McCAIN
MCCAIN AUDITORIUM
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
DIRECTOR Todd Holmberg
(785) 532-6425
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Terri Lee
(785) 532-6426
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Kyle McGuffin
(785) 532-6427
MRKTG & DEVMT OFFICER Todd Holmberg
(785) 532-2354
ASST. TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Darren E. Levin
(785) 532-6425
Jeanne McKenzie
TICKET SERVICES MANAGER
(785) 532-3933
Fax (785) 532-5870
Box Office (785) 532-6428
Green Room (785) 532-7029 or 532-7030
Backstage Right (785) 532-2361
McCain email mccain@ksu.edu
DIRECTIONS TO MCCAIN AUDITORIUM
Solid purple line
is from West.
Dotted blue line
is from East.
Traveling West on Interstate 70 (I-70)
1. Follow I-70 WEST from Kansas City. This becomes 8. Cross Manhattan Avenue and continue on Anderson
the Kansas Turnpike, a toll road. Avenue until the 3rd stoplight: it is a crosswalk light
between 15th and 17th Streets (Mid-Campus Drive).
2. Exit I-70 at the first Topeka, KS exit.
9. Turn right onto Mid-Campus Drive; follow the drive
3. Follow I-70 WEST to Exit #313 which is Kansas past Calvin Hall (on the right), the K-State Union (on the
Highway 177. left), Fairchild Hall (on the right), and Anderson Hall (on
4. Follow K-177 North 9 miles into Manhattan. the left).
5. Cross the Kansas River Bridge and take the righthand 10. Immediately after Fairchild Hall, turn right onto the
exit ramp before getting to the end of the bridge. This will circle drive and continue around towards the building in
take you to a stoplight on Ft. Riley Blvd. front of you. Take the smaller sidewalk/road which leads
to the back of the building.
6. Take a left-hand turn onto Ft. Riley, which will turn
into Tuttle Creek Blvd at the next stoplight. Continue 11. This drive will take you to the loading dock at
on Tuttle Creek Blvd and go to the third stop light McCain Auditorium. Pull forward and then back into
(Bluemont Avenue). dock.
7. Turn left onto Bluemont Avenue. Continue going west 12. Shut-off your engines when you are positioned in the
on Bluemont which will turn into Anderson Avenue at the dock. Building air intakes are in the dock area which will
intersection of Manhattan Avenue (about 11 blocks). draw in the carbon monoxide generated by your engines
if you leave it idling. Thank you.
Traveling East on I-70
1. Follow I-70 east to Exit #303 which is Kansas BP Service Station on your left).
Highway 18. 4. Turn right on Anderson, and go a 1/2 block.
2. Follow K-18 which becomes Fort Riley Blvd. to 17th 5. Turn left at the crosswalk light onto campus (Mid-
Street (a stoplight). Campus Drive).
3. Turn left on 17th Street and follow it north to 6. Follow no. 10-12 from above to reach the building.
Anderson Avenue. (Holiday Inn Hotel is on your right;
DOCK
Looking from SL toward loading doors.
Loading Dock 10’ w x 3’ h x 36’ l
Interior Doors 9’ 11” x 9’ 11” each
(2 sets)
Loading Dock Doors 8’ w x 10’ h
Loading dock is located
in the upstage right
area. Access is through
a scene shop, which is
not part of our division
and not available for use
by road companies.
SEATING CAPACITY
Orchestra seating 912 or 957
Mezzanine 402
Upper Balcony 407
Balcony Total 809
Grand Total
(without chairwagon) 1721
(with chairwagon) 1766
Note: Orchestra seating figure includes six positions for wheelchairs.
There are no seats in these positions. There are 45 chairs on a wagon
for additional seating on the orchestra lift. As an orchestra pit, the lift
will accommodate 50 musicians.
CREW STAGE
McCain Auditorium uses a production crew comprised of Proscenium with a semi-thrust orchestra pit
students. The technical staff has trained these students. 22’
Maximum Height
Because they must attend classes, they may not be able to
work full shifts or runs. Do not worry as schedules are set Maximum Width 60’
well in advance, and we will cover the position. We must
insist on having appropriate meal breaks. Maximum Depth (from plaster line) 34’ 6”
Edge of lift to booths 65’
SMOKING
Backstage
McCain Auditorium is a non-smoking facility which in-
cludes the theatre, backstage area, greenroom, all dressing Wall to wall 130’
rooms, light and sound booths.
