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Montgomery Theater
271 S. Market St.
San Jose, CA 95113


Contact: Jessie Anderson
Phone: 408-792-4194
Email: janderson@sanjose.org
For Event Tickets, call 408-792-4111
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Telephones

Information Hotline: (408)277-5277
Technical Department: (408)792-4510
Backstage: (408)277-4600
Box Office: (408)277-4468 (performance days only)


Personnel

IA Steward for the building: Steve Hurd
Technical Services voice mail: (408)277-3510


Capacity

Total Persons: 536
Main Floor: 356
Balcony: 172
Wheelchair: 8


Stage Dimensions

Stage Size: 50' x 30'
Proscenium Opening: 26' x 14'
Stage proscenium Width 26'0"
Height 14'0"
Curtain line to back wall 30' 0"
Curtain line to up-stage pillars 22' 0"
Width of stage wall-to-wall 50' 0"
Stage to projection room 72' 0"
Projection booth 28' 0" x 9' 6"


Rigging and Masking

14 sets of lines (hemp house)*
5 wood battens, which vary in length, apprx. 24'-35' long
9 pipe battens, which vary in length, apprx. 24'-35' long
1 Grand Drape
1 set black velour drapes (4 borders, 8 legs)

1 black velour mid-stage traveler, if needed in advance notice & labor required. Not in general masking plot.

2 transverse pipes (1 stage left, 1 right) with 4 lighting ladders available for each side, (operated by electric winch system). Note that stage left tranverse is onstage 1" further than stage right transverse.*

3 upstage (Low ratio) handwinch operated battens

*NOTE: Exact number and location of battens is subject to change.


Lighting

On-Stage Wiring Devices

(All wiring devices are stage pin receptacles)
4 double pipe battens with raceways, 24' long with 24 circuits per raceway (Operated by electric winch system)
6, 3-circuit floor pockets are located in upstage areas
2, 6-circuit floor pockets are located in downstage areas
11, 6-circuit multicables (with fanouts) in various locations on stage


Front of House Wiring Devices

1 light bridge suspended from ceiling, (25' from front of stage), containing 36 circuits. Each circuit has 2 pin connectors per circuit number for a total of 72 receptacles.

1, 30' long, 20" x 20" box truss over orchestra pit area (5' downstage of proscenium).

NOTE: 3, 6-circuit multi's feed truss position. These circuit #'s are replicated with some of the grid multi's on stage in grid

4 boom/light ladder positions located on theater walls, 2 on each side of house (5' and 20' from front of stage). 6 circuits provided via 2, 6-circuit multi-drops per ladder (12 pin connectors total). NOTE: these circuits are repeated in certain grid circuits

2 balcony boom/light ladder positions located on theatre walls, 1 on each wall of house. 2, 6-circuit multi-drops provide per ladder, 12 pin connectors total


Stage Lighting Inventory

6 ETC 10-degree ellipsoidal spotlights, lamped at 575 watts
28 ETC 19-degree ellipsoidal spotlights, lamped at 575 watts
28 ETC 26-degree ellipsoidal spotlights, lamped at 575 watts
34 ETC 36-degree ellipsoidal spotlights, lamped at 575 watts
18 ETC 50-degree ellipsoidal spotlights, lamped at 575 watts
30 ETC Par spotlights with lense set, lamped at 575 watts
12 MR 16 mini-striplight, L&E mini-strip, lamped at 75 watts
6 Cycloramat Light, 3 light, 3 circuit, Altman "Sky Cyc," lamped at 1500 watts
24 6" fresnel sptlights, Altman laped at 1000 watts


Dimmer Rack (located in Montgomery basement)

There are 288 ETC 2.4 kw dimmers for lighting control. It is a standard 1circuit per dimmer type system (no manual patch bay). Soft patching is available through lighting control consoles.


Light Control Console (located in control booth, rear of house)

1 Obsession 600 (main console)
1 ETC Express 24/48 (back up console only, advanced setup time required)


Company Power Hookup (legal access)

1 3-phase 120/208 vac, 400 amp per phase disconnet switch with camlock receptacles (available down stage left, off stage)

1 3-phase 120/208 vac, 150 amp per phase disconnect switch with camlock receptacles (available down stage right, off stage)


Sound

The main sound system mixing poisition is located in back of house in booth, 85' from stage (window in booth opens).Sound consoles for booth are available upon prior request. See Senior Sound & Light Technician regarding sound consoles and other sound equipment availability.


The Inputs/Tie Lines

74 microphone input lines located throughout stage area and auditorium. Locations include off-stage, orchestra pit, main floor, upper balcony lighting booth, projection booth and ticket booth (All microphone lines are Switchcraft JeFS series, female).


The Monitor/Page System (located off-stage right)

The monitor microphone allows stage activities to be heard in dressing rooms, lobby, box office, control booth and projection booth (All have individual volume control in their respective areas).

The paging control panel (located backstage right)

The paging control panel allows for independent paging of the dressing rooms, projection room, box office or all above areas.


House Intercom System (located in amp rack)

Clear-com CS 200D power supply intercom station with signaling circuits for two separate isolated talk patches. Intercom connect jacks are located throughout stage area, projection room sound console, balcony and control room.


Hearing Impaired System

The Sennheiser Infrared Hearing Impaired system is available upon request.