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Tulsa Performing Arts Center: Auditorium of the Music Hall. Note follow spot booths at center of balconv level and sound
and light control booths at rear of orchestra level.
ment free-standing portable reflective units for small
border pipes, galleries, side battens, and numerous grid,
musical groups. Sound, light and audio-video control is
floor and wall pockets. Additionally, there are provisions
from the rear of the house which has conventional aisle
for company switches and patching of 100 separate FOH
circuits to road boards, permitting a road show to use its
seating. Stage floor lids are used to cover a pit accomown boards without the necessity of extensive cabl ing.
modating 25 musicians. Proscenium fire protection, as
A full complement of lighting instruments and follow
in the case of the Music Hall, is provided by a deluge
spots are included in house equipment.
sprinkler pipe. A memory lighting control system is
based upon a one-dimmer per circuit concept utilizing
Since each theatre is to be equipped with its own
120 dimmers. A 16 Input x 8 Output sound console
lighting, rigging and sound equipment, a sound system
for speech, film, music reinforcement, and environmental
equal to the needs of most local and guest artists will
effects has been provided. Production communication
be installed. Audio control is essentially a 24-lnput
and monitor/page systems are essentially similar to those
by 16-0utput board which will utilize phantom power
in the Music Hall.
supplies for microphones that includes distributed multichannel sound for musical reinforcement and envi ronThe Playhouse will be equipped for 16mm projection
mental effects. Further, it will be capable of on-stage
with optical and magnetic sound. Dual projectors, each
monitoring, "monitor/page" to all production and dresequipped with crossover will provide professional intersing locations, and will provide production communicaruption-free showing of films. These projectors also
tions at all stagehand, technician and manager stations.
will have variable power supplies and additional lenses to
allow for their use in the Music Hall. A Xenon 35mm
THE PLAYHOUSE. The Playhouse is designed for a narslide projector with an integral dissolve unit is specified
row range of events such as small-scale dramatic producfor both the Playhouse and the Music Hall.
tions, modern dance, films, lectures and recitals. A proscenium opening of 38 feet in width by 22 feet in height
THE STUDIO THEATRES. Complementing the two
sits within a stagehouse 72 feet wide by 36 feet deep.
proscenium houses are the two Studio Theatres which
The working grid height is 51 feet above a resilient wood
have been designed for experimental productions. Studio
floor. The stagehouse is fully equipped in a fashion simI has a 60 foot square plan exclusive of seat storage space.
ilar to the Music Hall with 50 counterweight line sets.
Telescoping bleacher seating will permit the staging of
Arbors pass through a slot at the stage floor for additional
thrust, arena and end stage productions. The seating will
consist of risers outfitted with permanently attached
travel. Rigging for a shell ceiling is provided to comple-

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