So after a discussion with the Teacher in charge, she said that we have no budget for the coffee
house, which of course means no money to spend on rental Equipment. Nevertheless, I will tell you how much it was going to be with a discount for all the equipment for the show for lighting.
The
stage I was planning to have probably a 10' deep X 15' wide. Might be overkill but meh, Bigger is always better!
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Hi Kevin,
I tend to agree with Marshall, and would have gone with a smaller "more intimate"
system.
Something along the lines of 2 or 4 total units from diagonal front (either 1 a side, or 2 per side, one a near shot, the other a far shot, depending on how large your performance area is), and 1 or 2 for Back/ Top light.
And rather than a 13' lift, you could get away with a couple of tripod stands with T-bars in front, and 1 for the Back/Top.
The use of Top/Back light allows you to put the performers in silhouette, which really helps them pop out from the background. I would also have gone with either the
Colorado 1 Tri tour, or the
COLORDash Par Hex 12 or
Quad 18. These units have a nice wide
beam angle, so can be a little closer to your
stage (nice for setting on a tree in a cafeteria), and a very wide color
pallet. Also, the available dimming curves make sure that you can do nice slow transitions (which can be very nice in an intimate performance
venue). Also, all of the units have
power linking. So you would only need 1
Edison outlet for each stand, and the entire rig can run off of 1 or 2 15amp circuits.
This makes it fast to setup, even for a relatively inexperienced crew (of 1 or 2 people), and less complicated to program. Even so, there are plenty of color options, and a lot of opportunity for your
lighting designer to experiment.