The Paradise Performing Arts Center is a modern state-of-the-art facility. The theatre contains 762 comfortable theatre seats mounted on a sloping floor with excellent sight lines to the stage from every location. We feature the latest in comprehensive lighting and sound systems. The floor plan illustration shows the backstage area consisting of men's and women's dressing rooms, each complete with rest room facilities and a shower. There is a large shared makeup room with two mirrored walls and makeup lighting. The hallway leading to the dressing rooms contains a pay telephone and refrigerated drinking fountains. There is a large carpeted prop/rehearsal room with entrances from the hallway and from the adjacent loading dock. The loading dock is truck accessible with two large roll-up doors, one leading into the hallway and the second directly across from it leading onto the stage. The dock is at a height to accommodate most semi-trailers. The large stage, see technical information, has been designed with a cushioned floor to accommodate dancers. The proscenium opening is 40 feet wide by 23 feet high and is dressed with a beautiful plum colored main curtain. All stage curtains are flat black. There is a moveable 37 foot wide white cyclorama. A covered orchestra pit is manually moveable, cost involved, from stage to house level to pit level. Normal position is at audience floor level. All areas of the facility are disabled accessible. There is an electric lift from stage level to floor level and another from floor level to pit level. These lifts only accommodate standard sized wheelchairs with occupants. They will not handle oversized transport devices safely.

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CAPACITY: 762

PROSCENIUM WIDTH: 40'
PROSCENIUM HEIGHT: 23'
STAGE DEPTH: 39'9"
STAGE AREA: 1,600 SQ. FT.

STAGE RIGGING:

• Type: Counterweight
• System Battens: 26
• Length of battens: 60' Show Trim: 16'
• Diameter of battens: 2" O.D.
• Height of gridirons: 52'
• Locking rail location: Stage left floor

STAGE CURTAINS:

• Main curtain flies and travels manually
• Main curtain color: plum
• Valance color: black
• Back Drops: one (1) white (cyc), and one (1) black

LOAD IN INFORMATION:

• Loading dock surface: stage level
• Street to dock surface: 4' 2"
• Distance from stage: 15'
• Roll up door: critical dimensions 10' wide x 12' high
• Parking area: rear of stage

DRESSING ROOMS:

• Number: 1 for men and 1 for women
• Makeup room: 1 shared (large)
• Clothes racks: 2 - 5' built in
• Chairs: 45
• Rest rooms: l for men, 1 toilet, 1 urinal, 1 sink 1 for women, 2 toilets, 1 sink
• Showers: 1 in each dressing room located in alcove

ORCHESTRA PIT:

• Dimensions: Length 30', Width 10' at center, Depth 6'
• Access: Stairway off main auditorium floor

SOUND EQUIPMENT:

• Headsets: 12 Telex Intercom/belt packs
• Backstage monitoring capabilities: yes
• Stage amplification system: overhead suspension
• Mixing console: Soundcraft 32 channels
• Mixing console location: Back of house
• Support equipment: Double stereo audio cassette deck, 5 disc CD player, 7 mics, one wireless, 6 mic stands

ELECTRICAL POWER:

• 200 amps, 3 phase
• 60 amps, 3 phase (Loading Dock)
• (2) 100 amp, 3 phase circuits (USR)

LIGHTING:

• 112 total stage circuits. Each circuit 2.4 kW ea. capacity
• Colortran Encore 24/48 control board.
• No remote focus
• Location: back of house in soundproof booth

LADDERS:

• Two (2) 6' wood
• One (1) 12' fiberglass
• One(1) 24' A Frame Ladder

ORCHESTRA SUPPORT:

• Chairs: 50
• Music stands: 40 Shell: none

PIANO:

• 9' Baldwin Grand, black
• Upright rehearsal piano

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HOUSE: Seats 762

STAGE DIMENSIONS: Stage floor: (Black painted particle board over 1 inch tongue and groove plywood on sleepers with PVC pads. No stage trap doors or below stage accesses. Pit entrance is from house. Wheelchair access from stage to house, and house to pit.)

  
RIGGING:

Double purchase system located stage left. 26 total lines each with 8-foot arbors except first electric with a double 8-foot arbor. Total weight capacity per pipe onstage of approx. 1,000 pounds. 12 dead hang points rated @ 1 ton 26 feet above stage floor.
Maximum high trim of all lines is 38 feet.

Distance from proscenium edge to each line set:

  
LIGHTING:

112 total stage circuits. Each circuit 2.4 kW capacity. Colortran Encore 24/48 control board. No remote focus.

CIRCUIT LAYOUT:

  
INSTRUMENTS / CABLE:

14 Fresnels (6 inch)
16 Ellipsoidals(ColorTran)
10 Source 4 Pars
28 Source 4 Ellipsoidals
4 Scoops (14 inch)
1 Spot light (very old Mole Richardson, but works)
Assorted lengths of pin cable, a/c cable, and two-fers

SOUND EQUIPMENT:

Loudspeakers: One cluster of three EAW speakers over stage
Loudspeakers: One cluster of three EAW speakers near second catwalk over house
Mono system. Mic inputs, intercom and monitor inputs S.L., S.R., pit, upstage wall and on house catwalks
Four Genz Benz monitors with Nuetrik connectors
12 Telex intercom headsets and belt pacs (some 2 channel)
Spirit 32 channel 8 group mix board
Patch bay in booth
4 monitor mix EQ's
Five disc CD player
Double audio cassette deck
7 mics. One wireless
6 mic stands
200 foot 6 channel mic snake
No effect processing equipment at this time

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT:

9 foot Baldwin concert grand piano (black) Upright rehearsal piano folding tables and chairs

**Please note there are no permanent prop, costume or scenery facilities at this time**

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