Smith Center Facilities Tour
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Lobby and Concessions
The lobby and the concessions area are located just inside the main doors and serve the Jackson and NUMMI Theatres. The concession booth is generally open for each performance and is equipped with microwave, sink and refrigerator. Rest rooms are located at the east end of the lobby. The box office has an wheelchair accessible window inside the lobby as well.
Tour Lobby, Resource Library, Faculty/Staff Offices, Concessions, Amphitheatre, and Art Gallery of the Smith Center with Chris Guptill, former Director of the Entertainment Design & Technology program:
G. Craig Jackson Theatre
The Jackson Theatre is a 405 seat proscenium style theatre, set up for music as well as theatrical performance. The space is engineered to have variable acoustics to compliment the reverberation needed for orchestras and choirs to zero reverberation for standard theatrical presentations. It has a orchestra pit which can be mechanically raised and lower, doubling as a freight elevator to the storage below. It has a full fly system and a trapped floor. The proscenium is flanked by open box boom positions, and there are three catwalks over the audience. The control rooms are centered in the rear of the audience envelope with followspot positions in a booth above. The proscenium has an adjustable opening. For further technical information about the booth, see Jackson Control Booth.
Jackson Control Booth
This large control room sits just behind the back row of the auditorium. The sound window opens fully for the sound operator. The sound board is a Yamaha with 30 ins ands 8 outs. There is a wireless system available for the hearing impaired. The booth also controls the video imputs and outputs for the theatres, so any space can be patched into any space for sound, video or both. the lighting board is and ETC expression with 280 circuits , one per dimmer. The followspot booth is directly overhead.
Tour Jackson Theatre:
NUMMI Theatre
The NUMMI Theatre is named after our local car manufacturing firm and their generous donation to the arts. The space is a traditional black box space with flexible seating risers for up to 220 audience members. It has overhead catwalks for lighting and sound work. The room has a electrically controlled window for natural light for classes or lectures, and large loading doors that access the shop. Further technical information about the booth is listed below.
NUMMI Control Room
The lighting is controlled by and ETC Expression board with 160 circuits in the space. The sound is controlled by a Yamaha board with 26 ins and 6 outs... There is a midi workstation located in the oversized booth for advanced student research. the access to the catwalks is through the booth, and the dimmers are located here also.
Tour NUMMI Theatre:
Franklin L. Louie D.D.S. and Jean Meager Louie Art Gallery
In an effort to increase the lobby space and add a focal point to the front of the building an art gallery was incorporated into the Smith Center building. The gallery is usually open during public performances, and the art displayed there is changed periodically. Visit the Louie-Meager Art Gallery website for contact information and the current Exhibit Schedule.
Amphitheatre
This is an open air theatre that backs up to the main building and the Lam Plaza. With an expansive view of the bay, a concrete stage measuring 50 feet by 80 feet has a sunken orchestra pit. The raked seating area has grass levels. The college now owns a winched truss system for on-stage lighting needs. The lighting circuits are controlled from a side balcony with its own dedicated ETC board. There are 200 circuits throughout the outdoor space including the plaza.
Lam Plaza
This open air plaza is named after LAM, INC. for their generous donation to the arts. The plaza extends from the box office to the outdoor amphitheatre and has been the site for several outdoor gatherings.
Box Office
The Box Office is located on the Lam Plaza directly outside of the main entrance to the theatres. Visit the Smith Center Box Office page for ticket information.
Alicia Marsella Green Room
Alicia Marsella Green Room is named after our long time supporter, actress-at- large, and current President of the Theatre Patrons Association. The Green Room is the waiting room for performers to relax prior to going on stage. With a fully equipped kitchen for quick snacks and the occasional party, the Green Room has also become a campus wide gathering space.
Tour the Green Room and Costume Shop:
Norman H. Kirschbaum Costume Shop
Norman H. Kirschbaum Costume Shop is named for our long time friend of the department and community, Norman H. Kirschbaum. Norman worked out of regular classrooms, attics, and closets for the 17 years in his role as Theatre Director, costume designer and director. This room is an expansive light filled well equipped space. There are separate spaces for laundry, wigmaking, a painting and dying room, and costumer's office. We would like to thank Barbara Cox for her valuable input on the design of this space.
The Scene Shop
The Scene Shop is truly a state-of-the-art carpenter's dream. With winched paint frame, compressed air, welding facilities, separate shop office space, and an open work floor almost the size of the old Studio 22, the shop has everything. Other equipment includes a wooden floor, skylights, electric hoist and track system, vented spray paint booth and sawdust vacuum system. Overlooking the shop is the second floor design room with ten drafting tables a blue print machine, and light table. The shop is modeled after the UCLA scenic shop.
Tour the Scene Shop:
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Basement
Basement is a large trap room below the main stage. There are two large storage rooms for costumes and furniture. The are two 22 station makeup rooms with adjoining restrooms and showers. Mechanical rooms, dimmer rooms, access hallways to the orchestra pit, and exits complete this area.
Star Dressing Rooms
There are two identical star dressing rooms on the main level adjacent to the Green Rooms and stage. These spaces have their own restroom, showers and storage. There are four makeup stations in each room.
Dance Studio
This is a free standing structure located across the Lam Plaza from the main building. It is equipped to be a mirrored performance space with its own dressing rooms, showers, lighting and sound control boards, full pipe grid, curtains and flexible seating risers. Its current use is for the dance instruction program.
ONTV Television Studios
Visit the Film & Television Broadcasting website.
KOHL Radio Station
Visit Radio Broadcasting and the KOHL Radio website.
Administrative Offices
These offices house the Fine Arts, Business, and Communication Division administration, Smith Center operations staff, and the Box Office. There is a reception area, mail/copy and coat room.
Faculty Offices
Faculty offices are on the second level and there is also a resource library with over 4000 listed scripts, records, and theatre programs.
