Theatre Information - California Theatre

California Theatre of Performing Arts
562 West 4th Street P.O. Box 270
San Bernardino, California 92402-0270
(909-885-5152) Fax (909-885-8572)

General Information and Contact:
The historic California Theatre is a 1,718seat auditorium built in 1928 as a vaudeville movie palace. Currently the theatre hosts a wide range of performance types including legitimate theatre, musicals, plays, symphony celebrity headliners, concerts, children theatre, ballet, recitals, fashion shows, corporate seminars, graduation exercises and naturalization ceremonies. It serves a population of 26 million people in a 30-mile radius, which includes 448,000 households with an average annual earning of $40,000 plus. The Theatre has gone through numerous renovations to upgrade both patron comfort and production capabilities.

Owner: City of San Bernardino, Economic Development  
Manager: Theatre Arts International
  Joseph Henson, Allen Evenson
P.O Box 270
San Bernardino, California 92402-0270
(909) 885-5152 Fax: (909) 885-8672



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Technical Director:
Fire Permits:
Public Works:
Box Office:
Ticket Master:
(909) 885-5152
(909) 384-5388
(909) 799-2870
(909) 885-5152
(714) 740-2000

Technical Information:
Carpentry:
Proscenium Opening Width 52”0” Height 25’-0”
Depth of stage from curtain line (back of smoke pocket) to back wall 28’0”
Distance from smoke pocket to orchestra pit 3’6”
Dimension of off stage space (measured from center line) Stage left: 44’0”
Stage right: 35’0
Height of grid from stage floor: 60’0”
Number of line sets 40
Type of grid: Wooden
Distance between lines: Varies from 6” to 9”
Distance from back wall to last line set 6”
Rigging is a counter weight system single purchase, T-track
Pin rail is located on the stage floor, stage right
Arbor capacity: Varies 750 lbs - 1,200 lbs
Batten length Varies 47’0” to 57’0”
There are 5 hard-wired house electric pipes.
(These electrics can be stripped from these pipes and swung into other line sets
that are near their assigned pipe and soft goods can be hung on the pipes.)
Stage Floor: Sprung wooden deck of high density Particle Board
Lagging into deck: can lag into the deck, as long as it is plugged at load out
Stage has one 28’0” man lift
House Curtain is red velour and is guillotine type
House has 4 sets of black legs and 4 borders
Borders: 4 10’0” x 52’0”
Legs: 3 sets 28’-“ x 13’0” and 1 set 29’0” x 15’0”
House has one black velour panel curtain 27’0” x 50’0”

Carpentry (Continued)
House has one black velour “sparkle drop” 32” 9” x 54’ 0”
The only on-stage obstructions are bridges that run up and down stage at 24’0”
above the stage floor and 30’0”. The orchestra Pit is permanent
The stage right end of the orchestra pit contains the permanent console for a
Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ

Loading:
Loading door is located upstage left
Loading door is not stage level; it is 1’6” above the stage level
Theatre has a ramp to roll equipment to stage level
Loading door dimensions are 9’3” wide x 9’7” high
There is no loading dock

Electrics:
Recently installed and upgraded electrical service includes:
Two independent 400 amp “Company switch” hook-ups.
These are located stage level, off stage right.
House lighting systems includes 132 dimmers- (120) 2.4K and (12) 6.0K
Computer control: ETC Concept: ETC Vision with 96 channels
Whole Hog 1000
“Director” Backstage – 24 x 2 manual with hard “pin” matrix
House lighting system control board: located at the rear of the orchestra seating
section and at stage manager station.
House dimmers: located backstage, SR on the 3
rd floor
Spot lights: Located rear balcony booth 3 Strong 1200W HMI
Lighting equipment inventory – see plot
Head set: 2 channel “Clear Com”

Front of House Positions:
There are no anti-proscenium lighting positions
Balcony rail position to stage apron: 45’
#1 Box Boom position to stage apron: 35’
#2 Box Boom position to stage apron: 45’

