Studio 180. Electronic and Print versions of the venue ground plan are available from the Technical Director.

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1 INTRODUCTION Studio 180 Studio 180 is located in room 180 of the Hagey Hall Building on the campus of the University of Waterloo. This black box studio is used for rehearsals, classes, workshops, small lectures and small-scale performances. It is run by the Department of Drama and Speech Communication. IMPORTANT NOTES Since the space doubles as a classroom in the daytime, the stage area must be kept completely cleared, i.e., all props and set elements must be put away each night and neatly stored in a pre-determined area as part of the tech call. Rental clients are asked to provide a detailed production schedule 6 weeks prior to load in. They will also be asked to fill out a Production Summary (provided) intended to communicate all technical requirements. As this is a Black box theatre, you may set up in any configuration you wish as long as fire safety regulations are maintained. Seating and stage configuration needs to be approved by the Technical Director 6 weeks prior to load in or prior to tickets going on sale, whichever is first. The Renting Company shall also ensure the Theatre is returned to its neutral state, or as outlined in the signed agreement. * A site visit is recommended to any persons new to this venue. Electronic and Print versions of the venue ground plan are available from the Technical Director. The Lighting Designer must supply 2 copies of the Lighting Plot to the Technical Director 4 weeks prior to load in. The renting Company must supply all colour gel/ gobos/expendables such as tape/screws/black wrap/glue etc. SPECIFICATIONS: Contact Information: Gill Lesperance Technical Director ML 121 Office: xt glespera@uwaterloo.ca Dressing Rooms: 1 dressing room available (HH168) Capacity of approx. 10 people. Has sink and running water Access to phone, microwave and small fridge Washrooms are in the lobby and shared with audience Pg. 1 of 7

2 Entrances: There are two (2) entrances into the space one from lobby area and one from opposite side of the room, from back hall. Fire Regulations: Exit signs must be illuminated and visible to the general public at all times. Fire pull stations must be unobstructed and visible or their location clearly indicated via signage and accessible to all staff members and the general public at all times. An unobstructed path to all Emergency exits must be maintained. A clear path of not less than 4 must be maintained between the first row of the audience and any scenery or equipment other than that which is permanent construction. Loading Doors: There is a loading dock on right hand side of building at same level as stage. Loading dock is approximately 50 from space. Entrance into the space is through a single door. Parking: There is no Parking available in the loading dock. For the purpose of load-in and delivery, provisions are allowed for a vehicle near the loading access. Personnel: Crew consists of qualified students and local technicians. You are required to have (1) one technician to run all the shows. They are billed at $30/hr. You are only required to have a technician when any technical work is happening (i.e., set install, lighting hang and focus, tech runs, dress rehearsal and shows). For performances, you are required to have 1 Front of House Manager and 2 ushers. The Front of House Manager is billed at $20/hr and must be present 1 hour 15 minutes prior to curtain until 30 minutes following the show. The ushers are charged at $16/hr and must be present 1 hour prior to curtain until 30 minutes following the show. Safety requirements: Steel-toed shoes and long pants must be worn by all persons present in the theatre during load-in / setup / technical work calls / painting. Hard hats are required by all persons present in the theatre up to and including the lighting hang. The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shall be enforced. PPE is the responsibility of the Renter and their workers. Stage Dimensions: 27 7 deep x 46 9 wide (See floor plan for specifications) Height of grid is 8 7 ½ from stage level Pg. 2 of 7

