Stage/Room Dimensions:

• North to South: 49'-0"

• East to West: 60'-0"

Grid

• Floor to gridiron: 18'-0"

• Grid Pattern:

  • • 38'-0" x 46'-0"

    • 4'-6" x 5'-6" grid

• Maximum Uniform Load: 30 PLF (pounds per linear foot)

• Maximum concentrated load: 380 pounds

• Maximum hanger load-grid loading of 30 PFL: 580 pounds per hanger

Other

• East side cinderblock wall to the first chair (In seating configuration A) is 27'-9"

• Egress is always 3'-0"

• The stage floor's live load weight capacity Is 150 pounds per square foot - this means It is not suitable for a scissor lift.

• Stage managers may call productions from the second-floor booth or, with prior arrangement, from positions on-stage or in the galleries.

• Sound Is operated from the second-floor booth or, with prior arrangement, from the galleries.

• Lighting Is operated from the second-floor booth or, with prior arrangement, be set up to operate from the galleries or on stage level.

• Control

  • • • 96 2.4k Dimmers (dimmer per circuit)

      • ETC Ion 2000 (version 2.9.1 only, cannot be updated)

      • Integrated House/Run/Work light control using an ETC Paradigm system, installed Summer 2023

• Gel frames, template holders, and other accessories are included in the house inventory. Expendables such as tie line and gel are not included. Please include all requests on a light plot to be reviewed by Calderwood management no less than two weeks in advance of the rental for prep work.

•  House light and hallway lighting will be approved by house staff. Addresses 134 + 143 should be at 80% during walk-in and walk-out and at 30% during the event.

The sound system provided is intended to meet the needs of a more flexible space. Please see Appendix B of the Renter's Handbook for equipment list. There are some minor sound bleed issues between the Roberts Studio Theatre and the Atelier/505 condos above; because of this, all additional speakers attached to the grid must be hung on sound isolating brackets (current inventory is equipped with these brackets). The Calderwood also reserves the right to require the volume to be adjusted at any time in order to minimize sound bleed into the neighboring apartments.

A special note for musicals:

Companies may also be required to put orchestra members on sound isolating mats or carpets and/or to build sound baffles around the orchestra. Also for this reason, no orchestra members may be placed or either of the 2nd floor galleries without prior written approval from the Calderwood Pavilion Manager.

Communications:

Clear Com wired two-channel system is available for stage crew use. Backstage paging system can be implemented from Clear Com main station as well as a microphone backstage. Audio and video monitoring systems are also in place. House technical staff will do setup of these systems in accordance with renter’s needs as part of the base rental package. The Roberts is not equipped with a wireless communications system - you are welcome to rent or bring your own version of this equipment and house staff can assist with integrating it into the wired infrastructure.

New for Fall 2024:

After 20 seasons of heavy usage in the Roberts, our entire audio infrastructure is being upgraded for the next 20 years. This includes replacing our analog mixer and patch bay with a digital system from Behringer. We are thrilled to be able to offer this significant upgrade to the space, but we understand that moving to digital after many years of analog requires a learning curve. Please reach out to operations to get acquainted with the new system and what has changed. We have chosen to install the industry standard and most popular system for this size of a venue, Behringer's X32 system, hoping that everyone will find this new system easy to use.

Please see our Dressing Rooms page for more information. The number of dressing rooms assigned and their location are dependent on the needs of each production using the venue.

We have 10 approved riser configurations that are available in plan view here. Configuration A is our "standard" seating configuration that we have most of our performances in. Configuration C is typically the alterate configuration that we use most often (3/4 thrust). For any major riser relocation, a full day with a crew of 8+ people is required to reconfigure the seating arrangement and should be completed on the first day of your time in the space. No other activities are permitted to happen in the Roberts while riser reconfiguration is taking place.

The Roberts Studio Theatre is equipped with a rolling scaffolding unit that can comfortably reach the grid from the deck level. Assembly and disassembly must be led by a member of the Calderwood Staff. Please see the assembly guide here.

The Roberts also has three ladders (8ft, 12ft, and 14ft) for use in the space. There may be additional ladders available in the building if other spaces are not using their inventory, so please ask for additional ladders.

There are two single-person genie lifts in the building that are a shared resource. If there are two load-ins happening at the same time, one lift is dedicated to each space (Wimberly, Roberts). If one space is not in need of the lift, the other space may use it.