1000-watt BTR)

8- Strand-Ianero “Iris-cyc” 3-window cyc lights, 1000-watts/window.

6- CapitolStriplights 7 ½ foot, 3 circuit, 150 watt/lamp, 5 per color. Roundels in green, red,

blue, and amber. Gel frames are available.

2- Phoebus Ultra-Quartz Follow Spot (360-watt/80 volt MR-16).

Operator-controlled by integral SCR dimmer.

Other Equipment:

3- 100’ SOCO Cables

2- 75’ SOCO Cables

7- 60’ SOCO Cables

14- 55’ SOCO Cables

2- 25’ SOCO Cables

17- SOCO Fan outs

10- Source 4 Iris

3- UltratecRadiance Hazers

2- Le Maitre Neutron Hazers

1- Le MaîtreG300 Fogger with liquid CO2 cooling unit

1- Ultratec G3000 Fogger

Barn doors, top hats, gel frames, donuts, gobo holders, cable and two-fers.

We have various stepladders, a Genie Lift (model AWP-25S), an Upright Airlift (CO2 powered), and a Tallescope (cherry picker).

The theatre stocks a variety of color media in Roscolux and Lee color media. We can get non-stocked colors in 3-4 days, so try to give us advance notice, or bring it with you. A limited amount of lighting equipment can be rented locally.

Lighting Positions Available:

Balcony Rail

Back of House 61’ from apron, ~12’ above stage

8 Dimmers 153-161 (4 outlets each)

Aisle lights normal here

2nd A.P. Beam:

Over house 30’ from apron, 25’ above stage.

12 DimmersT1 - T12 (4 outlets each)

24 Dimmers 193-216 (1 outlet each)

1 Dimmer 148 (2 Ultra-Quartz Follow Spots normal here.)

SOCO 1+ 2 163-168

169-174

1st A.P. Beam:

Over pit 10’ upstage of apron, 25’ above stage.

20 Dimmers 13 - 32 (four outlets each)

24 Dimmers # 217-240 (1 outlet each)

2 pipes here; one is out rigged.

A – Bar (Apron Bar)

Over apron ~18” upstage of pit rail, 25’ above stage

18 Dimmers #175-192.

This bar is dead-hung.

1st Electric:

Light Bridge (2 pipes) 3’ and 5’ upstage of proscenium

40 Dimmers 33 - 72 (4 outlets each)

2 Dimmers 150-151 (2 outlets each)

2nd Electric:

1 pipe, at 11’ 10” upstage of proscenium

17 Dimmers 73 - 89 (2 outlets each)

3rd Electric:

1 pipe, at 23’ upstage of proscenium

16 Dimmers 90 - 105 (4 outlets each)

Line set 30

Iris Cyc lights normal here using SOCO G + H

Louvers:

Stage left

10 Dimmers 106-115

Stage right

10 Dimmers 116-125

10.Floor Pockets:

On-stage floor.

44 Dimmers

#241-262 SR

#126-147 and 152,153 SL

11. Orchestra Pit

Dimmers 146,147

Socopex

House right AP’s, next to dimmers: A, B, C, D, 265-288

Grid above Stage:

A: 265-270 *

B: 271-276 *

C: 277-282 *

D: 283-288 *

E: 289-294

F: 295-300

G: 301-306

H: 307-312

I: 313-318

J: 319-324

K: 325-330

L: 331-336

M: 337-342

N: 343-348

O: 349-354

P: 355-360

*duplicated by AP dimmers

House Lights

Dimmers Dedicated to Class lights.

We have two pair of permanently mounted tree-pipes, set in the upstage and downstage louvers, and there are also 4 pair of 12’ portable booms.

Note: Some dimmers are permanently assigned for lecture setups. Check with the T.D. before assigning dimmers, or just tell us what channels need to control what instrumentsand we’ll work out the dimmers.

SOUND & INTERCOM

There are seven soundboards available for the Theatre:

Allen & Heath 14:4:2+: Features include 14 channels, 4 submasters, mains, and six aux (pre or post fader).

This mixer is dedicatedfor classes and events with minimal sound requirements, and is positioned next to the light board operator. Also dedicated to this board is a Numark MP302 Professional DualMP3/CDPlayer.

Soundcraft K3(withMeter Bridge): Features include 21 mic inputs, 6 stereo inputs (A or B), 8 groups, mains, and 8aux (pre/post-faderselectable by pairs).

This mixer lives in the sound booth at the rear of the auditorium, with a full audio patch bay connected. With prior arrangement, this mixer can be moved into the house.

Soundcraft Vienna II: Features include 48 mic inputs, 8 stereo inputs, 8 groups, 8 VCAs, 4 matrixs (A and B), and 8 aux (pre/post selectable).

This mixer lives in a road case and can be set up in the house on request.

Soundcraft 200-Delta: Features include 20 mic inputs, 4 stereo inputs (A or B), 4 groups, mains, and 4 aux (2 pre-fader, 2 post-fader).

This mixer is in storage. With prior arrangement, this mixer can be moved to where it is needed.

Soundcraft SM12: The SM12 is a full-spec professional monitor console offering twelve mono sends plus one stereosend (pre/post selectable). It has 48 channels and 12 groups (6 x 2).

This mixer is in storage in the booth at the rear of the auditorium. With prior arrangement, this mixer can be moved to where it is needed.

There are 6- Whirlwind SPC83P-S 8channel 3-way mic splitters in the booth. These split the mic lines between the booth, FOH mix position, and the stage for a monitor mix. Phantom Power is controlled by the splitter.

Equipment available:

Playback

1- LG BH200 Super Blu Player (combo Blu-ray & HD DVD)

1- Denon DN-V200

1- Panasonic DVD-RV32

1-Denon DN-D4500 Dual MP3/ CD player

1-Denon DN-650F CD player

1-Technics SLP-1300 CD player

2-Denon DN-720R3-head cassette decks

1-Panasonic SV-3700 Professional Digital Audio Tape (DAT)

2-Otari MX-5050 reel-to-reel tape decks

1- Numark MP 302 Professional Dual MP3/CD Player. (Dedicated to Allen & Heath board)

1-Tascam CD-RW750 Professional CD rewritable Recorder (in a portable rack)

1-Denon DN 1800F Dual CD player (in a portable rack)

Equalization and effects

4-Ashley GQX 3102 two channel third octave graphic equalizer (one dedicated to main mix)

4- BSS FCS-960 two channel 30 band graphic equalizers

1-Ashley XR1001 crossover

1-Lexicon PCM80

1-Lexicon PCM90

1-Lexicon MPX 1

5-Symetrix 501 Compressor/Limiter

1-PreSonus ACP88 eight channel compressor/Limiter/Gate

Main Amps and Speakers:

1-QSC MX3000A amplifier

1-QSC MX2000A amplifier

1-QSC RMX 1850 amplifier

1-JBL MPA 750 amplifier

2-JBL SR4731A (2-12” and 1-1 ½” cones)

4-JBL SR4718A (subs)

2-JBL JRX118SP 18”300 watt powered subs

Ashly XR2001 three watt crossover

Concert stage monitors

4-QSC MX2000A amplifier

8-EAW SM260 (12” and 2”)

Additional Amps and Speakers

3-QSC RMX 2450 amplifiers

8-EAW JF80 Dance Monitors

1-QSC DCA 1824 Digital Cinema Amplifier