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Goodspeed Opera House
Aréna
The theater in the Victorian-style Goodspeed Opera House is located on the fourth
floor of the tallest wooden structure on the Connecticut River, and was constructed in
1876. A new stage was built over the original and incorporates what were formerly audience
boxes into the downstage left and right areas. The boxes now serve as actor entrances
below and lighting positions above.
The stage is raked 3/16" to the foot
and has three permanent motorized winch tracks, in-one, in-two, and in-three. The in-one
and in-two tracks are generally split on center to provide independent left and right
tracks, while the in-three is rigged to travel full-stage. All three configurations have
some flexibility and all winches are independent variable-speed DC drives, controlled from
various positions in the wings.
The grid at the Goodspeed Opera House
consists of 2" x 7" microlam joists installed in January 1995, which resemble
the original wooden beams. Drops are flown using 6" diameter roll tubes and traveler
track is used extensively to move sliders, drapes, and other scenery. Electrics and hard
scenic masking are flown using block and falls and are dead hung below the grid; all
flying units and drops are custom rigged for each production.
