About Theatre 4
Theatre 4 offers the community opportunities for risk and exploration in a supportive and accessible environment. Take advantage of the affordable rates and additional benefits to produce your own work. Theatre 4 is a great place to develop new works and increase audience exposure to developing companies.

Theatre 4 also holds potential for teachers and students to collaborate throughout the entire theatre production process. The professional quality lighting and sound system offers designers ample space to hone their skills while working in an intimate and creative space. Explore the possibilities of the creative and intimate environment, while working with professional quality technical system.

It is open to all disciplines of art and available to non-profit arts organizations and individual artists who wish to develop, teach, and/or perform their creative products, in a supportive and professional environment. Works ranging from one-person shows, school showcases, public readings, and full cast productions have and can be produced in Theatre 4.

Size/Benefits    

• 75 Seat Proscenium style theatre
• Dimensions: 28' 5" x 56'
• Ticket counter/concessions area
• Separate lobby area
• Tech booth with window overlooking the house/stage area
• Backstage area with separate performer entrance
• Separate dressing room area
• Separate storage area
• Online ticketing services
• Technical consultations

Lights

• 1 NSI 8 channel two scene preset board for house lights and specials
  
• 1 NSI 24 channel two scene preset board for stage lights (one light per channel)
  
• 8 NSI DDS5600 4 channel dimmer packs 1200 watts per channel- 2400 watts per dimmer
  
• 6 ETC Source 4 50° Ellipsoidal spotlights
  
• 6 Strand Lighting 2200 series 6 x 9 Leko Ellipsoidal spotlights
  
• 4 CCT mini-zoom Ellipsoidal spotlights
  
• 8 Altman Stage Lighting 65Q ? 6" Fresnel spotlights

Sound   

• 1 Mackey 16 channel mixing board
  
• 2 CD/Cassette players
  
• 1 Mini Disk player
  
• 2 Amplifiers
  
• 4 JBL Speakers

  Also available to renters: Barn doors, color frames, extension cables, two-fers, pattern holders.

Reading Rates   

• $15 per hour

Rate includes use of stage lights (basic house rep plot - lights up and down only - no cues), and seating risers. Limited use of basic sound equipment is available upon request. Reading rate requires a four hour minimum rental. A tour of the facilities is required prior to booking.

Performance Rates   

• Basic performance rate: $145
• Load-in, Non-technical rehearsals: $10 per hour
• Technical rehearsals: $15 per hour
• Equipment support/maintenance fee: $25 per performance ($50 max. per weekend)

Rate includes complete use of stage lighting and sound equipment. A tour of the facilities is required prior to booking. TPS will need to meet any technical personnel prior to allowing them access to light/sound equipment. TPS may require the presence of our Technical Director during load-in and technical rehearsals. Technical Director time will be billed at $15 per hour.

Ticket Window    
Theatre 4 is an official Ticket Window venue. Ticket sales through Ticket Window can be made via phone, internet, fax, and walk-up outlets located throughout the Seattle area. As an added bonus to renters, Ticket Window will provide on-line ticketing free of producer charges for all events in the Threatre4 venue.

Location   

Theatre 4 is on the Seattle Center campus - on the fourth floor of the Center House.

• Street Map which shows Interstate 5 and Hwy 99
• Basic Seattle Center map
• Complete information including public transportation, parking, etc. available at the Seattle Center Website
  

Rehearsal Tape   

Since Theatre4 is primarily a performance space, taping is allowed only with prior notice and under the following circumstances:

• "indicate" rather than "outline" the entire stage area
• use ½" stage tape only
• Remove the tape on your last day (or, if noted, before the next performance in the space,) and be very careful when doing so. TPS has a special tool available to help keep the tape from pulling up the paint on the floor.

How to rent Theatre 4?     

Contact:
Theatre Puget Sound
Phone: 206-770-0370
Email:studio4@tpsonline.org.

See images from past productions

Theatre Puget Sound generously thanks the donors that make Theatre 4 possible.

In addition to the on-going support and assistance from Seattle Center, Theatre 4 is generously supported by the Paul Allen Foundation for the Arts.

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