Technical Specifications

Mansfield Theater

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Load-In/Artist Access

From south side of the Mansfield Convention Center access is through public double doors marked "D"; then up one and a half flights of stairs and forward to stage right theater door. Ramps are available for use on the stairs. If ramps are used, a paid city/local crew is required for safety precautions. There is a minimum of two hours for the in and two hours for the out. Trucks unloading from this circle drive may not be backed up to the doors. All large trucks must park in adjoining parking lots, accessed from River Drive, either behind the Children's Museum or the Energy West building. There is additional parking on the West side the building with advanced arrangement. 

From west side of the Mansfield Convention Center access is through an overhead door; then walk through the convention room, and up a ramp to U.S. wall of stage. Trucks wanting to park at these doors must make advance arrangements with the Events Coordinator.

From the North side, light wheeled equipment may use the wheelchair ramp into the building and then to the theater. Vehicles may not be parked on on the ramp.

 

Stage Floor

• Blonde birch inlaid wood over 4" pine on concrete beams
• No trap doors or elevators
• Stage extends 12' depth x 46' wide over covered pit

 

Dimensions

• U.S. loading door: 8' wide x 10' high
• Proscenium: 50' wide x 32' high
• Plaster line to back wall: 30' maximum
• Plaster line to apron: 4' (plus 10' with pit covered)
• Plaster line to balcony rail: 55'
• Stage height above house floor: 3'
• Proscenium edge to S.R. wall: 20' unobstructed
• Proscenium edge to S.L. equipment storage area: 11' to 13' (equipment varies)
• Wing height (both sides): 30'
• Crossover positions: U.S. (behind traveler), basement

 

Orchestra Pit

• Normally covered by a Wenger modular platform measuring
• 46' wide x 12-14' deep; curved front
• Pit floor to stage hight: 6'
• Accommodates 25-30 musicians
• Individual sections of cover may be removed for smaller groups
• Musicians access to pit: from basement stairs
• Equipment access to pit: through auditorium rail

 

 Rigging

• Clancy t-track, double purchase, counterweight, manual (installed: Jan., 1996; renovated: Dec., 2003; inspected: Oct., 2020)
• Number of sets: 22
• Number of open sets: 13
• Line centers: 10'
• Number of lines per set: 4
• Batten length: 60'
• Safe load: 500lbs (1000 on arbor)
• Weight available: 24,000lbs
• Fly floor location: S.R. gallery 30' above stage
• Head block/grid height: 65'
• Maximum high trim: 50'+ (less on house electric pipes and 12’ arbor pipe)
• Maximum low trim: 6'

 

 Soft Goods

• House grand drape: Traveler; manually pulled S.R.; burgundy velour with black backing
• House valance: Guillotine; burgundy velour with black backing
• Borders/teasers:
      o Three black doveteen: 50' wide x 5' high with fullness
• Legs:
      o Three sets black doveteen: 12' wide x 25' high with fullness
• Stage drape:
      o Three piece M.S.: black velour, flat: 60' wide x 20' high
      o Two piece U.S. blackout traveler: black doveteen: 60' wide x 29.6' high, pulled S.R.
• Sharkstooth scrim: 50' wide x 27' tall
• Cyclorama - linen: 50' wide x 30' tall

 

 Orchestra Shell

• Type: Wenger stage master; 10 sections
• Color: eggshell white
• Size: upstage width 50'
• Size: proscenium opening 50'
• Depth: 25' from apron
• Height to ceiling: 28'
• Capacity: 80 musicians on stage

 

 Line Set List

Line #	Distance from P-line.	Use	Remarks
0	6"	Fire Curtain	Increased valiance masking
1	18"	Valance
1.5	26"	Grand drape	Dead Hung
2	3'	Open pipe	10'x16' Projection Screen
3	4'4"	#1 electric w/20 circuits & 12" arbor, extra weight capacity, lower max trim
4	5'8"	#2 electric w/6 circuits
5	7'	Open pipe
6	8'4"	Open pipe
7	9'8"	#2 sound cloud	Permanent
8	11'	Open pipe
9	12'4"	Open pipe
10	13'8"	#3 electric w/6 circuits
11	14'4"	Open pipe
12	16'	Open pipe
13	17'4"	Open pipe
14	18'8"	#3 sound cloud	Permanent
15	20'	Open pipe
16	21'4"	Open pipe
17	22'8"	#4 electric w/6 circuits
18	24'	#5 electric w/6 circuits
19	24'8"	Open pipe
20	25'4"	#4 Cloud	Permanent
21	26'	Open pipe
22	26'8"	Open pipe
22.5	27'	Back traveler	Dead hung

House Lights

• Control: Dove system
• Location: S.R.
• Switchable to house/road lighting console

 

 Auxiliary Power

• One 400 amp 3 phase box on S.R. side wall; 20' from proscenium edge
• One 100 amp 3 phase on S.L. proscenium wall; 5' from proscenium edge
• Various 110 edison plugs (S.R.,S.L.,U.S., Floor pockets)

