Dobson High School Auditorium

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1 Dobson High School Auditorium

2 Dobson High School Auditorium 1501 W. Guadalupe Rd., Mesa, AZ Crew (Staff, Student, Union, etc.): Staff (Non-IATSE) Layout Type of Theatre: Proscenium Orchestra Pit: Below Stage Level Seating Capacity: 1109 (713 on main floor in each of 2 lecture halls) Floor: Stage: Hardwood Maple (Black) Dance: Marley (Black/Grey) Rigging Rigging System: Single Purchase Counterweight Rigging System (37 Counterweight Linesets) Soft Goods: Cyclorama: White Sky Cyc. Travelers: Grand Drape (Navy Blue) DS, MS & US: Black/Grey Stage Curtains: (7) legs (5) borders Fly: Grid Height: 48 Loading: 40' Above Stage Level Pin Rail (Fly): 14 Above Stage Level Available Lines: varies Battens: 37 Counterweight Line Sets Sound Control: Soundcraft SI Expression 3 (32 Pre-Amp Inputs, 15 Outputs) Speakers: (4) JBL JRX212 Monitors (2 separate channels) (3) Low-Mid-High Range House Speakers (above proscenium) (1) Low Range Subwoofer (above proscenium) Mic Inputs: (30) Female XLR (Stage) (8) Female XLR (Orchestra Pit) Intercom: Clear-Com Headsets Microphones: (10) Wireless Shure SLX4 Handheld SM58 (10) Shure SM58 Rooms Control Booth: Rear of Auditorium Dressing Rooms: (2) Off SL: Counters, Mirrors, Makeup Lighting, Chorus Size, No Showers Restrooms: Off SL Green Room: Drama Room (A-32) Off SL [Stage Manager] [School Office] [FAX] Dimensions Apron: Rounded Apron Curtain Line to Front of Stage Apron CS: 9 SL/SR: 6 8 Proscenium Opening: Width: 45' 4" Height: 18 Wall Depth: 2 Stage: Plaster Line to US Wall: 37 Plaster Line to Cyclorama: 34 Wing Space: SR: 12 ' SL: 15 ' Lighting Control: ETC Express (48 / 96) Electrics: (4) Electrics with 30 circuits each (2) Sidetrees with 5 circuits each (1) Beam with 30 circuits Lighting Instruments: (20) 750 W Altman Scoops (20) 750 W Altman Fresnels (5) 1kW Strand Century Fresnels (7) 6x9 Strand Century Ellipsoidals (10) 10 degree Source Four Ellipsoidals Equipment Podium: (2) Sound-Craft Systems Oak LC Floor Lectern Piano: Bosendorfer Concert Grand (available in-district only) Acoustical Shell: (12) Wenger Legacy Series 61 Rollaway Acoustical Shell Choral Risers: (7) Wenger 4-Step Signature Choral Risers Chairs: Wenger Melody Musician Chair (available by request) Platforms: Wenger StageTek Platform System: (3) 8 Platforms (3) 16 Platforms (3) 24 Platforms

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6 How to Have a Successful Event Before choosing the Dobson Auditorium for your performance space, carefully consider your group s needs. At the Dobson Auditorium, making your event go better than you could ve imagined is our objective, but we can only do this if meticulous plans are followed. In order to help you with your planning, we have created a checklist that should bring your event the success it deserves. I have a plan for the lights. The most common problem that we run into here is an event without a lighting design/lighting cue sheet. Whether you are putting on a play or a presentation, it is important to go in knowing exactly which lights need to be on and when. For example, the first lighting cue is always House Lights so that your audience can get into the facility. Your next cue might be Fade Out House Lights. Understanding that every change to the lights is an individual cue is important. Leaving this kind of planning for the day of will result in a show with some noticeable gaffes. I have a plan for the sound. The most complicated problem that we run into is an event without a sound design. Should there be music playing when the audience comes in (preshow music)? Will we need microphones? Are there any instruments being used, and will they need a mic? These are all very important considerations for your event. A band that performs at Dobson might want some preshow music to play in between sets, 5 wired mics for their drums, 1 wireless mic for their vocalist, 2 monitor speakers, and a DI box for their guitarist. Waiting to mention any of these things until the last minute could result in a bad sound check and a bad concert. Remember, if you can t quite figure out what your group s equipment needs are, you can always ask one of the Dobson staff for their help. I have a plan for the staging. Staging is the physical location of objects or people for every scene, set, act, etc. Staging should consider exactly what the stage should look like during the performance at each interval in order to determine the physical placement of objects, times that they move, and the specific object needed. I know what equipment I need to ask for. Equipment can be anything from a microphone, to a chair, to a set of choral risers and an acoustical shell. Equipment takes time to set up. Also, without a very specific plan for the sound (to know what sound equipment), staging (to know where to put equipment), and staff (to know who will set it up or help with staging), there is only time to be lost. That is why it is important to know how many tables need to be in the lobby. Imagine that you were putting on this performance in an empty box and consider what would need to be there. Consider what items you will bring and what Dobson will need to provide. This list can be quite extensive, so please take some time when considering it. I have a plan for who will help out. While it s simple enough to say that the Dobson staff will take care of it, it is also important to note that these are 2 guys, and your event isn t the only one we re setting up for this week. Generally, Dobson staff will set up the staging for an event as soon as possible (often before you even arrive). However, events with a lot of equipment will often times require more than 2 people to be done efficiently. Similarly, during the actual performance, Dobson staff will typically run the lights and sound (requires 1 person each), which means all of the people on stage would need to be members of your group. You will likely need a few stage hands to move equipment in transitions, a stage manager to organize all cues and call the show, and a fly operator to raise or lower anything that is in the fly. For this reason, it is important that you choose component people well in advance to help out with your event. We have had a full run-through rehearsal. This is the only way to work out all of the bugs that might come up during the performance. This is necessary to complete, and doing it at Dobson is encouraged. But it can t be done an hour before the start of the show. If a rehearsal is to be completed for your event, please allow for ample time to make any corrections once the full run-through has been completed. I have considered how to optimize transitions. The transitions between the acts of a variety show are a good example of optimization. If we go from an act that has a lot of equipment on stage to an act that needs the entire stage, then that means in the transition all of the equipment will have to be moved. This is why I would not advise to go from an act with choir risers and a grand piano, to a dance group that needs the whole stage. You might do this step while looking at the staging. Try to realize which transitions will be impossible.

7 I have sent my files to Dobson. This is the most important step. Since almost all of this planning directly affects the Dobson Auditorium staff, it would be very useful to send all relevant files to those involved. The kind of files that would be useful to send: scripts, program orders, documentation of staging layouts, sound cue sheets, light cue sheets, necessary equipment, music files, video files, slideshow files, etc. Without this step, all other planning is useless. We have read and agree to the Dobson Auditorium Rental Agreement. Groups that use our facilities must understand that there are certain rules that we need each group to abide by in order for us to remain running. Some of the most forgotten policies include the use of tape and our no-food policy.