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:
- 2 removable seats in first row,
each with 3 companion seats
- 2 permanent wheelchair positions,
each with 3 companion seats
Stage Specifications
Proscenium
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
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
Dance Surface
Drapery
(1) Blue Act Drape with break at center. 100% fullness
(6) Black Velour Legs - sewn flat. 22" H x 10" W. sewn flat.
(3) Black Velour Borders 6' H x 48' W. sewn flat.
(1) Black velour drape 22’ H x 48’ W. sewn flat.
(1) Black scrim 22’ W by 48’ W.
(1) Natural Muslin Cyclorama 22' H x 48' W
(1) Sky Blue cyclorama 22'H x 48' W
(4) 19' H x 4' W 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 –
two 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) dimmers on each of three on-stage electric fly lines.
All boxes on upstage 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) 10o 575W ETC Source 4
(34) 19o 575W ETC Source 4
(96) 26o 575W ETC Source 4
(106) 36o 575W ETC Source 4
(20) 50o ETC Source 4 Lens Tubes
(48) 575W ETC Source 4 PARS (Lenses wide to very narrow)
(70) 750W Altman 6” Fresnels
(24) 6' three circuit (750W per circuit) MR -16 Strip lights
w/ NFL 24 degree lamps or WFL 60o lamps
(20) 1000W 3 Cell Altman Econo-Cyc.
(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
(20) Par 16 Birdies with stage pin connections
- Accessories
(16) plates to adapt Forerunners to S4 PARs
(10) 6’ high by 2’ wide box booms
(4) City Theatrical Beam Bender
(4) Drop in Irises
barn doors
12” side arms
24” side arms
5' Stage Pin cables
10’ Stage Pin cables
25’ Stage Pin cables
10’ DMX cable (4 and 5 pin)
25’ DMX cable (4 and 5 pin)
50’ DMX cable (4 and 5 pin)
Stage Pin to Edison adapters
two-fers
mirror ball
Sound Equipment
Playback
(1) Tascam CD-RW 750
(1) Denon DN- D9000 CD Player
Echo Audio Fire 8
Computer equipped with Q-Lab and Audacity
(3) Speaker central array
(2) Rear House speaker
(2) Speakers in wings
Control
Projection / Video