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Center for the Performing Arts
255 Almaden Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95113
Contact: Jessie Anderson
Phone: 408-792-4194
Email: janderson@sanjose.org
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Telephone Numbers
Business Office: (408) 277-5277
Technical Department: (408) 277-4989
Tech Dept. Fax: (408) 277-4922
Box Office: (408) 288-7474 (Performance days only)
Personnel
House Electrician: Bill Overstreet
Phone:
(408) 277-4989
Capacity
Total Persons: 2,665
Main Floor Seating: 1,917
Balcony Seating: 756
Stage Dimensions
Stage Size 144' x 40'
Proscenium opening 60' x 34'
Proscenium width 59 8"
Proscenium height 34 0"
Proscenium to stage right wall 42 0" (40 to fly lines)
Proscenium to stage left wall 42 0"
P.L. to house curtain 0 11" (this is lineset #1)
P.L. to shell wall 39 7"
P.L. to control room 124 0"
P.L. to orchestra pit 4 7" at center
8 7" at ends of pit
P.L. to lineset # 218"
P.L. to orchestra shell overhang 330"
Grid height 70 0"
Orchestra Lift 170" at center x 46 0"
C.L. to baffles 26 0" (when parallel to proscenium)
NOTE: See drawings for clarification of all dimensions and equipment locations as the theater has many obstructions.
Poster Dimensions
Outside display cases:
Maximum size: 28" wide x 44" high
Best size: 24" wide x 40" high
Stage Cafe display cases
Live Area: 27 ¾" x 41
Full size: 30 x 43
AMTSJ left an inch all around to put the posters up(with tape).
STAGE AND MASKING
Type: Proscenium
Curtain: Guillotine, works from fly rail. Curtain is burgundy with gold trim.
Drapes:
4 full width black borders with chain pockets
4 pair black legs with chain pockets
1 full black backdrop
1 black traveler (normally hangs 9 8" up-stage, line 11)
Floor: Sprung, with oak over spreaders. Installed new in 1987.
RIGGING
39 single purchase counterweight linesets with 66 batens (08" to 39)*
16 mechanized linesets - 4 variable speed, 12 constant speed (24 to 39)
Locking rails are stage right (above stage level)
There is a hemp rail stage left (above stage level). It is a 2-level type with 39 pins per level.
*Note: Lineset 1 - House curtain.
Lineset 11 (8 10") - A black traveler cannot be removed.
Linesets 15 & 25 - House electrics #2 & 3.
Linesets 20 & 21 - Transverse electrics, stage right and stage left.
Linesets 5, 6 & 36 - Too close to mechanical electrics to be normal working lines.
ORCHESTRA PIT
The orchestra pit is a hydraulic lift that also doubles as an apron extension when at full height. When not in use as either, it can carry two seat wagons with 86 public seating places. It will hold 80 musicians with a complete set of chairs, music stands and stand lights.
ORCHESTRA SHELL
A sectional, movable acoustical shell (brown and gold coloring) is 2,400 square feet. It may be made smaller by removing rear side sections and moving back of shell 9 forward. Overhead lighting equals 37 - 6 fresnels, 1000 W for full shell, 30 for shortened shell. Access via two large doors on each side. Riser sets are available. When acoustical shell is in use, no main curtain, borders, legs or battens may be used.
NOTE: Shell ceiling units are stored in fly area creating dead area between lines 19 and 20 of approximately 26".
HOUSE
The auditorium seating is of continental design (no center aisle) and has seating for 2691 with the pit seat wagons installed. There is one balcony.
LOADING DOCK
Loading dock entrance is from Almaden Boulevard, and it is a curving ramp. Dock and ramp are able to handle only one truck at a time. See drawing for clarification.
Ramp width180"
Dock height36"
Dock width130"
DRESSING ROOMS
All dressing rooms are one level above stage level and are accessible by stairways both stage left and stage right. Each is fully equipped with showers, sinks, toilets and make-up tables with lights and chairs. There are also two quick-change rooms on stage level, through a door off-stage right. See drawings for layout.
1 "star" carpeted room
5 semi-private rooms (2-6 people)
2 large chorus rooms (40 people each)
WARDROBE
Wardrobe room is located upstairs near the chorus dressing rooms. There are 2 washers and dryers available.
STORAGE
The stage has adequate wing space both left and right as well as an open storage area behind the up-stage right wall. This area is accessed through a 10 x 10 double door. There is also a trap room below the stage level which is accessible via elevator, stairs or by the pit elevator.
ODDS and ENDS
Theater has a variety of ladders, from 3 to 12, plus a 36 genie personnel lift.
There are numerous 6 and 8 tables with folding legs.
The theater owns a 9 Steinway grand piano.
Below stage level there is a rehearsal room which is the same dimensions as the interior of the shell on-stage. The height in this room is 12 0" to the light fixtures. On this same level there is a conductors dressing room and musicians room. Also, the pit is accessed from this area while in normal performance position.
There are plugs to fit onto the up-stage side of the pit wall to extend the apron down-stage 25".
There are various TV monitors around the building which carry a closed-circuit of the stage, but there is not one on the stage or at the stage managers panel. The closest one is in the storage area up-stage right and a feed can be taken off of it to take a signal onto the stage. This run would only be about 50.
There are acoustic sound baffles located down-stage left and right, 7 9" down-stage of the plaster line, which when turned parallel with the house walls contributes to the acoustic accuracy of the hall. They can also be rotated to be parallel to the plaster line and act as an additional wing. They are 36 tall and 12 wide. On their off-stage side there is a standard door which is four or five steps to another door directly to the stage.
LIGHT CONTROL
The lighting system consists of a ETC system. There are 630 ETC Sensor A-F dimmers for the stage with another 12 dedicated to the house lights. Of the stage dimmers, 618 are 2.4kw and the remaining 12 are 6kw. The control consists of two consoles and a very sophisticated network. Primary console is an Obsession 1500. Secondary console is an Insight 2xMLM. They are networked such that either console can control any of the 1536 dmx channels at any time. If both consoles address the same dimmer simultaneously the highest level takes precedence. The 642 house dimmers are wired to the first two dmx channels. There are nine optically isolated outputs for the second two dmx universes strategically located throughout the stage for control of additional devices such as rented color changers or intelligent fixtures. The consoles are equipped with MIDI Show Control so that one can slave to the other.
THE MONITOR/PAGE SYSTEM
There is a monitor microphone suspended behind the first border on stage center. The page mic may be hooked in at the stage managers panel or the theater managers office. Both mics are fed into an Altec 1591 compressor and then into an Altec 1590B amplifier.
The amplifier supplies on a 25 volt line to all of the dressing rooms, hallways, front offices, backstage offices, all basement areas, workshops and control rooms. Dressing room, hallways and workshop volume levels and controlled from the rack. All others have their own controls.
SAN JOSE CPA SOUND SPECIFICATIONS
Loudspeaker Systems
- 7 JBL 4888DP Elements for each Left Center and Right array
- 6 JBL 4882DP Subs 3 Left and Right Ground Stacked
- 2 JBL AM 6212 Wide Fills One Left and Right
- 4 JBL AM 6212 Under Balcony
Room Modeling for the installation was done by Brad Ricks at JBL
Control
- System EQ, Delay and Zone control is provided by three Soundweb 9088 units
- The room was optimized using Smaart and Soundweb
- Yamaha PM 5D R/H Digital Console
Wireless Intercom
- 3 Telex BTR- 800 Wireless Intercom units. 12 drops total
Theater also has an adequate supply of stands, cable, adapters, etc.
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