Harvey Powers Theatre Technical Information

Directions:

Take exit 210A off of Interstate 80 for US Rt. 15 South. At 11th traffic light, turn left (Look for the Bucknell Athletic Stadium on the left.) To see regional directions, click here.

Make the first right onto Dent Drive, and the second right off of Dent Drive, just past the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. The Powers Theatre will be on your left. For directions to Powers Theatre once you get on campus, click here.

Physical Plant:

Floor: 5/4" maple covered in 4'x4'x1/4" Duron. 1- 4'x8' trap.
The rigging system consists of 31 total linesets. All are manual double purchase linesets controlled from 18' elevated operating rail with 2 exceptions:
The rigging system is underhung from the ceiling. NO GRID
1st electric - double pipe single speed motor controlled down stage left
Ls#8 Movie Screen - single speed motor controlles down stage left.
The Main Curtain is 21oz Velour colored Burgundy sewn 50% fullness proscenium of 32w feet by 18 feet. There are 4 sets of black legs and borders available. Both legs and borders may be rigged flat or with fullness. One blackout traveler and one black back drop available as well as a white rear projection screen used as a cyc / bounce.
Two dressing rooms with showers and toilets are available.

Loading Areas:

(1) 48" height dock w/ 10'x7' door in stage right wing. (1) 10'x7' dock door in stage right wing above shop door (not truck accessible yet)

Lighting:

Control: ETC Obsession 600 (upgraded to 750) w/ Reflection backup
House lights controlled independently or though console.
A separate 5 channel/work/panic analog address system is available to control all dimmers.
Main Obsession uses an ethernet system to communicate with node ports located at various places in the facility. Remote contol devices include: Obsession designers remote console with 2 monitors
Remote interfece unit with ASCII keyboard and monitors
Remote Focus unit
2 universes of DMX are used with the second universe distributed for data at ports around the facility.

Dimming:

380 (four racks) ETC Sensor advanced feature 2.4kw.

Instrumentation:

ETC 36° Source Four ERS - 55
ETC 26° Source Four ERS - 30
ETC 50° Source Four ERS - 30
ETC source Four PAR* - 100
Altman 360Q 6x16 ERS - 28
Strand 4.5" Lekolite miniZoom ERS - 35
Strand 6" Fresnelite - 20
14" Scoop - 12
10" Beam Projector - 8
3" "inky" fresnel - 8
High End Intellabeam HX700 -4
Rosco Twin Spin - 4
Chroma Q Color Scrollers 10
Diffusion DF50 Hazer 1
LeMaitre G300 Fogger/Hazer 1

*All of the Source four PARs have a five lens set of wide flood, medium flood, narrow spot, very narrow spot, and ACL (clear flat).

Power Tie in:

400A Cam (Posi) Lock
All power is 120/208v three phase

Audio:

House Console: DDA CS8 24 x8 + true LCR main.
House Speakers: Right, Center, Left ElectroVoice Clusters
EV and Bose surround throughout house, assignable as house left, right and rear
Monitor Console: BiAmp Newport Series 16x4
Monitor Speakers: Assorted EV

Equipment:

Tascam DA-20 DAT recorder
Kenwood MD-302 Minidisc recorder
Marantz CDR 620 CD recorder
Roland VS-880 D.A.W.
Technics cassete deck
Marantz MD321 CD player
Assorted effects
Assorted microphones

Download Powers Theatre Technical Drawings

Floor Plan:
VectorWorks 416K
DXF 1024K
DWG (AutoCad 2000) 288K

Center Line Section:
VectorWorks 320K
DXF 608K
DWG (AutoCad 2000) 160K