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California Theatre
345 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Contact: Jessie Anderson
Phone: 408-792-4194
Email: janderson@sanjose.org
For Event Tickets, call 408-792-4111		 virtual map Team San Jose
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Main Lobby
345 South First Street
San Jose California 95113

Shipping Address
California Theatre c/o Team San Jose
San Jose Convention Center
410 Almaden Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95110

Loading Dock
344 South Market Street
San Jose California 95113

Loading Dock
(408) 271-6148
Visiting Production Office (408) 271-6150
Control Room (408) 271-6149
IA Steward (408) 298-1125

Main Telephone
(408)277-3500
Fax: (408) 277-3535

Theatre Staff
Management Company Team San Jose (800) 726-5673
Facility Booking Annie Mogensen (408) 726-4119

House Crew
IATSE Steward Brad Belleville (408)298-1125
Electrician Greg Little (408)298-1125
Carpenter James Hilmer (408)298-1125
Sound Steve Mann (408)298-1125

Unions
IATSE Local 134 Office (408) 294-1134
Business Agent (408) 690-2250
Wardrobe Local 874 (415) 861-8379
AFM Local 153 Office (408) 448-1810
Musical Contractor Tony Clements (408) 377-3493
(Note: There is a charge for internet access, which is needed for access to Ticketmaster- contact Team San Jose for pricing.)

Backstage

Loading Dock
Street Level load in, then down ramp. No truck height dock. No Truck loading ramp available.
Loading Door at Street: 12'-0" W x 14'-6" H
Loading Dock area Off stage right 26' x 60'
Loading Door at Stage: 13'-11" W x 17'-11" H

1- ton stacker motor in Loading dock area

Note: A 24' Bobtail may be backed into the dock area.

It should also be noted that the street outside our loading door is State HWY 82. This means that additional restrictions as far as parking, lane blockage, etc apply. If you anticipate anything in special needs, you should be in touch with us WELL in advance. In some cases we can accommodate you; however State Highway restrictions are rather strict.

Wardrobe
Shop Area
1st Floor SR
Access: ramp, elevator to dressing rooms.
Elevator- interior dimensions: 5'-3" x 7'-8", doorway is 4'-0" wide.
A 4' wide x 8' piece can BARELY be accommodate within the recessed door area.

Laundry Facilities
1 large commercial washer
2 large commercial dryers
can accommodate 1 additional domestic washer in addition.
Counter space, however no other equipment.
Lots of 8' rolling racks available in house.

Dressing Rooms
6 Star Rooms- 1 on stage level, 5 on 2nd floor
4 Small rooms in basement
3 Large Rooms in Basement
All dressing rooms equipped with Toilet(s) Sink and Shower(s)
All dressing rooms are roll-in handicapped accessible

Storage and Rehearsal areas
Loading dock area is 26' x 60' concrete floor, off SR
Rehearsal Hall on 3rd floor- 37'-3" x 47'-8"
Hall is equipped with a sprung hardwood floor, lighting and sound equipment.

Onstage
2- 1-Ton CMI loadstar w/ 60' chain available.

Stage House
Fly System

House Curtain
Operates as guillotine from upper or lower lock rails SL or as Automated traveller with controls DSR on proscenium rear. Travel is very slow ( XX sec) and not variable.

Rigging System
Type Single purchase counterweight
Weight 60,000 lbs available
Line Sets 59 sets on 6" or 8" centers (See hang plot enclosed)
Side ladders 2' offstage of pipe ends
Tab Pipes 2' offstage of ladders
Arbors 6" Capacity-
8" Capacity-
House pipes 63' schedule 80
In trim                  4'-0" above deck
Out Trim 6"-        74'-6" above deck
Out Trim 8"-        81'-4" above deck
Travel 6"-           70- 6" above deck
Travel 8"-           77'- 4" above deck
All trims measured to bottom of pipe

House sets are not kickable, however roller diverters are workable. None in stock at present. 25 Spot wheels, plus head and muling blocks available, with 5/8" Multiline II for 5 hemp sets available. No hemp, all dacron/ cotton blend (Multiline II)
1500 feet loose line available.
Sweeps available for full wrap cyclorama, work with tab pipes and lineset 59. This is a MAJOR PROJECT, but is doable with advance notice.