Offstage right to wall 35’
WARDROBE Offstage left to wall 35’
There are no laundry facilities on site. There is a coin Curtain line to edge of stage 5’ 6”
operatedlaundromat located across the street from the au-
ditorium. Irons, ironing boards, and a steamer are on site. Curtain line to edge of lift 17’ 6”
Stage floor to grid 66’
DRESSING ROOMS Stage floor to fly floor 22’
2 Star dressing rooms, each holds up to 3 people.
Distance of last line set to back wall 2’ usable; there is a perma-
Located on the SR side of the stage of the stage.
nently mounted orchestra shell ceiling.
1 Women’s Principle dressing room holds up to 9 people.
Located one floor down on SR
LIFT
1 Men’s Principle dressing room holds up to 9 people.
Located one floor down on SL Dimensions 12’ X 50’
1 Women’s Chorus dressing room holds up to 19 people. Lift at seat level 3’ 6”
Located one floor down on SR.
Lift at orchestra level 8’
1 Men’s Chorus dressing room holds up to 19 people.
Located one floor down on SL. Lift at basement level 14’
SOUND SYSTEM
Amplifiers Stewart 15, PA-1000, 1000 watt Console Soundcraft K2
40 Channel
8 Group
EQ Ashley Protea 4.24 heads for 4 Aux
stage monitors and sidefills 2 Mains
4 band switchable EQ
Compressor/ 3DBX 166XL Dual Compressor Microphones 8 Shure SM-57
Limiter Units 4 Audio Technica AT873
2 EV RE-655
5 Shure SM-91
Effects Yamaha SPX1000 1 Telex wireless, lavaliere,
184.4 MgHz
1 Shure wireless system,
Speakers Main Cluster 4 JBL 2245 H in cus- handheld & lavaliere, 598.625
tom bass bin 4 Community PC 1542, MHz
2 Community PC 6 EV HP series 1 Shure UT Lavaliere
horns and drivers 1 Shure VHF wireless,
handheld
3 AT853Rx Choir mics
Mounted 2 Altec 612A enclosures w/Altec 8 Shure SM-58
Monitors 604E speakers permanently mounted 2 Audio Technica ATM33a
at 24’ up on back wall on either side 1 Audio Technica drum mic kit
of upstage. (3 mics)
2 Shure KSM 109
2 Shure UHR wireless
Monitor 4 JBL 4602B floor monitor wedges
handheld/lapel
Speakers
Note: Sound is mixed in the sound booth with the win-
Side Fills 2 Altec Voice of the Theatre type dows removed. There is not a permanent mixing position
w/515 woofer 2386 HiFrequency in the house as it is fixed seating. When mixing must be
horn with 2445J driver done from the house, a 4’ x 8’ platform is placed in the last
three rows of the orchestra level seating in front of the
sound booth.
Microphone 24 stage to sound booth
lines
Lobby/ Page System
The lobby/page system can be used for program,
CD Players Technics SL-PG450 announcements, audience retrieval, and pre-show music.
Marantz CDR631 recorder
Program Monitor/ Paging System
Intercom Clear Com boxes and headsets Built in speakers in all dressing rooms, green room, light
Single Channel Only booth, box office, usher’s room and the director’s office.
Positions: All locations have individual volume control. Program
light & sound booths material is fed from permanently mounted microphones
follow spot positions attached to the ceiling. Program material may also be
SR & SL inserted from the sound booth. The stage manager’s
fly rail SR microphones backstage left and right can override the
pin rail SL program material for communication with all locations
center of house nonselectively.
LIGHTING Lighting Equipment
Fresnels Strand 3312 4 6” 750 watt
Lights Strand 3413 8 8” 1000 watt
Board ETC Expression 2x Hub 8811 20 8” 1000 watt
372 dimmers
1 dimmer per circuit Pars Source 4 50 NF, MF, WF, EWF
600 control channels lenses HPL 575
Designer worksheet lamps
Focus remote which is operable from Ellipsoidal Strand 2112 26 14 degree (6x12s)
back stage left 1000 watt
Dimmers can be accessed w/ DMX512 Strand 2216 18 17 degree (6x16)
input located stage left 1000 watt
Lighting Positions Strand 2212 28 25 degree (6x12)
1000 watt
FOH There are no balcony rail positions but Strand 2209 32 31 degree (6x9)
there are two sets of beams on the ceiling. 1000 watt
Box booms Two (2) box boom positions on either Source Four bodies 120
side. One (1) is just to the house side of the proscenium (46) 19 degree
wall. The other is 26’ further into the house and (40) 26 degree
corresponds with the rear house beam position. (40) 36 degree
(10) 10 degree
On stage These include 4 electric, a pin rail position (5) 50 degree barrels 750w HPL lamps
on both sides as well as four 4-circuit drop boxes Century 4273 Scoops (2) 18” 1500 watt
on either side of stage. Altman Cyc (16) 3 cell sky-cyc 1000 watt
Floor pockets Four (4) circuits are in each location and
are on SL, SR, and in the upstage area. Follow Spots Lycian 1290XLT (2) 110’ throw
2000 watt
Dimmers
Miscellaneous Equipment
1 -334 are located in the above lighting positions.
