Lighting

There is a large control booth area the full width at the back of the theatre. It is isolated by   glass windows, with five Anchor monitors, and has four window panels that can open.   There is also a talkback mic from the light board. The booth is 82 feet from the Grand Drape, and about 12 feet above the stage floor. We have two ETC SR48AF racks in the booth, four SR24AF racks in the AP’s, for a total of 360 dimmers available, and a DR6 for the houselights and Unison controller. Many circuits have at least 2 drop cord pigtails and many have 2 outlets on each pigtail for a total of 4 receptacles per circuit. Maximum capacity per dimmer is 2400 watts..There are 50; 60 amp fused 120/208 disconnect and 200 amp 3 phase cam SR.

The theatre is wired with 20-amp twistlock connectors in the “Old Code” configuration with the lug on the ground blade OUT. We have some adapters to stage pin and “U-Ground or Edison” plugs, and lots of cable and twofers.

Lighting Control Boards: The theatre has 2 control consoles, connected in parallel and able to control all dimmers.

•  The Unison U51012 Control Board.   This is a 10 slider, 12 button programmable board with a lockout feature. This board is used primarily for classes and small events where basic lighting is needed.

• The ETC Ion 2000. With two 2X20 fader wings and two ELO 19″ touch screen monitors. Our Ion has two Universes of DMX. 2048 outputs. 10,000 channels, 10,000 cues, and 999 cue lists.

We also have, if you need it,

• The ETC Express 72/144. With the faders, this board can be either a two-scene 72-channel or single scene 144-channel control board. With the keypad, it has a total of 240 channels. It also has 10 pages of 24 submasters for a total of 240 subs, two sets of faders (AB and CD), programmable cues, ability to profile dimmers, and a variety of effects. The ETC Express is also compatible with the Expression, and will read its discs, so please bring them and it will cut down on programming time.

 

Lighting Equipment:

  • Multi Parameter Devices
  • 1 – VL1000

    1 – ETC Revolution

    8– Elation Platinum Spot 5R Pro

    12 – MEGAlite Pro Color Cannon

    4 - ETC Desire D40

  • Ellipsoidals:
  • 2 – 10 ° ETC Source 4′s

    10 – 14 ° ETC Source 4′s

    20 – 19 ° ETC Source 4′s

    24 – 26 ° ETC Source 4′s

    24 – 36 ° ETC Source 4′s

    32– 50 ° ETC Source 4′s

    82 –   Century Lekolite #2200 Axial Bodies (FEL 1000).

    22 –   Century Lekolite #2300 Medium Prefocus (EGG 750).

    44 –   6 x 9 lens (40   degree) assemblies; 60 – 6 x 12 (27 degree) lens assemblies.   These are interchangeable.

    20 –   Century Lekolite #2216 Axial 6 x 16   (17 degree) (FEL 1000).

    8 –    Altman 1KL 40-degree (6 x 9) (FEL 1000).

    Other Instruments:

    64– ETC S4 PAR 575 w HPL.   Very narrow, narrow, medium, and wide lenses available + 4 very wide lenses.

    20 – Strand PAR-64 1000-watt sealed beam.   Wide, medium, and narrow available.

    12 – L & E PAR-64 All are permanently assigned for lecture hall use.

    6 – Par 16 Wide on bases

    24 – Strand #3380 6-inch/1K zoom fresnel (1000-watt BTR)

    8 –   Stand-Ianero “Iris-cyc” 3-window cyc lights, 1000-watts/window.

    6 –   Capitol Striplights   7 ½ foot, 3 circuit, 150 watt/lamp, 5 per color.   Roundels in green, red, blue, and amber.   Gel frames are available.

    2 –   Phoebus Ultra-Quartz Follow Spot (360-watt/80 volt MR-16).

    Operator-controlled by integral SCR dimmer.

  • Other Equipment:
  • 14 – 55′ SOCO Cable

    14 – SOCO Fanouts

    10 – Source 4 Iris

    2 – Le Maitre Radiance Hazers

    2 – Le Maitre Neutron Hazers

    1 – Le Maitre G300 Fogger with liquid CO2 cooling system

    Barndoors, tophats, gel frames, donuts, gobo holders, cable and two-fers.

    We have various stepladders, a Genie Lift (model AWP- 25S), an Upright Airlift (CO2 powered), and a Tallescope (cherry picker).

    The theatre stocks a variety of color media in Roscolux and Lee color media.   We can get non-stocked colors in 3-4 days, so try to give us advance notice, or bring it with you.   A limited amount of lighting equipment can be rented locally.

    Lighting Positions Available :

    • Balcony Rail
      • Back of House 61′ from apron, ~12′ above stage
      • 8 Dimmers 153-161 (4 outlets each)
      • Aisle lights normal here
    • 2 nd A.P. Beam:
      • Over house 30′ from apron, 25′ above stage.
      • 12 Dimmers T1 – T12 (4 outlets each)
      • 24 Dimmers 193-216 (1 outlet each)
      • 1 Dimmer 148 (2 Ultra-Quartz Follow Spots normal here.)
      • SOCO 1+ 2:
        • 163-168
        • 169-174
    • 1 st A.P. Beam:
      • Over pit 10′ upstage of apron, 25′ above stage.
      • 20 Dimmers 13 – 32 (four outlets each)
      • 24 Dimmers # 217-240* (1 outlet each)
      • 2 pipes here; one is outrigged.
    • A – Bar (Apron Bar)
      • Over apron ~18″ upstage of pitrail, 25′ above stage
      • 18 Dimmers #175-192.
      • This bar is dead-hung
    • 1 st Electric:
      • Light Bridge (2 pipes) 3′ and 5′ upstage of proscenium
      • 40 Dimmers 33 – 72 (4 outlets each)
      • 2 Dimmers 150-151 (2 outlets each)
    • 2 nd Electric:
      • 1 pipe, at 11′ 10″ upstage of proscenium
      • 17 Dimmers 73 – 89 (2 outlets each)
    • 3 rd Electric:
      • 1 pipe, at 23′ upstage of proscenium
      • 16 Dimmers 90 – 105 (4 outlets each)
    • Lineset 30
      • Iris Cyc lights normal here using   SOCO G + H
    • Louvres:
      • Stage left
      • 12 Dimmers 106-117
      • Stage right
      • 12 Dimmers 118, 119, 361-370
    • Floor Pockets:
      • On-stage floor.
      • 44 Dimmers:
      • #241-262 SR
      • #126-145 and 152,153 SL
    • Orchestra Pit
      • 2 Dimmers 146,147
    • Pin Rail
      • 4 Dimmers 381-384
    • Socopex
      • Hse right AP’s, next to dimmers: A,B,C,D, 265-288
      • Grid Above Stage:
      • A: 265-270 *
      • B: 271-276 *
      • C: 277-282 *
      • D: 283-288 *
      • E: 289-294
      • F: 295-300
      • G: 301-306
      • H: 307-312
      • I:   313-318
      • J:   319-324
      • K: 325-330
      • L: 331-336
      • M: 337-342
      • N: 343-348
      • O: 349-354
      • P: 355-360
    *duplicated by AP dimmers
    • House Lights
    • Dimmers Dedicated to Class lights.
    • We have two pair of permanently mounted tree-pipes, set in the upstage and downstage louvres, and there are also 4 pair of 12′ portable booms.
    • Note :   Some dimmers are permanently assigned for lecture setups.   Check with the T.D. before assigning dimmers, or just tell us what channels need to control what instruments and we’ll work out the dimmers

    Spanos Theatre
    California Polytechnic State University
    1 Grand Ave
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
    (805) 756-7113
    Spanos Theatre