That's a very general statement that we cannot work off of. When it comes to rigging, the only person who can really figure out what you need is a rigger who has done an on-site inspection. As for lighting, we would need to know a lot more about what you have, what works, what doesn't, what you need, what you want, what you'd be using it for (not what you'd
want to use it for, but what you'd
actually be using it for). We can make lists for you of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of products that are cool and could benefit your
theatre, but it does you no good unless we can make connections between what problems your trying to fix and possible solutions for those problems.
You speak as if you already have a tight handle on the situation, but there are three things that make an idea a real project:
1) There is one person who is in charge of it of whose authority (in relation to the project) supersedes that of anyone else involved. (hint: this is not you)
2) It has a budget -- somewhere there is an actual
line item on a financial document that says how much money is available for the project.
3) There's a deadline.
The first pretty important question is what oversight is there of this? Is this just a thing you're trying to do on your own or has a district administrator asked you your opinion? Do you already report to someone about this or are you just doing research with the hopes you'll be able to make
some argument to
some person that will result in lots of money suddenly getting dumped into the
theatre?
Who's the person at the top of the food chain for this idea -- the person who either gives it a green light or tells you there's no money for it, and have you spoken to them about this at all?