Goods available
10 Black Velour Legs 13'-9"w x 28'h
1 Black Velour Border 12'-0"h x 95''-0"w
5 Black Velour Borders 8'-0"h x 95''-0"w
8 Black Velour Tabs 6'-5"w x 32'-0"h
2 Full stage Travellers each 33'-6"h x 56'-0"w
1 White Leno Bounce/ Cyclorama 30'-0"h x 63'-0"w
1 Black Sharkstooth Scrim 30'-0"h x 63'-0"w

House hang varies widely and rarely stays the same for more than one event, please call ahead for current information.
See enclosed hang plot for normal positions of all goods
Ordinary trims run approximately 20' to approximately 24' above deck.

Permanent Installations
Cinema Truss Overhead @ XX x XX
Traps @ xx x xx
Traps are cut, removable in approximately 4'x 8' sections. Filler needed for smaller openings or edge masking.

Orchestra Pit
One piece hydraulic. Adjustable at any level from stage down to - xx'-xx". Orchestra risers available for "Bayreuth Style" pit, capacity approximately 50 players.
Pit "wings" are adjustable separately and individually via scaffolding.

Other
2 CMI Loadstar 1-Ton chain hoists available. 60' chain
No steel or rigging hardware in house.


Electrics

Road Service Power (Company Switches)
Panel Phase Amps Protection Use Location
PL-1 3 400 Breaker Lighting SR Wall
PL-2 3 400 Breaker Lighting SR Wall
Note: PL1 & PL2 both equipped with double neutral
SC-2 3 225 Breaker Audio (IG) SR Wall
TM-1 3 200 Breaker General USL
All service equipped with 400A Cam-Locks, both M & F on Grd/ Neutral & Lugs

Front of House
Position Pipe Width Distance to Prosc. # of Circuits Connector Type Transfer Circuits
SL Eyebrow   44' to CL 7 20A SP/G DMX
SR Eyebrow   44' to CL 7 20A SP/G DMX
Tension Grid several 44'-9" vert. 10 20A SP/G DMX
Slot SL 6' 44'-9" vert. 6 20A SP/G DMX
Slot SR 6' 44'-9" vert. 6 20A SP/G DMX
1 Catwalk   67' 16 20A SP/G DMX
2 Catwalk   88' 13 20A SP/G DMX
No transfer circuits FOH, all DMX control.

Typical Front of House Equipment
Position Quantity Wattage Equipment Removable?
SL Eyebrow 8 575W S4 19 deg Yes
SR Eyebrow 8 575W S4 19 deg Yes
Tension Grid 8 575W S4 19 deg Yes
Slot SL 4 575W S4 19 deg Yes
Slot SR 4 575W S4 19 deg Yes
Juliet SL 7 575W S4 15-30 Zoom + other A/R Yes
Juliet SR 7 575W S4 15-30 Zoom + other A/R Yes
1 Catwalk 21 575W S4 10 deg Yes
2 Catwalk 15 575W S4 5 deg Yes
Balcony Rail 10 575W S4 19 deg Yes

Followspots
House Followspots Lycian 1290 XLT 2KW Xenon; 2 each Not Removable
Followspot Booth Doubles as Projection booth- room for two followspots, additional room outside booth for two additional spots
Booth Power 4 each 30A Single Phase Twistlocks/ Breakers
It should be noted that the projectors are NOT movable, for any reason. Do not expect to use those ports for any other equipment.

