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Opened in 2005, the Smith Center for the Arts houses the Department of Theatre,Dance, and Film and the Department of Music in a 55,000-square-foot building on the College’s east campus. TDF (Theatre, Dance and Film) venues include the Angell Blackfriars Theatre, the John Bowab Studio Theatre and the Clark Dance Studio. Scene shop, costume shop, box office, prop and costume storage are within the Smith Center, as well as classrooms and faculty offices. Film production facilities are located in the Feinstein Academic Center nearby.
 Angell Blackfriars Theatre
- The Angell Blackfriars Theatre is a state of the art proscenium /modified thrust theatre located in the Smith Center for the Arts which opened in 2005. The Angell Blackfriars is home to the main stage series of plays, musicals and dance concerts produced annually by the Department of Theatre, Dance & Film.
- Auditorium
- Capacity: 279
- Accessibility:
- 3 Removable seats in first row
- 6 Removable seats in last row
- 2 Permanent scooter positions
- Stage Specifications
- Proscenium
- Opening: 40’ wide by 20’ high
- Stage Depth
- Proscenium opening to back wall: 21'
- Thrust portion of stage is 19' from opening to down stage edge and 12” below proscenium floor. The thrust is comprised of a Wengar pit filler 32’ wide at the proscenium line and 17’ wide at the down stage end.
 Fly Lines
- (21) fly lines on 9” centers and 48’ wide are operated manually from stage floor and / or from gallery stage left.
- Line #1- main drape
- Line #21- blue cyclorama approximately 16’6” from the proscenium.
- Lines #4, #11, and #18 dedicated electrics.
- Orchestra Pit
- Flexible opening revealed by removal of Wenger pit filler system floor panels.
- Pit floor is 11’ below the proscenium stage floor.
- Capacity 20-25 musicians. (In a conventional orchestra configuration approximately 2/3 of pit space is under the thrust floor.)
- Traps
- (20) 3’ by 6’ Traps upstage of the proscenium forming a total area of 15’ up to down stage by 24’ stage left to right to a depth of 11’ below the stage floor surface.
- Dance Surface
- Adagio dance floor 26’ up to down stage by 40’ stage left to right.
- Drapes
- Blue main drape operates vertically and as traveler with break at center.
- (3) Sets of black legs 22’ high x 10’ wide each with borders 6’ high by 48’ wide all sewn flat.
- (1) Full black velour drape 22’ high by 48’ wide sewn flat.
- (1) Black scrim 22’ high by 48’ wide.
- (4) 4’ wide x19’ high side masking drapes hung on track from gallery with capability of masking from proscenium to upstage wall.
- Lighting
- Positions
- (4) Catwalks
- (4) Motorized Line Sets are located within the catwalk system – 2 between catwalk #4 and #3 and two between catwalk #3 and #2.
- (3) Dedicated electric pipes on stage.
- (1) Dead hung pipe 8” down stage of the proscenium arch at 21’ from the stage floor.
- Equipment
- 280 dimmers are available in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre
- (4) 6 dimmer fanouts one located on each catwalk.
- (3) 6 dimmer fanouts located on each gallery
- (24) dimmers on each of four catwalks
- (6) dimmers at stage left and stage right corner of catwalk #2 and #3
 (12) dimmers on follow spot platforms- (18) dimmers on upstage wall
- (12) dimmers on proscenium wall
- (4) dimmers in orchestra pit
- (18) on each of three on stage electric fly lines.
- All boxes on up stage wall at 12’ have strain relief devices
- Cable pass-throughs are located above the DSL and DSR proscenium doors
- ETC Expression 3-800 Controller with dual screens
- Full tracking back-up system for Expression 3 console.
- (1) Remote Focus Unit
- (1) Lighting play back control system
- ETC Sensor dimming system with 280 dimmers
- (17) hard wired DMX inputs located throughout the catwalks and stage house.
- (6) 10 degree 575 W ETC Source 4
- (34) 19 degree 575 W ETC Source 4
- (96) 26 degree 575 W ETC Source 4
- (106) 36 degree 575 W ETC Source 4
- (48) 575 W ETC Source 4 PARS (Lenses wide to very narrow)
- (70) 750 W 6” Fresnels
- (24) MR -16 Strip lights w/ NFL 24 degree lamps or WFL 60 degree lamps.
- (3) #1266 Lycian Super Arc 400 Followspots
- (24) Wybron Forerunners with gel string with (4) power supplies.
- (16) Wybron CXI with two string color mixers and (2) power supplies
- Accessories
- (16) plates to adapt Forerunners to S4 PARs
- (10) 6’ high by 2’ wide box booms
 barn doors- 12” side arms
- 24” side arms
- 5’ cables
- 10’ cables
- 25’ cables
- 10’ DMX cable
- 25’ DMX cable
- 50’ DMX cable
- pin to Edison adapters
- two-fers
- Sound Equipment
- Playback
- (1) Tascam CD-RW 750
- (1) Demon DN- D9000 CD Player
- Echo Audio Fire 8
- Computer equipped with SFx Sound Forge 7.0 Vegas 4.0
- (3) Speaker central array
- (2) Rear House speaker
- (2) Speakers in wings
- Control
- (1) 16 channel Yamaha GF 16/12 in control booth
- (1) 24 channel Yamahh M2500 house mixer for body microphone control.