3 Seating Capacity: Flexible seating configurations up to 54 chairs 2 seats needs to be reserved for usher Department owns to following risers for seating: o 2 = 3 x 3 o 1 = 3 x 2 9 o 9 = 3 x with a chevron cut out to go around column o 3 = triangles o 8 = railings Venue: Set installation: Scenery may be fastened to the floor via screws or lag bolts no larger than 3/8 diameter. The walls are concrete. No scenery shall be attached/fastened to the building walls. COSTS: Personnel: Lead Technician = $30/hr Additional technicians = $20/hr Front of House Manager = $20/hr Usher = $16/hr Some basic scheduling notes: Labour charges billed will be based on actual time worked by staff Each call shall be a minimum of two (2) hours Staff are entitled to a paid fifteen (15) minute coffee break after two (2) hours work Staff will receive a sixty (60) minute meal break after five (5) hours work. If you infringe upon the meal break you will be charged $50 per staff person After 8 hrs of work personnel are billed out at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the contracted rate Any work past midnight will be billed at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the contracted rate Charges for work on public holidays will be based on the Ontario Ministry of Labour Employment Standards. For work after midnight, staff will be paid for transportation home by taxi Rental of Space: There is no cost to use the space for rehearsal purposes only. When tech is involved (i.e., set install, lighting hang & focus, tech runs & performances) $100/day (8 hrs) $40/hr for any hours after that Pg. 3 of 7

4 LIGHTING: Control: ETC Express 125 (uses floppy disks for memory) 1 10 monitor Dimming: Strand CD80 dimmer: 24 at 2.4k 12 at 2.4K Circuits are distributed equally around the space in groups of 4. House lights are run off a separate dimming circuit House lights: 12 metal hanging lamps (u-ground) with 40w bulbs. Can be hung wherever you need them to be. Circuits for the house lights are marked on the lighting plot. 11 x extensions 15A Twistlock Booth Location: Left hand side of the room. Entrance through dressing room in HH168 A screen unit can be put on the booth window to lessen the light bleed from the operators. Luminaries Inventory: 12 ETC Source Four Juniors 14 Altman 6 Fresnels 500w 6 SL Zooms 6 Source Four Junior gobo holders 9 6 Barn doors 1 floor float Gel frames for each fixture * No colour gel inventory * CABLES (Quantity x Length) 6 x Two-fers 4 x FUG to Male Twistlock adapters 3 x MUG to Female Twistlock adapters 2 Twistlock 20A 5 Twistlock 20A 10 Twistlock 20A 15 Twistlock 20A 20 Twistlock 20A 30 Twistlock 20A 25 3-pin DMX 5 5-pin DMX 3-pin female to 5-pin male adapter Pg. 4 of 7

5 Various Goo: 1 circuit tester 6 black U-ground Extension cords (115V) 2 orange U-ground Extension cords (115V) 2 power bars 2 x halogen work lights 5 clip lights Tie-line Pg. 5 of 7

6 AUDIO: Operation: Booth location Program sound available in booth Control and Processing: Yamaha MG206C 20-channel board Built-in compression Speakers: 4 EV speakers ZXA1 (self-powered) Re-locatable (there is no house position) Playback Devices: Denon DN-D4500 Double CD Player Communication: 1 x Clearcom 2 Channel Power supply 4 x headsets with Belt packs Cables: 50 XLR 35 XLR 20 XLR 10 XLR 2 XLR (male to male) ¼ TRS to XLR male ¼ TRS to XLR female 3 x Speaker power cables Mics & stands: 1 x SM 58 1 x Electro-Voice 635A 1 adjustable boom stand Piano: Yamaha Electric Piano P-200 with 2 foot pedals Pg. 6 of 7

7 DRAPES & EQUIPMENT: Soft goods: All measurements are H x W LEGS: 8 7 ½ x 6 3 ½ 8 7 ½ x 8 10 ½ 8 7 ½ x 8 11 ½ 8 7 ½ x 6 2 (last resort) 8 10 ½ x 6 3 1@ 7 x 8 (for hanging outside the main door for light bleed) BORDERS: 1 2 ½ x ½ x 26 Ladders: Projection: 1 x Adjustable 6 A-frame ladder 1 x 3-step folding ladder 1 x 7 3 wide rollup hanging projection screens 1 x projection mounts for grid Various Goo: 2 pipes 22 stacking black chairs with chrome legs 11 black acting cubes 1 rolling double-sided chalkboard 60 red stacking audience chairs 18 folding metal chairs (black and grey) Pg. 7 of 7