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Our StaffJohn I. Patches - Executive Director Mary Addison - Ticket Services Director All staff members may be reached by telephone @ (207) 581-1805. The telephone number for the backstage production office is (207) 581-1759. Regular business hours are from 8 am to 4:30 pm (eastern time). Hours extend beyond 4:30 pm on event days.
Cafe MCAIn cooperation with the University of Maine Dining Services, the MCA is pleased to offer refreshment concessions during performaces. The following is a sample of the offerings. Assorted Cookies, Assorted Chocolates, Ruggalach and Biscotti, Wine and Beer (For patrons 21 and over - ID required), Bottled Water, Regular and Flavored Coffees and Assorted Teas. The Cafe is open 60 minutes before the performances and during intermission. Backstage
The Concert hall has two basic configurations to accommodate the variety of events presented: The theatre/dance configuration and the orchestral configuration.
Theatre/DanceThe Stage of the concert hall was designed without a traditional hard proscenium; a false proscenium is created by retracting the traveling main curtain and closing the traveling grand teaser. A typical opening is 42'x19-6". It is recommended that, because of the breadth of the seating layout, openings less than 40' be avoided to prevent sight line problems. In the theatre/dance mode, the stage uses four additional sets of borders (60x60) without fullness, one border (60x40) with fullness, and two sets of legs (28x28). Upstage of the main curtain are twelve motorized line sets which are detailed in the enclosed rigging schedule. All soft goods are black velour. All travelers, including the grand teaser, are pleated; however, the additional stage masking except as noted is without fullness.Orchestral/ConcertThe orchestral concert configuration retracts all draperies fully offstage and trims all motorized line sets at working grid height (28'). An orchestral enclosure is assembled by hinging four large walls, two per side, on-stage until they meet n a straight line, where they anchor to the floor. These barrel-contoured walls are hinged at their upstage or down stage corner respectively, and are contoured to match the permanent upstage wall.The orchestral ceiling is a steel box truss, hinged across the top of the upstage wall and hoisted by five pickups from a 7,500 lb. fail-safe dead haul winch. Suspended from the truss are eleven circular sound reflectors, designed to reflect sound back down onto the stage. These sound reflectors, match those suspended over the stage apron and pit-lift. Dimmable orchestral lighting, controlled from the house light panel, is mounted within the truss. The total enclosure, accessible through entry doors in each down stage wall section, measures 23' high by 41' deep (with pit-lift at stage level) and rakes on-stage from a maximum 70' breadth at the down stage wall to 46'-8" at the upstage wall. In the orchestral concert mode, the walls and ceiling prohibit the use of any traveling draperies or overhead rigging. Contact UsMaine Center for the Arts |
