Mainstage

 

 
Rental Rates
Rental Rate
$6,500.00 per day (add $1,000 for two shows)
Non-Profits: 20% off
Included in Rental Rate! 
Existing sound system, lighting and follow spots. Masking draperies. Acoustical shell. Orchestra chairs, music stands, tables and chairs pending availability. Event management. Security staff. Ushers. Cleaning. Access to dressing rooms. Fully stocked cash bar with bartenders and café area for use by patrons during event.
 
Additional expenses may apply. No overtime hours for staff are included.  
Additional Expenses Added to Rental Rate
Stagehands to operate all Grand equipment. Labor for load-in/out.
$25/hour per person from 4-8 hours (4 hours minimum)
$37.50/hour per person over 8 hours
Wireless Microphones
$35 per channel (8 channels available)
Piano Rental & One Tuning
Steinway 9’ Concert Grand - $420
Baldwin 7’ Baby Grand - $370
Upright Piano - $100 (no tuning)
Additional Production Equipment
As determined by Technical Director
Please visit our website (www.thegrandwilmington.org) to view our full technical specifications.
Vendors
$20 per vendor
Ticketing
The Grand prints and sells tickets with a $3 service charge added onto each ticket price of $15.00 or higher; $1 service charge if ticket price is $14.99 or less.
APPLICATION PROCESS
  • 1st :   Email event description and requested dates to Melissa at mlazopoulos@grandopera.org.
  • 2nd:   Expect follow-up call and/or email from Operations Manager.
  • 3rd:   Complete questionnaire and return it via fax to 302.652.5346. 
  • 4th:   Setup meeting with Operations Manager to sign contract.
  • 5th:   Submit non-refundable deposit 1 week after signed contract.
  • 6th:   Submit final payment 2 weeks prior to event.

Lighting Controls

  • ETC Expression 3
  • House light control from booth and stage.
  • 382 dimmers (2.4KW)
  • Stage and F.O.H. electrical circuits available on request.

Power Available

Stage:

  • 3 company switches -upstage left.
  • Each panel -400 amps. per leg -3 phase w/ neutral.
  • Sound hook-up with isolated ground.
  • Bus shore power available
  • 1-40 amp 208 volt supply

Booth:

  • 2 switches, 3 phase, 100 amps. per leg

Lighting Accessories

  • All pipe battens are @ 55 ft. long
  • 5 standard electrics onstage, 30 circuits/electric
  • 5 drop boxes each side, 6 circuits per box
  • 4 light ladders, 4 rungs each, 6 ft. high x 3 ft. wide to hang from batten pipes.
  • 8 booms at 16 ft. 1 1/2" I.D.
  • 8 booms at 10 ft. 1 1/2" I.D.
  • 8 -50 lb. boombases
  • 80 sidearms with C-clamps and single T-?ttings

Front of House Instrumentation

  • Ceiling Catwalk Cove 52 -10° Source Four.
  • Balcony Box Booms -1st and 2nd positions, left and right each side has 6 -10° Source of Four.
  • 3rd position left and right has 2 -10° Source Four and 2 -6" x 12" (axial Strand Century for curtain warmers only.)

Followspots

  • 2 -Strong Xenon Super Troopers, 1600 watts, with 6 color boomerangs.
  • Followspot booth located center rear of balcony.

Lighting Inventory

  • 8 -50° Source 4 575W
  • 52 -36° Source 4 575W
  • 91 -26° Source 4 575W
  • 40 -19° Source 4 575W
  • 80 -10° Source 4 575W *permanently hung F.O.H.*
  • 20 -6" Fresnel 750W Strand Century
  • 30 -8" Fresnel 1500W Strand Century
  • 20 -10" Fresnel 2000W Colortran
  • 60 -Source 4 Pars 575W w/ all lens con?guration
  • 60 -Par 64 1000W w/ large lamp inventory
  • 7 -Overhead 3-circuit Kleigl T-3 strips 500 w/cell, 3 cells/circuit
  • 7 -Groundrow 3-circuit Kleigl T-3 strips 500 w/cell, 3 cells/circuit
  • 2 -Mini-10's 1000W
  • 4 -Par 20's 150W
  • 2 -3" Fresnel 150W

Lamp Accessories

  • 30 -Drop-in Iris'
  • 60 -Pattern
  • 20 -Top Hats for 19°, 26°, 36°, 50° 15 -6" Top Hats
  • 20 -6" Barn Doors
  • 20 -Par 64 Barn Doors
  • 10 -8" Top Hats
  • 20 -8" Fresnel Barn Doors
  • 16 -10" Fresnel Barn Doors
  • Gel frames for all lamps

