2001 Festival Technical requirements

Dane will be available from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on FRIDAY to tech anyone who is available. Those people will get 45 minutes to tech. If you can't be here, the tech time falls in the official 10 MINUTE setup and strike periods.

Everyone is allowed ONLY 5 light specials. You have to hang and focus all specials, although we can provide the outlets. Two follow spot lights are also available, but you will need to provide operators. They will not be considered as specials. There will be an electronic keyboard available.

See below for the exact stage dimensions, leg and curtain placement.

Lights are operated from the booth. Sound is operated from the rear of the house, directly in front of the lighting booth. We will have cassette, CD and mini-disc sound capabilities. Light and sound board operators will be provided if needed.

Procedures

Each group will have their set pieces and props ready to load-in from the parking lot in front of the building. When directed by the Stage Manager, they will enter through the house right door and load into the ten-foot square IN box backstage. All props, costumes, and set pieces must fit into this box. This is not a timed load-in, but groups should be waiting in the parking lot and ready to move so the tournament is not delayed. This load-in will occur while the previous group is hearing its adjutication.

When directed by the Stage Manager, each group will have ten minutes to move out of the IN box and build their set, set up their orchestra, and pre-set their props and costumes. This is a timed move.

After the performance, when directed by the Stage Manager, the group will have ten minutes to strike the set, props and costumes into the OUT box backstage. This is a timed move. Then they will sit in the house for their adjutication. After the adjutication and when directed by the Stage Manager, each group will strike all their equipment through the house left door, around the building, and out to the parking lot. This is not a timed move.

The Stage

Here is a sketch of the Festival stage layout. The wavy lines are curtains (legs on the sides create a wing space about ten feet deep). There is an upstage curtain separating the IN/OUT box area from the playing area. There is a false proscenium built downstage (green lines); these are about seven feet wide. There will be a proscenium curtain downstage.

There are platforms and ramps downstage that lead to the house. For an example of what these look like, here is a snapshot from our recent production of "Sylvia." (although there is no downstage proscenium in this photo)

Here are the actual dimensions of the stage: