Advantages Offered
The Next Stage is managed
by Theater
Residencies,
Incorporated (TRI) a California non-profit corporation. TRI
offers a
full service, cost saving, single project co-sponsorship arrangement
for all theater groups renting The Next Stage. Included in our
Rental
Guide
is a complete description of services available under TRI
co-sponsorship. TRI's full service, co-sponsorship approach
includes
considerable production cost savings,
especially if you are likely to solicit donations which become
tax-deductible under the co-sponsorship arrangement.
Also, if you
spend any of your
own money on the
project the tax-deductible advantage offered by non-profit status
can save up to $31.00 on every $100.00 you spend. Co-sponsorship
also
includes normal group accident insurance at no additional expense.
Without TRI's co-sponsorship your organization must separately obtain
group
accident insurance for your project.
Pricing Details
TRI's
reasonable
rental prices for The Next Stage may viewed on our Table of
Prices.
This table
is a guide to negotiations. Other factors are taken into
account. Note that a sliding scale brings the
per performance price down the longer the run and the more performances
per week.
Scheduling Details
To check for availability click on this
link for the
Next Stage
Calendar. This calendar specifies all dates which have been
officially approved and firmly scheduled. To check for
dates which are currently in the proposal stage, click on this link for
the
Next Stage Proposal
Calendar.
During the day and certain evenings, The Next Stage can be available
for
classes, auditions, rehearsals, or film shoots at $12.00 per hour and a
minimum of $36.00 per session for non-profit organizations.
Because of
services in the adjacent church, the theater in never
available for performances on Sundays until 1:00 PM or on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings between
7:00 and 8:30. Performances beginning at 8:30 may often be
scheduled for Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The theater is
not available when a wedding is in
progress, a two hour window usually on a Saturday afternoon but
occasionally on a Sunday. Scheduled weddings and classes
will be listed on the
Next
Stage Calendar.
Wedding
and concert dates are posted as soon as we know them.
Classes in the theater can often be relocated or rescheduled by
negotiation with
the instructor.
Technical Floor
Plans and Lighting Plots
Links provided
here include a basic floor plan
of
the audience and performing area including
variations possible, a basic lighting
plot, a light grid indicating
plugging positions and dimmer channels available.
Supplementary Lighting
Instruments and Dimmer Channels
Twelve Source-4 instruments
are dedicated to the
basic lighting plot.
These instruments light six basic playing areas, two per area with each
instrument assigned to its own dimmer channel. Two dimmer
channels are reserved for houselights. The basic lighting plot
may not be changed or adjusted without permission and an additional
service charge. Plenty of additional instuments and dimmer
channels are available for special needs. Specifically:
- Of thirty-six dimmer channels twenty-two remain
available for special use. Upon request, an additional four
dimmers may be added to the system and this is recommended whenever
lamps at stage floor level need to be dimmed.
- The following additional instruments are available
for use: 7 six inch Century fresnels, 4 six inch elipsoidals, 4
Berkey colortran lekos, 1 three inch ellipsoidal useful as a pin-spot.
Sound
System and Video Projection System
The following sound system components are available:
- a 100 watt tuner/amplifier with various inputs and
outputs four up to four speakers and a digital volume readout
- a five disk CD player
- two large high capacity speakers
- additional small speakers which can be added to the
system for specific sound location
- a small speaker switch box which can be added to the
system to control added speakers
The video projection system consists of one laptop computer which can
be cabled to our small projector which can be hung from the lighting
grid in a special cage of our own design. Depending upon the
desired location of the projector, the laptop operator may be located
offstage to left or right or in a special booth at the center of the
back row of audence seating. The system can run PowerPoint
programs, films, and anything which can show up on the laptop screen.
TRI
can also provide non-profit
single project co- sponsorship at any venue nationwide, and help
with the search for other venues.