Humanities Theatre Technical Specifications

Humanities Theatre Technical Specifications

Hagey Hall

University of Waterloo

Seating Capacity

Maximum

• 717 - with seats on the thrust
• 671 - without seats on the thrust

Orchestra level

• 403 – with seats on the thrust
• 357 – without seats on the thrust

*Please see usable area measurements above.

From Center Line:

Wings:

Rigging:

GALA Lift System/Orchestra Pit (Apron):

GALA Lift system with programmable height settings. Height Range is from stage level (+0’0” /

+0m) down to pit level. (-12’0” / -3.6m)

• • GALA lift Dimensions: 38’/11.6m W (rear), 25’11”/7.9m W (front) x 11’5”/3.5m D
  • Below stage (lecture level): TBD
  • Below audience (orchestra Level): TBD
  • Pit is access through the 000 level (basement).
  • Accommodates approximately 25 orchestra/band members, depending on instrumentation.
  • Pit fence available, no pit cover/net.

Patron seating possible when at floor level, 41 seats.

**The Gala Lift system is not moveable during a performance.**

Loading:

Dance Floor:

Masking

Any user adding soft goods must have Flame Resistance Certification CAN/ULC-S109 or NFPA 705.

Main Drape (1 Set)

Red Bordeaux; 100% Fullness      46’6” W x 24’0”H                              14.0m x 7.3m Splits at Center, Drawn SR (Pulley temporary out of commission)

Flown From Fly Rail

Legs (6)

Borders (3)

Black Velour, 100% Fullness         42’0” W x 12’0” H                             12.8m x 3.6m Dead hung from grid

Traveler (1 Set)

Black, Velour, 100% Fullness       43’0” W x 27’0” H                             13.1m x 8.2m Upstage backdrop, Splits at Center, Drawn SL

Flown From Motorized Truss

Projection Screens

Front Projection Screen                                 24’0” W x 13’0” H                             7.3m W x 3.96m H Vinyl, White

Flown From Fly Rail with Masking

Cyclorama – Front Projection (Approx.) 41’10” W x 56’9” H                           12.75m x 17.23m Upstage, Vinyl, White

Flown From Fly Rail

Slop sink

The scene shop is offstage, between the loading dock and stage right.

Equipment:

• 12” Compound Miter Saw
• Saw Stop 10” Table saw.
• Drill Press
• Benchtop grinder/buffer
• Belt grinder
• Assorted Powered and unpowered hand tools.
• Work Benches
• Slop Sink

No Metalworking facilities available.

Lighting Circuits

Circuitry Overview

• FOH patch bay and other electrical USR
• The dimmer racks are on the SR side of the trap room.
• The only DMX control point is in the lighting booth.
• Please note that there are two styles of twist-lock for lighting. Everything except for the onstage floor pockets has a 20A 125V connector, whereas the stage pockets have an old-style connector with the ground prong tab points out except for in.
• Even numbered dimmers are on SR, and odd numbers are on SL.

Dimmer Breakdown

194 confirmed circuits

Cards:

• 232 Strand CD80 @ 2.4kW
• 2 Strand CD80 @ 6.0kW

Onstage Circuits (36):

• Floor pockets (9x 4 circuits)

Onstage Overhead Circuits (12):

• 6 dimmers each at the DS end of the fly rail and the SR onstage cat, on the back of the proscenium. 

Onstage Drop Boxes: (116 dimmers from Grid):

• 15 drop boxes that come down from the grid.
• Tormentor Pipes are 6 dimmers each side in their own drop.
• 74 dimmers across 13 drops for the rest of the stage.

Apron (16):

• 8 dimmers on a raceway for each of the apron pipes.

Front of House (56):

• 56 dimmers across 3 catwalks.
• Please note the significant lack of Edison circuits in the FOH.

Follow Spot Booth:

• There are two specialty follow spot hookups for the Altman Satellite 1 fixtures.

Lighting Equipment

Lighting console:

• ETC Ion xe, 4 universes

Rosco gels available. Please contact Technical Coordinator for specific gel numbers

Rosco Metal Gobos: Standard selection of gobos. Please contact Technical Coordinator for specific gobo design

Fixture Inventory (house plot):

• 4 ETC S4 10-deg
• 10 ETC S4 19-deg
• 7 ETC S4 26-deg
• 19 ETC S4 26-deg
• 15 Altman 6” Fresnel 750W w/barn doors
• 15 ADJ Pro 12HEX
• 2 ETC Zoom 15/30
• Halogen RGB Cyc lighting Fixture Inventory (overflow):
• 15 Altman 6” Fresnel
• 10 ETC S4 Parnel
• 10 ETC S4 36-deg

Video Equipment and Program Video Infrastructure

Projectors:

• Christie HD14k-M
• Christie LX66

Lenses:

• Long Throw Lens for Christie HD14K-M
• Short Throw Lens for Christie HD14K-M

Video switching & playback equipment:

• Roland VR-50HD Video Switcher
• iMac Mini w/ QLab 5 for video and audio playback

Program Video:

• Stage Left
• Main dressing room HH 158

Audio Equipment

Audio Console:

• Midas Venice 24-ch Mixing console

Microphones:

• 4 Shure SM58
• 4 Line-6 Handheld Microphones
• 3 Line-6 Wireless body-pack Transmitters
• 4 Lapel Mics
• 3 Shure ULD Handheld Microphones
• 3 Shure ULD Wireless body-pack Transmitters
• 2 Pyle double over-the-ear headset microphones
• 2 Mono D.I. Boxes

Microphone Stands:

• 4 Tripod stand with boom, silver
• 5 Round base with boom, silver

Communication:

• Clear-Comm Base Station with 6 wireless packs & headsets

PA System

Main PA (8):

• 4 left and 4 right; JBL VRX932LA-1. 12" two-way Line array Front Fill (2):
• JBL VRX928LA 8" Two-way line-array

Onstage Monitors (2):

• JBL VRX928LA 8" Two-way line-array

Subs (3):

• JBL VRX918S 18" subwoofer

Other speakers:

Floor Monitors are available upon request and depending on availability. Please contact Technical Coordinator for requests.

Electrical Infrastructure and Receptacles of Note

Downstage Right - 150A 3 phase 110/208V 60Hz. Camlock tails required. Offstage Right, in the shop - 100A 3 phase 110/208V 60Hz. Camlock tails required. MSR on the column, in between arbors - 4 pin twistlock. Exact Specifications TBC. Onstage wall of the shop, 4 pin twistlock - Exact Specifications TBC.

Two unknown 3 pin connectors for the follow spots in their booth - Exact plug specifications TBC. Dressing room 294 has a lot of 20A Edison circuits.

Around the House, in the balcony and in the lobby - old style twist lock plugs.

Orchestral Equipment

Instruments:

• 1 Steinway 9’ Concert Grand Piano
• 1 Heintman Upright piano for rehearsal

Music Stands:

• 10 Regular Black Stands
• 10 Music Stand Lights

Band Shell

• 10 Wenger portable choir shell pieces

Risers:

• 1 Conductor Podium @ 6” high
• 5 4’ x 8’ @ 8” black box risers
• 3 4’ x 8’ @ 8” Aluminum risers