Adapters
335-338 are located in the trap room, immediately 2 Male two-pin G to female edison
below the stage area. 33 3-wire twist-lock male to two-pin G female
339-370 control 2 receptacles in the light booth, 4 14 3-wire twist-lock male to Edison female
receptacles in the fore stage (lift) and the 2 3-wire twist-lock female to Edison male
pro-proscenium and orchestra shell lights. 25 Two-fers, twist-lock to twist-lock
371-372 are crossover lights
MISCELLANEOUS
373-378 are house lights.
Stage Equipment
Accessories
Main drape 2 Both are hand operated and front curtain
All instruments, except scoops, have color frames. All is guillotine while the second is a traveler.
instruments terminate in a 125/250-volt, 20 amp, 3-wire Piano 9’ Steinway and smaller upright
twist lock plug, with lug out. All ellipsoidals will take pat- Projection 20’ x 20’ screen. Two 1200w slide
tern holders and holders are available. projectors.
Barn-doors 8 8” Ladders 2 10’-17’ “A” frames with wheels
8 6” Genie lift 1 extends up to 36’
Top-hats 3
Source Four Iris 2 Dance Floor
Telrads 2 Eight sections 4’ x 60’ of Rosco Adaggio vinyl floor.
Total thickness is 1/8”. Because of the length of strips,
Company Switch the floor must be laid out across the stage. It can be used
Located upstage left 120/208 VAC, 3-phase, 400 amps per in depths of 18’, 24’, 30’, or 36’. ROSIN CANNOT BE
leg times 3 positions. USED.
RIGGING
Rigging System Stage Line Positions
Double purchase counterweight Number Distance Description (house hang)
T-bar arbors 1 0’ 8” Main Drape (guillotine)
10’ long (Does not move)
2,100 lb capacity (1,050lb on stage) 2 1’3” Main Drape (traveler)
Operable from the fly rail which is 22’ above SR (Does not move)
Has intercom cue system 3 2’7” Pipe
4 3’3” Pipe
5 3’11” 1st Electric
Counterweight 6 4’7” Pipe
7 5’3” Pipe
469 full bricks (approximately 47 lb each)
8 5’11” Pipe
160 half bricks (approximately 25 lb each)
9 6’7” Pipe
Weight Amounts Full 22,043 lbs 10 7’3” Pipe
Half 4,000 lbs 11 8’0” Pipe
Grand Total 26,043 lbs 12 8’8” Pipe
13 9’3” Pipe
Battens 14 9’11” Pipe
15 10’7” Pipe
5/7-line system 16 11 ’3” 2nd Electric
Battens are 56’, 63’, or 70’ long depending on position. 17 11 ’11” Pipe
Battens are 1 ½ “ trade size schedule 40 black iron pipe. 18 13’3” Pipe
19 13’11” Pipe
Line Sets 20 14’7” Pipe
21 15’3” Pipe
Total number of line sets 45 22 15’11” Pipe
Available for use 41 23 16’7” Pipe
Grid height 66’ 24 17’3” 3rd Electric
25 17’11” Pipe
26 18’7” Pipe
Immovable Linesets 27 19’3” Pipe
#1 Guillotine main drape 28 19’11” Mid-stage traveler
(Does not move)
#2 Traveler main drape
29 20’7” Pipe
#28 Mid Stage Black Traveler
30 21’3” Pipe
#43 Rear Black Traveler 31 22’0” Pipe
32 22’8” Pipe
Soft Goods 33 25’0” Pipe
34 25’8” 4th Electric
Legs 5 sets 18’ wide, 30’ high w/o fullness 35 26’4” 5th Electric
(10 total)
36 27’0” Pipe
Borders 5 105’ wide, 12’ high w/o fullness 37 27’8” Pipe
Travelers 1 70’ wide, 30’ high with some fullness 38 28’4” Pipe
1 56’ wide, 30’high with some fullness 39 29’0” Pipe
Cyclorama 1 70’ wide, 30’ high, light blue seamless 40 29’8” Pipe
Scrim 1 70’ wide, 30’ high, black, seamless 41 30’4” Pipe
42 31’0” Pipe
43 31’8” US traveler
Note: All drapes are black velour. Fullness may be tied in.*All soft (Does not move)
goods are removable except the travelers and main drapes. They will 44 32’4” Pipe
remain on their designated line sets. 45 33’0” Pipe