Fixture Inventory

ETC Source 4 ellipsoidals- All 575w
5° 15
10° 21
15-30° Zoom 14

19° 111 Plus 20 Barrels
26° 162 Plus 20 Barrels
36° 142 Plus 20 Barrels
50° 20 Plus 20 Barrels

8 each ETC Source 4 Revolution 750w
Incl. Standard ETC color string

8 shutter modules
8 static Gobo modules
4 Rotating/Indexing Gobo modules
4 Iris modules

1k Fresnels
30 Desisti Monet

2k Fresnels
30 Desisti Monet

Pars
74 each Source 4 575w
All include full lens kit (vn-wide)

10 Parnel 575w (usually work lights)

Striplights
9 each 6' L & E 3 circuit- 750w per circuit/unit

Cyc Fixtures
16 each Altman Focussing cyc fixtures- three to a cluster
3 circuit, 1kw each ckt

Follow Spots
2 each Lycian 1290xlt 2kw
In booth at rear of balcony


Audio/Sound General

Console
Yamaha O2R96V2
56 Inputs
8 Outputs
99 Scene Memory
All digital

Speakers
No Cluster at this time
Portable Full range and Subs, all EAW
Under Balcony

Processing
Stereo System
Klark Teknik 1/3 Octave EQ
Klark Teknik DM 410 Parametric EQ
DBX 1066 Compressors
Lexicon PCM 81 (x2)
Tascam MX2424 8 Track Hard Drive
Roland AR 200 Flash Card Recorder
Tascam 112 mk2 Cassette Deck (x2)
Tascam MD 350 Mini Disk deck (x2)
Tascam DA20 mk2 DAT (x2)
Tascam CD 450 CD player (x2)
HHB CDR 830 CDR/CDRW

Communications
Clear- Com 4 channel headset system
Telex Wireless system, 4 beltpacks
Catwalk Announce

Assisted Listening- Sennheiser RF system

Tech and dressing area page and monitor system
Lobby announce and page system

Road Console
House mix position located center house, remove 12 seats. Alternate location rear of house. Cable run to Stage is 250' from Control Room/ Rear of House, 200' from Center of House. Tie in to house system via XLR connectors Plenum access requires seat removal.

Tie Lines
Extensive audio and video tie lines are available. All audio are Lo z balanced, very high quality, may be used as mic or line level.

ADD PINOUT ON XLR-3
All video tie lines are RG 6 equivalent or better.

Audio/ Video patch bays in control room at rear of orchestra.


Dressing & Wardrobe

The wardrobe room (shop) is on the ground floor, near the stage. The shop is quite spacious , and has a separate laundry room with sorting space. It contains two commercial dryers ( laundromat style) and one very large commercial front loader washer ( comforter/ carpet size). There is room in front of the slop sink to add a second consumer washer, however we do not have one in stock. You can rent one locally. Water and electric hookups are present. The theatre does not own steamers/irons/boards, laundry carts, etc.
N.B.: All dressing rooms are accessed by a SLOW elevator or stairs. Two or three rolling racks/ gondolas will fit in the elevator, but you should plan your time accordingly The backstage freight elevator is a hospital gurney type, with an interior measuring approximately 6' x 8'. Capacity 10000 lbs speed very slow.

Loading Access
Wardrobe can be loaded in from the loading door on Market street, or via the stage door right next to it. However you should be aware that the backstage freight elevator is very slow and shared by cast, crew and freight. If there are a large number of gondolas or rolling racks going down to the basement, you can and probably should consider loading those in via the First street loading ramp, onto which we have a double man door in the basement. Otherwise you will have a severe traffic jam getting boxes up/down the backstage elevator, which will hold up your load in/out. This ramp is shared with two other buildings, so plan accordingly.

Makeup
The California has a large makeup room in the basement, just down the hall from the main dressing room area. It has room for approximately 8-10 stations, as well as hair sinks, color corrected lighting, continuous mirrors and ample counter space. There are electric outlets on the countertop at each station, as well as wall outlets.

Dressing Rooms
The California is well equipped with dressing rooms. However, they are split between the basement and the second floor. As with load in , you should plan for your cast to take a little time to get on stage. This is probably a good time to emphasize that the backstage elevator is SLOW and your cast should not count on it in a rush situation. Besides, they need the exercise, right? Seriously, the elevator is rather high capacity, and that means very slow speed. Cast should plan on using the stairs if at all possible.
Basement:
3 ea 12 person dressing room
2 ea 6 person dressing room
2 ea 4 person dressing room
1 ea Musicians prep room- approx capacity 50

Ground floor
1 ea Maestro/Star dressing room- can actually hold three people

Second floor
5 ea star dressing room- each can actually hold three people

Total Dressing room capacity: Approximately 62-74 plus Musicians space

Amenities
All dressing rooms are heated/air conditioned, with full counters, full mirrors, color corrected lighting, electric outlets on the counters, lockable drawers (bring your own padlock), chairs, rolling rack space (no hanging capacity- racks only), bathrooms, showers and vinyl floors. All dressing rooms are ADA compliant.


