Greenberg Theatre | Facilities Technical Details

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Greg Anderson
Facilities & Production Manager
202-885-3490
ganderso@american.edu

John Stahrr
Technical Director
202-885-3419
jstahrr@american.edu

Chris Husted
Lighting & Audio Coordinator
202-885-3497,
chusted@american.edu

Greenberg Theatre from stage right

Greenberg Theatre

View from stage right

Type of Theater: Traditional Proscenium
Color of Main Drape: Red
Travel of Main Drape: Horizontal Only
Operation of Main Drape: Manual, SL
Note: all battens are fixed (dead-hung); there is no fly space
Stage Hands: Non-union professional staff labor & student labor pool.
House Capacity: 296 seats 4 partner—see Seating Chart (Standard house-hold: 15 seats or 5%. Basic Rental Fee is for space only and does not include costs for equipment rental, box office, and crews. Please see Rental Rates for prices).

Stage Specifications

Proscenium opening: 16'-0"H x 29'-11"W
Stage Depth to back wall: 31'- 0" from plaster line
Stage Depth to back of playing space (scrim/cyc): 28'- 6" from plaster line
Apron (architectural): 2'-6"
Apron (w/modular extension): 6'-6"
Orchestra Pit: 30'-0" x 8'-6" nominal (18 musician capacity)

Lighting

Repertory lighting plot: 2 color Frt, 1 color top, 1 color back, 2 sidelight systems, 6 specials
Dimming: 196 Strand CD80 & 20 NSI D4DMX
Control: Strand Pallete console (GT Lighting Operator required, can be shadow)
 

Audio

Console: Soundcraft Series II (GT Audio Operator required, can be shadow)
Input:

  • 24 Channels Microphone Level Inputs
  • 2 Stereo Channel Line Level Inputs
  • 4 Auxilary Stereo Line Level Inputs

Output: (house config in parentheses)

  • Main (L&R)
  • Mono (C)
  • Matrices: 2 (1: Subwoofer; 2: Delay House Fill)
  • Subgroups: 8 (5/6: Suround L&R; 7/8: Procenium L&R House Fill)
  • Aux Sends: 8 (1: Overhead Stage Monitor; 7-8 Effects Processor Send)

PA: Channels include Left Main, Center, Right Main, Right Suround, Left Suround, Delay Fill and Subwoofer
Monitor: 1 Overhead, 4 JBL wedges, 2 Stage Side fills
Signal Processing:

  • 1 TC Electronics M-One Effects Processor (2 channels)
  • 1 Lexicon MPX 550 Effects Processor (2 channels)
  • 2 Sabine Graphi-Q GRQ-3100 Compression, EQ, FBX (2 ch ea)
     

Playback:

  • Dual Stereo Mini Disc
  • Dual Stereo CD (CDR)
  • Single Stereo Cassette
  • 4 Chanels SFX Computer Playback

Mics:

  • 8 channels Sennheiser Evolution series ew300 Lavalier (One Handheld is available)
  • 2 Shure SM 57 instrument mics
  • 4 Shure Beta 58 vocal mics
  • 2 DPA 4028 Hanging area mics
  • 3 Crown PCC-160 surface mount mics
     

Listening Assist: 5 receivers available through the Box Office
 
Projections / Video:

  • 1 Eiki LC-W4 Multimedia projector 4700 ANSI Lumens WXGA
  • 2 Christie 2k 35mm projectors w/o platters (GT Projectionist req)
  • Dolby analog surround.
  • 1 permanently mounted 24'W x 16'H white front-projection screen
  • All video/film formats will need to be confirmed at least two weeks before event date

Dressing Rooms

Total rooms: 2
Large Dressing room: with 25 mirrors and can be split with hospital curtain
Small Dressing “Diva" room: space at table for 2-3
Restrooms: 2 for all rooms equipped w/showers (accessible)

Communications

  • PA with stage announce and house program feed broadcast to dressing rooms, green room and production areas.
  • Clear-Com dual channel system available wherever necessary
  • Piano: 1 Kawaii low-profile upright; 1 Kawaii 6' Grand (piano movement into Orchestra Pit involves a minimum charge of $300)

Box Office

Box Office service is available 24 hours/day on the internet at american.tix.com; alltickets purchased online or over the phone are held as will-call at the box office and may be picked up 1hour prior to the show or during normal operating hours.

Box office hours are 3pm-6pm Mon-Fri and 1 hour prior to each ticketed performance. The box office accepts cash, check, MasterCard, and Visa from customers as payment for tickets.

Crews, Building Attendants and Equipment Rentals

Please request rates regarding charges for personnel needs and equipment rental rates beyond basic rental fee for space use.

Costumes & Rentals

Theatre has a limited inventory of period and modern costumes. Please inquire about rentals for your production.

Load-in Facilities

Loading Dock is located on the West side of the building above the main building loading dock. Due to limitations of size and location, generally it is considered more of a materials entrance than a workable load-in site. Load-in for scenery will generally take place in the front of the building via the Wisconsin Avenue Entrance (Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre isin no way responsible for obtaining the requisite permits for blocking traffic on this street but may withhold access if client fails to obtain). Boxes may be no longer than 60" @ 36" W (variables may work, call).
Dock height: 18'
Door opening: 5'H x 7'W
Dock access via yard arm w/ ½ ton electric motor and 6' Spreader bar
Average cycle: 2.5 m up/down

 

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