- Projection / Video
- (1) Sharp XG-P25X LCD Projector
 John Bowab Studio Theatre
- The John Bowab Stduio Theatre is a flexible 43 ’x 52’ black box theatre located in the Smith Center for the Arts. The Bowab is both a teaching and performance facility. It is home to studio courses offered by the Department of Theatre Dance & Film and serves as a rehearsal space for students enrolled in acting and directing courses. Additionally, the Department of Theatre, Dance & Film sponsors an annual series of student directed plays which are produced in the Bowab.
- Auditorium
- Capacity 105 seats on up to 5 rows of Wenger Upper Deck flexible audience seating
- Stage Specifications
- Typical end stage 30’x48’
- Typical thrust stage 30’x30’
- Drapes
- (11) 19’h x 15’w Black velours in tracking system creating 3’ cross around entire perimeter
- (2) 14’6” x 20’ Red velours
- Lighting
- Positions
- Catwalk around perimeter of room with interior diamond
- Catwalk floor at 20’
- Lighting positions at +/- 22’
- Equipment
- 180 dimmers are available in the John Bowab Studio Theatre
- 92 dimmers around outer perimeter catwalk
- 40 dimmers around diamond shaped interior catwalk
- 48 dimmers around perimeter walls below catwalks
- ETC Expression 3, 400 Controller
- Sound
- Playback
- (1) Tascam CD-RW 750
- (1) Tascam CD- 150
- (6) Speakers
- Control
- (1) Mackie 1642-VLZ3 Mixer
 Dance Facilities
- Mary Higgins Clark Dance Studio
- 37’x42’ working space with sprung floor and Adagio dance floor surface.
- 8’ mirrors along entire exterior wall with draw curtain
- Double barre at 3’4” and 4’ along two walls
- Ceiling height at 14’
- Dressing room with changing space and valuables lockers adjoining the dance studio
- Audio playback equipment:
- (1) Technics 5 disc rotary CD changer
- (1) Superscope PAC770 combination cassette/CD player
- (2) Wall mounted JBL stero speakers
Film Production Equipment (located in Feinstein Academic Center )
- (5) MacPro editing workstations running Final Cut Pro 6 on a networked Muti-terabyte server.
- (10) one chip mini-DV digital camcorders
- (1) video lighting kit
General Facilities Information
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 Scene Shop
- Scenery construction facilities include a 24’ x 40’ scene shop with tool lock up, paint area and technical director office. The scene shop has direct, same level access to the main stage.
- Major Equipment
- (1) Delta 10” industrial table saw
- (1) Delta 12” industrial radial arm saw
- (1) Milwaukee 8” panel saw
- (1) Rockwell 14” band saw
- (1) Delta drill press
- (1) Delta 12” variable speed wood lathe
- (1) Porter cable 150 PSI compressor with assorted pneumatic nail guns
- (1) Milwaukee port-a-band saw
- (1) Rigid pipe threading equipment kit with accessories
- (2) Genie personnel lifts 2 AWP 25S
- (1) Genie Super Hoist model GH5.6
- Load in Facilities
- 9’x14” exterior overhead door leading directly to scene shop
- 12’ interior scene shop double doors leading directly onto mains stage.
- Freight Elevator
- Door opening 4’x8’
- Interior 5’9”wide x 8’10” long x 8’10” high
 Costume Shop.
- Costume construction facilities include a large well lit shop, fitting room/design studio, supervisor’s office, and laundry. In addition, three large costume storage areas with elevator access to the costume shop are also located within the Smith Center . Costume shop equipment includes the following:
- Industrial Sewing Machines:
- (1) Singer Model 191D, traight-line single-needle lock stitch
- (1) Singer Model 20u, artisan zigzag and straight stitch
- (1) Singer 6120-01, high-speed 5-thread overlock
- (1) Merrow M-3w, 3-Thread merrow stitch (serger)
- (1) Chandler-Mark 60, Blindstitch machine
- Home Sewing Machines:
- (1) Viking Husqvarna 1250, multi-function includes embroidery and decorative stitches
- (1) Bernina 803, straight stitch and zigzag
- Other Costume Equipment:
- (1) Naomoto MT1-517 Gravity feed iron
- (1) Jiffy Steamer
- (1) Maytag SAU-4 HD Washer
- (1) Maytag SD-7 Dryer
- (6) dress forms various sizes
- Industrial deep sink
- 12’ by 5’ cutting table
- Communications
- Clear Com communication system with hard wired stations in wings, at gallery levels, in catwalks and control booths of both theatres as well as in the green room.
- MS440 master at stage manager station in each theatre control booth
- WBS 670 Receiver/transmitter for wireless operation
- (15) cabled head sets with belt packs
- (3) wireless headset belt packs
- Green Room
- Adjoining dressing rooms and equipped with audio and video monitor of both theatres and adjacent kitchen with sink, refrigerator and microwave.
- Dressing Rooms
- (2) Fourteen station dressing rooms with adjoining lavatory and shower facilities.
- Box Office
- Vendini computerized ticketing system.
- Pianos
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