Soft Goods

  • 6 sets black velour legs 25 ft. high x 12 ft. wide
  • 6 borders black velour 6 ft. high x 55 ft. wide
  • 2 sets black velour travelers 25 ft. high x 55 ft. wide
  • 1 black sharkstooth scrim 28 ft. high x 55 ft. long
  • 1 white ?lled scrim 28 ft. high x 55 ft. long
  • 1 white bounce 25 ft. high x 55 ft. long
  • House curtain -travels on 2nd line set, Grand Teaser hung on 1st pipe set

Orchestra Shell (Reflective Panel)

  • Side: 8 hard legs 6 ft. wide x 27 ft. high, black velour one side, off-white canvas other
  • Overhead: 4 panels hinged to pitch, white canvas covered, hung from standard set
  • pipes and line tabs. With orchestra shell in place maximum dimension is 45 ft. wide x 40 ft. deep.

Dressing Facilities

  • 2 large choral dressing rooms
  • 1 smaller dressing room
  • 2 star dressing rooms with toilet and shower facilities
  • 1 Green Room equipped with table, chairs, refrigerator and deep sink
  • 1 production office with direct phone, wired/wireless internet
  • Shower and toilet facilities adjacent to all of above
  • Each dressing room and hallways equipped with program feed and paging.
  • Washer, dryer, steamers, irons, and ironing boards available.

Stage Dimensions

  • Depth -43 ft. from apron to upstage wall (this includes a 12 ft. deep thrust, elevator lift to from orchestra pit)
  • Width -70 ft.
  • 30 ft. from curtain to upstage wall
  • Proscenium Arch opening 38 ft. wide x 25 ft. high
  • Added Wing Space:
    a 14' wide by 22' high door centered on the mainstage left wall, opens to a 14' by 32' area (which is centered on the door as well) with an additional 7' by 10' hydraulic lift from street to stage level

35mm Movie Projector

  • 1 Simplex E-7's with 1600 watt Xenon lamp

Audio Equipment

  • Microphones & Direct Boxes
  • Console
    Soundcraft K2, 40 inputs, 8 GRP, 8 AUX, LR/Mono. Located in the back of the balcony in a booth with a large sliding window.
  • Allen & Heath ML5000 [FOH/MON] 40 inputs, 8 VCA, 8 GRP, 16 AUX, LCR (available for additional fee)
  • Mackie 1642, 16 inputs, 4 GRP, 4 AUX, L/R

FX / Processing

  • 1 TC Electronics D2 digital delay
  • 1 Symetrix 606 digital delay
  • 1 Yamaha SPX 90 digital FX unit
  • 1 Klark-Teknik DN410 dual 5 band parametric EQ
  • 1 Lexicon PCM 91 Reverb
  • 2 Yamaha SPX 990 digital FX units
  • 2 Drawmer DS404 four channel gates
  • 4 Drawmer DL251 dual comp/limiters
  • Klark-Teknik DN360 equalizers & JBL DSC 260 digital controllers on house systems

Playback and Recording

  • 1 Denon DNT 620 CD player/cassette player/recorder
  • 1 Tascam DA302 dual DAT deck
  • 1 Tascam 302 dual cassette deck
  • 1 1-Tascam CDR900 CD player/recorder
  • 1 Tascam MD 301 MKII mini disk player/recorder
  • 1 Numark CDN25 dual CD player
  • 1 Otari MX50/50 BII 1/2 track 1/4" reel-to-reel

Amplification

  • JBL Pro MPA 1100 & 750 [house speakers]
  • Carver PM 1.5 & QSC RMX2450 [stage monitors]

Speakers

  • Flown center cluster 3 -JBL Venue Series 3215-6 [3 way system, 15"/10"/1.5"]
  • Left/Right stackers, 2 per side JBL Venue Series 3218-6 [3 way system, 18"/10"/1.5"]
  • with 2 Community VLF218 subwoofers per side
  • Speakers can be assigned as stereo left/right with mono cluster center

Stage monitors

  • 2 Bose 402 full range speakers
  • 4 Bose 802 full range speakers
  • 2 Community RS 327i [15"/2"/1"]
  • 6 Community M12 [12'/2']
  • 17 EV T221M monitors [12" / 2" -biamped] (available at additional fee)

Intercom / Paging Systems

  • 2 channel Clear-Com system with 4 wireless belt packs assigned to Ch.B. Headset
  • stations are located throughout all performance and production areas. Paging and
  • program feed to all dressing rooms and production areas.

Assistive Listening System

  • FM program transmission to receivers with headset transducers

Stage Floor

  • The deck is a resilient wood floor. Because of its basket weave support, we do not allow any nails, lags or screws into the surface.
  • We have a Marley vinyl dance floor: 5 rolls, 6 ft. wide to cover 38 ft. acting area. Black one side, white on the other.

Other

Contacts

Melissa Lazopoulos
  • Operations Manager

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