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Thank you for your interest in the historic Herbst Theatre. The
following technical information may assist you in planning your
production. Our goal is a complete and total professional commitment
to your event.
Please call John Bott, Stage Manager/House Electrician with any
questions or to make an appointment to see the theatre. John can
be reached by phone at (415) 554-6345 or by E-mail at John.Bott@sfgov.org.
Technical Information Overview
- General Overview
- Labor Information
- Load-in Information
- Production Parking
- Electrical Information
- Sound Equipment
- Projection Equipment
Technical Information Overview
- The Herbst is a proscenium theatre with an orchestra pit lift which
acts as a stage thrust when in its raised position.
- The fly system has 42 pipes on 6" centers.
- There is a complete set of black velour legs and borders.
- There is a "company" telephone available, (415)
554-6349, where theatre licensees can be reached backstage.
- Necessary expendables (e.g. tie line, gaffers tape, gels for
lights, etc.) can be made available to you at our cost.
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Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
(IATSE), Local 16, are responsible for performing all labor. The
theatre does not hire "casual help".
In planning your production day(s), please be aware of the following
working conditions:
- The heads of departments work in 8-hour minimums.
- The stage crew works a 4 hour minimum; 5 hour minimum if it
is the only call of the day.
- There is a 5-hour maximum time period between meal breaks.
- The "Show call" is a minimum of 4 hours.
Any other conditions will be addressed as needed for your production.
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- The Herbst Theatre is located in the center of the Veterans Building
and has public hallways on all sides.
- Events "load-in" to the theatre through the up-center-stage loading doors,
which lead through the back wall of the theatre from the west corridor of the building.
- Items to be loaded into the Herbst Theatre enter the building from the
"Horseshoe" driveway via the southwest doors of the Veterans Building.
- There is no loading dock, so any trucks used to deliver items to
the theatre should have a liftgate or ramp.
- There are two standard sized double-doors that items must pass through to reach the theatre.
The size of items to be loaded-in is limited by the dimensions of these doors. Please see the
Stage Electrician for details.
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- Parking on War Memorial grounds is by permit only.
- Short-term parking in the "Horseshoe" driveway is allowed for loading and unloading.
- Two parking permits are available to Herbst licensees after 5:00pm and on weekends.
No additional parking is available on the premises.
- Unauthorized or improperly parked vehicles are subject to tow.
- There are several public parking lots available in the vicinity.
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The Herbst Theatre maintains a complete theatrical lighting system
with computer control in the auditorium, which consists of:
- 192 20-amp Colortran ENR series DMX-512 dimmers, 165 of these are available for shows.
- 4 permanent electric borders with plug strips for 13 circuits per pipe.
- A 175-amp Company Switch up-stage-left with camlock connectors.
- 4 20-amp circuits available for on-stage use.
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- The Herbst Theatre has a complete sound system, using L-Acoustics' KUDO Line Array
Speaker System
- There is a Yamaha M7CL 48 channel mixing console in the auditorium.
- We maintain a large inventory of rentable sound equipment.
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- The theatre has a 15' x 20' rear projection screen, and a 19' x 25' front of house projection screen.
- A Sanyo 5K LCD video projector is available for rental.
- Additional film projection or video equipment is available through outside vendors.
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