Was out on a
site survey at a high school/jr. high school combination from 1950' today. They do plays and even musicals on the
stage - but seemingly seperate programs in doing such things. Junior HS was added to the school in consolidating. The
Gymatorium with origional vinyl
drapes had a 70' wide
stage but only about 20' deep. No off
stage rooms accessable directly from the
stage, but there was
stage left access from an off
stage doorway seperate from the Gym to a hallway with adjacent classrooms. Somewhat typical Gymatorum design from the 20's
thru the late 50's, if not good for such a class of them I have seen. But wow that 70' wide
stage with the un-used drapery legs following a remodel on the same
track as the boarders so they could not downsize the width. Bars hanging the boarders (installed backwards) were for some reason moved in pipe to rigging from the full
stage leg tracks. Literally used some of the carriers from the legs to mount the pipe for the boarders in many cases. Love visiting theaters and seeing what's been done or interesting stuff as opposed to mostly flying a
desk at work, even if a 2+ hour drive each way.
Lighting inventory:
-2x banks of 3 or 4
circuit (all white) strip lights above the
stage. At some
point in the last 40 years the strip lights were serviced given the BX (AC)
conduit feeding them I think. Controlled by some fairly new
circuit breaker relay switches in a modified
breaker panel on
stage right set into a larger hole with some old brass or bronze plates covering the rest of the hole.
-Loaned/rented for shows for in gym front lighting, some DJ
truss booms with
par cans.
-Six sets three bracket each
wing mounted side arm swivels for mounting some form of probably
incandescent PC fixtrue. Long gone. Love at least seeing the brackets still there even if
fixture and assembly long gone. Can still see what the concept was.
At least two small floor pockets perminantly sealed by a thick layer of
polyurethane needed for the shuffleboard
grid printed on the
stage.
And the second floor door above
stage right with a ladder going up to it. Director of the theater had appairently never looked into what was behind that door. Was curious why there was a door to a sort of closet up there above the
stage? He took pictures of the years old grafitti on the inside of the door. QOTD... why a room above
stage right?