Dressing Rooms:
The dressing rooms are located SR up a set of stairs. There is also a dressing room
at the stage level SL.
Electrical Equipment Inventory

Lighting Specifications:
Dimmers: 132 (120 – 2.4k, 12 – 6K)
Service: 2 independent 400 amp 3 phase/5 wire “Company Switch” hookups
at stage level, off stage right – Cam lock access
Computer: ETC 48/96 and Whole Hog 1000
Control: Backstage 24 x 2 manual w/ hard “pin” matrix

Sound Specifications:

Sound System Inventory:

Speakers: 4 JBL SR-X series, (mains) 2 x 15” left, 1 x 2 HF Bi-amped
4 JBL SR-X series, (front fill, balcony fill) 12” x 2” passive
4 JBL MP series 15” x 1” stage monitor passive
2 Subwoofer cabinets
3 JBL Control series under balcony speaker system
2 Galaxy Audio “Hot Spot” monitors45

Amplification:
OSC – CX, PLX, MX series

Front of House:
1 Allen & Heath ML 3000 VCA console
1 dbx Drive Rack 480 system
2 dbx 2231 dual 31 band graphic EQ
2 dbx 166XL 2-channel compressor / limiter
1 dbx 1064 quad gate
2 Lexicon MPX 500 digital stereo reverb / effects

Microphones:
4 Shure SM 58’s
6 Shure SM 57’s
1 Shure Beta 52
4 Audio-Technica Pro37R
24 UHF Sony wireless with Countryman B3 mics

System capacities:
40 Lines to FOH
12 Returns from FOH
3 Dry lines from FOH to spot booth
4 Monitoring mix capability from FOH
- LCR routing
- No center cluster, however points are available
- Discrete subwoofer control

Miscellaneous:
1 Backstage paging / program feed (70v system) with speakers in dressing
room area (can also be routed to other locations)
1 Telex VHF hearing assist system

# Distance Arbor Pipe Lgth
1 1'4" 7 52'-0" House Main Rag DEAD HUNG Black Legs
2 2'3" 7 56'-0" Border A-56x8) @ 26'-0"
3 3'0" 12+2 51'-1" #1 Electric
4 3'9" 12 48'-6"
5 4'6" 7 46'-6"
6 5'0" 10 54'-0"
7 5'6" 10 50'-3"
8 6'6" 10 52'-0"
9 7'3" 12 57'-8" Leg (A -13x28)@ 40'
10 7'10" 10 52'-0" Border (B-56x8)
11 8'6" 8 48'-0"
12 9'0" 12 51'-1" #2 Electric
13 9'6" 7 52'-7"
14 10'0" 10 46'-0"
15 10'9" 7 51'-8"
16 11'6" 7 54'-7"
17 12'0" 7 55'-0" Leg (B -13x28)@ 40'
18 12'6" 10 52'-1" Border (C-52x8)
19 13'0" 7 46'-0"
20 13'6" 10 51'-1" #3 Electric
21 14'-0" 7 46'-0"
22 14'-6" 10 51'-6"
23 15'-3" 8 51'-7"
24 15'-9" 10 53'-3"
25 16'-3" 10 58'-9" Leg (C -13x28)@ 40'
26 17'-0" 10 46'-6" Black Panel 50x27
27 17'-9" 10 54'-3"
28 18'-6" 10 51'-1" #4 Electric
29 19'-4" 7 47'-5"
30 20'-1" 7 56'-8"
31 20'-10" 8 57'-6" Leg (D- 15x30) @ 40'
32 21'-7" 7 57'-7" Border (D-52X8)
33 22'-4" 10 51'-1" #5 Electric
34 23'-0" 10 55'-8"
35 23'-9" 7 59'-4"
36 24'-6" 7 46'-3"
37 25'-3" 7 57'-8"
38 26'-0" 7 58'-2" Blue Cyc
39 26'-9" 7 52'-8" Black Sparkle W/Tabs
40 27'-3" 10 46'-2" (Hard Portal Header)

 

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