Hang Plot Smoke

Lineset Distance Housing Hang Show Hang
AP-2 3'-0" Super title Screen
AP-1 2'-6" Main Valance
Smoke Pocket 0'-0"
1 0'-2"
2 1'-6" Main Curtain
3 2'-2" Zetex
4 2'-8" 1st Electric
Projection Screen 3'-11" Movie Screen Doesn't kick- out trim is 55'-2" to BOTTOM
5 4'-5" Border
6 4'-10" Legs
7 5'-4"
8 5'-9"
9 6'-4"
10 6'-10"
11 7'-4"
12 7'-10"
13 8'-5"
14 9'-6"
Purlin 9'-5"
15 9'-11" Border
16 10'-8" Legs
17 11'-4"
18 12'-1"
19 12'-8"
20 13'-4"
21 14'-0"
22 14'-8"
23 15'-4"
24 16'-7"
25 16'-11" Border
Purlin 17'-5"
26 17'-11" Legs
27 18'-9" Mid Stage Traveller
28 19'-5"
29 20'-1"
30 20'-9"
31 21'-4"
32 22'-0"
33 22'-8"
34 23'-4"
35 24'-0" Border
36 24'-10" Legs
Purlin 25'-5"
37 25'-11"
38 26'-9"
39 27'-4"
40 28'-0"
41 28'-9"
42 29'-4"
43 30'-1"
44 30'-8"
45 31'-4" Border
46 32'-0" Legs
47 32'-11"
Purlin 33'-5"
48 33'-9"
49 34'-5"
50 34'-10"
51 35'-5"
52 35'-11"
53 36'-4"
54 36'-10"
55 37'-4"
56 37'-10"
57 38'-5"
58 38'-11" Upstage Traveller
59 39'-11" White Leno Cyc


Hang Plot Plaster

Lineset Distance Housing Hang Show Hang
AP-2 2'-5" Super title Screen
AP-1 1'-11" Main Valance
Smoke Pocket 0-0"
1 0'-8 1/2"
2 1'-6" Main Curtain
3 2'-2" Zetex
4 2'-8" 1st Electric
Projection Screen 3'-11" Movie Screen Doesn't kick- out trim is 55'-2" to BOTTOM
5 5'-0" Border
6 5'-5" Legs
7 5'-11"
8 6'-4"
9 6'-11"
10 7'-5"
11 7'-11"
12 8'-5"
13 9'-0"
14 9'-6"
Purlin 10'-0"
15 10'-6" Border
16 11'-3" Legs
17 11'-11"
18 12'-8"
19 13'-3"
20 13'-11"
21 14'-7"
22 15'-3"
23 15'-11"
24 16'-7"
25 17'-6" Border
Purlin 18'-0"
26 18'-6" Legs
27 19'-4" Mid Stage Traveller
28 20'-0"
29 20'-8"
30 21'-4"
31 21'-11"
32 22'-7"
33 23'-3"
34 23'-11"
35 24'-7" Border
36 25'-5" Legs
Purlin 26'-0"
37 26'-6"
38 27'-4"
39 27'-11"
40 28'-7"
41 29'-4"
42 29'-11"
43 30'-8"
44 31'-3"
45 31'-11" Border
46 32'-7" Legs
47 33'-6"
Purlin 34'-0"
48 34'-4"
49 35'-0"
50 35'-5"
51 36'-0"
52 36'-6"
53 36'-11"
54 37'-5"
55 37'-11"
56 38'-5"
57 39'-0"
58 39'-6" Upstage Traveller
59 40'-6" White Leno Cyc

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