 

Lighting system

• Locations: single universe DMX control plug-in locations at FOH and S.R
• Dimmers: Strand Century CD 80; ninety-six 2.4 kw dual dimmer modules
• ETC Ecpression 3-400 lighting console
• In-house instruments:
      o 10 Altman 1000W Fresnel 8"
      o 4 Altman 3-cell Sky Cycs
      o 36 ETC Source 4 PAR-EA with W/M/N & VN lenses
      o 16 ETC Source 4 - 10 degree lenses (12 installed in loge/boom instruments)
      o 32 ETC Source 4 - 19 degree lenses
      o 18 ETC Source 4 - 26 degree lenses
      o 16 ETC Source 4 - 36 degree lenses
      o 2 ETC Source 4 - 50 degree lenses
•  Wide variety of Roscoe gels
• 12 Gobo holders for S-4 clips
• 1000+ feet of extension cable in lengths ranging from 5' to 50' with 3-pin theater plugs; includes 200' of 6-channel multi cables
• 32+ 2-fers in various lengths

 

 Sound System

• Speakers:
      o JBL VERTEC Line Arrays Mod. VT 4886 Sub-compact 3-ways, hung 9-L, 9-R
      o JBL Sub-woofers Mod. ASB6128, Dual 18s, 2-hung center
      o JBL center fill mod. AM5212 2-way, hung center
      o JBL under balcony fill mod. AC25 2-way
      o 4 Cabinets arrayed on 20' D
• 4 amps: 2-Crown MT9000 for line arrays
      o 1-Crown CTS3000 for subs
      o 1-Crown CTS2000 for center and balcony fill
• Processors: 2-dbx 260s
• Use of house system is L/R balanced, inputs processed as is
• On-stage mixer: Ashley Mod. MX-400 6 channel stereo, in-house R rack
• FOH mixing console: Soundcraft SI Compact 32, 32 channels in, 16 channels out
• FOH/monitor control cabling:
      o Rapco/Horizon: 40 in/2 out stage box
      o 150' 40 channel I.H., stage multi to F.O.H. xlr fan
      o 150' 12 channel return, fan to fan
      o 30' 40 channel monitor split (stage multi to console xlr fan)

•  Guest-artist control-cable access to FOH position: requires 150' of cable, through a 12" PVC conduit running under orchestra level seating, entering front of pit and exiting under F.O.H. production tables

 

 Hearing Assist

• Williams PPA Select System
• 25 R37 Receivers
• Compatible headsets: anything with a stereo mini plug
• 25 R37 Receivers
• All Road Sound Systems must provide a balanced sound feed for ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) Compliance http://www.ada.gov/regs2010/2010ADAStandards/2010ADAstandards.htm
• Operating on FM 72-76 Mhz

 

 Communication System

• Clear Comm 600 series with seven single channel belt packs
• Four single and five double muff headsets
• Power supply and splitter box in S.R. rack connects single channel lines to F.O.H., projection booth, fly rail, S.R. and S.L.
• Paging/Program speakers in S.L., S.R., and Green room
• Program patching to Convention Center available

 

 Stage Equipment & Furniture

• Harlequin ballet floor, 5 panels to cover 70' wide x 30' deep
• Piano: 9' Steinway; modified “D” concert grand with tufted bench
• Piano: 6' Beckstein “C” with adjustable bench
• Piano: 9’ 1/2 Fazioli with tufted bench
• Orchestra chairs: 80 canvas padded, black (owned by Symphony)
• Stools: six adjustable, black (owned by Symphony)
• Music stands: 54 Manhassett (owned by Symphony)
• Stand lights: 50 (owned by Symphony)
• 2 Conductor platforms: carpeted; 4' x 4' x 8"  and  4'x4'x14"(owned by Symphony) with back railing
• Platforms: rectangles (8') and trapezoids with legs, numerous, ranging from 8" to 32" increments

 

 Video Equipment

• D-Light Fast-Fold Screen, 10' tall x 17' wide
• Da-Lite Fast-Fold Truss Frame Movie Screen, 16' tall x 27'6" wide
• Da-Lite Fast-Fold Rear Projection Screen, 9' tall x 9" wide
• InFocus IN1503 DLP/3000 Projector, LU/1280x800/1800:1/ST/HDMI (input from F.O.H.)

 

 Dressing Rooms

• S.R.: remodeled in 2004; accommodates up to five; toilet, sink, lights, mirror, racks, chairs
• S.L.: remodeled in 2010 accommodates up to seven; single-stall shower, toilet, sink, lights, mirror, racks, table and chairs
• Under stage: green room/dressing area remodeled in 2010; lights, mirrors, counters and chairs (no public restroom access)
• Mansfield Convention Center: may be added at an additional cost to use for load-in, storage, workspace or additional dressing space; 15,000 square feet, adaptable

 

 Miscellaneous

• Access to ATM
• High speed internet access