Facilities

KENNETH W. FORD THEATER: 562 permanent seats. 20 folding chairs may be added at the rear of the house. Wheelchair access available to lobby and theater.

STAGE: Modified proscenium. Proscenium Width 36'6"; Height 15'6".  Height from stage to Gridiron is 36'.  Depth from curtain line to cyclorama is 26'4"; depth from curtain line to front of apron is 14'.Apron covers orchestra pit, which is 7'6"deep.  Maximum width of apron is 41'. click here to view the stage plot  

STUDIO THEATER: Behind the main stage, in the northeast corner of the building, you can find our newest facility--a small black box studio theatre. Without permanent seating, chairs can be arranged on movable platforms to accommodate up to 100 people.

ELECTRICAL: 110 Volt AC throughout building and stage lighting system. Lighting system connectors are 20 amp twist lock, old style.

STAGE LIGHTING SYSTEM:

Lighting fixtures:

36--ETC Source Four
31--36 degree lens tubes
6--26 degree lens tubes
4--ETC Source Four Zoom 25-50 degree
3--ETC Source Four Junior
2--Altman Zoom 20- 50 degree
4--Colortran/Lee Zoom Mini 25- 50 degree
3--Berkley/Colortran Mini Ellipse 30/40/50 degree
9--Altman Lekolite Zoom 15- 40 degree
6--Altman Lekolite 6x9
33--6” Fresnel
4--8”Fresnel
8--4 circuit 6’ striplight

Dimming: 2 Strand CD80sv Racks with a total of 192-2.4K Circuits. System is dimmer per circuit (last 5 dimmers are used for Houselights).

Control: 1  ETC Express 72/144 Two Scene Preset Lighting Control System

Projection: 1 Hitachi CP-X328T “Boxlight” LCD Projector, 2000 Lumens, 1 Stewart Filmscreen 14’ X 14’ Rear Projection Screen

POSITIONS: First beam position is a catwalk running the width of the auditorium. Second beam consists of two pipes which must be hand - lowered. There are cheek positions on each side of the auditorium. There are three electrics above the stage. 1st is at 2' 3" from main drape 2nd is at 8' and 3rd is at 18' 10".   

SOUND:  (for a more complete sound equipment inventory in a Word Document form click here)

Soundboard: 1 Stagecraft Series 2 40x8x3 Mixing Console with fixed inputs/outputs installed at soundboard, stage left & right

Outboard processors: 2 Presonus ACP 88 8-channel compressor/limiters, 1 Lexicon MPX100 Dual Channel Multi-Effects Processor

Stereo 2-way left/right system:

2 Renkus Heinz SR81/12K full range loudspeakers powered by 1 QSC 2450 power amplifier (750 watts @ 4 ohm per speaker)
2 dual 15” subwoofers powered by 1 Crown Com-Tec 800 power amplifier (490 watts @ 4 ohm per speaker)
1 TDM 24CX-2 Stereo 2-way electronic crossover
1 DBX 166A stereo compressor/limiter

Piano: Kauai Concert Grand. Scene shop is located right of stage.

Door Height: from stage to shop is 13'.Loading dock is located through the shop it's door height is 16'.

ACCESSORIES:

1          JEM ZR33 Hi Mass Fogger
1          ETL Fogger
2          Lighting Booms

LINESET ASSIGNMENTS:   

Lineset # Description Distance/Plaster Batten Length No. of Lines

Arbor Length

           
1 Grand Drape 1'-3" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
2 Open 2'-0" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
3 1st Electric 3'-6" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
4 Open 5'-3" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
5 Projection Screen 5'-11" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
6 Border 6'-7" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
7 Leg 7'-4" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
8 Open 8'-0" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
9 Open 8'-8" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
10 2nd Electric 10'-0" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
11 Border 11'-6" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
12 Mid Stage Traveller 12'-2" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
13 Open 12'-10" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
14 Scrim 15'-6" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
15 Open 16'-9" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
16 Border 17'-6" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
17 Leg 18'-2" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
18 Open 18'-9" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
19 3rd Electric 20'-2" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
20 Storage 21'-6" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
21 Storage 22'-2" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
22 Open 22'-9" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
23 Open 24'-2" 44'-0" 5 6'-0"
24 Open 26'-0" 41'-6" 5 6'-0"
25 Cyclorama  27'-3" Curved 9 6'-0"

  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT EITHER: 

Theater House Manager:

Elizabeth Errett 530.938.5257

eerrett@siskiyous.edu

 

Technical Director:

Neil Carpentier-Alting 530.938.5206 or
carpentier-alting @siskiyous.edu 

College of the Siskiyous
800 College Avenue
Weed CA 96094 

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