{"id":161,"date":"2017-10-10T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T17:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:18:09","slug":"technical-comparisons-of-performance-facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/facilities\/technical-comparisons-of-performance-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical Comparisons of Performance Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montclair State’s performance facilities vary in seating capacity, technical features and participant amenities. For additional technical information and diagrams, contact the Director of Performance Facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
FEATURES<\/th>\nKASSER
\nTHEATER<\/th>\n		MEMORIAL
\nAUDITORUM<\/th>\n		L. HOWARD
\nFOX THEATRE<\/th>\n		MSU DANCE
\nTHEATRE<\/th>\n		AMPHITHEATER<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Facility most suited for…<\/th>\nALL – drama, dance, musical theatre, choral, orchestra, chamber<\/td>\nALL<\/td>\nDrama,
\nmusical theatre<\/td>\n		Dance<\/td>\nOpen air productions, public gatherings, low-tech productions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capacity<\/th>\n499<\/td>\n946<\/td>\n100-180<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stage type \/ dimensions<\/th>\nProscenium, 48x40x52; 1,500 sq. ft. side stage areas
\n40 x42<\/td>\n		40x 32 x 47<\/td>\nBlack Box 41x34x14<\/td>\nOpen Space 42x38x21<\/td>\nOpen Platform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wing Dimensions<\/th>\n40x42x21<\/td>\n11×40-SR 15×40-SL<\/td>\nnone<\/td>\n6×38-SL
\n8×38-SR<\/td>\n		none<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stage floor<\/th>\nSprung;
\nNo traps<\/td>\n		Traps<\/td>\nNo traps<\/td>\nSprung;
\nNo traps<\/td>\n		No traps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orchestra Pit<\/p>\n

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Yes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lighting System<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sound System<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fly System<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nGrid<\/td>\nGrid<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lobby Area<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nSmall<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nOpen Plaza<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green Room<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guest Artist Suite<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scenery Construction Shop<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes (shared w\/ Memorial Aud.)<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dressing Rooms<\/th>\n6, accommodates up to 30 performers<\/td>\n6, accommodates up to 25 people<\/td>\n2, accommodating up to 16 people<\/td>\n2 (changing rooms)<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wardrobe Room<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Costume Shop<\/th>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stage Mgr.’s Booth<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concession Stand<\/th>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parking<\/th>\nAttached garage<\/td>\nShort walk<\/td>\nShort walk<\/td>\nShort walk<\/td>\nAttached garage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Transportation<\/th>\nBus & train stops<\/td>\nBus & train stops<\/td>\nBus & train stops<\/td>\nBus & train stops<\/td>\nBus & train stops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Box Office
\non-site<\/th>\n		Yes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dining Facility<\/th>\nShort walk<\/td>\nShort walk<\/td>\nShort walk<\/td>\nShort walk<\/td>\nShort walk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Special Features<\/th>\nNew,
\nstate-of-the-art,
\nsuperior acoustics,
\nexhibit displays<\/td>\n		Largest facility, marquis<\/td>\nIntimate,
\nrecently renovated<\/td>\n		Intimate,
\nnew dance floors<\/td>\n		Outdoor theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montclair State’s performance facilities vary in seating capacity, technical features and participant amenities. For additional technical information and diagrams, contact the Director of Performance Facilities. FEATURES KASSER THEATER MEMORIAL AUDITORUM L. HOWARD FOX THEATRE MSU DANCE THEATRE AMPHITHEATER Facility most suited for… ALL – drama, dance, musical theatre, choral, orchestra, chamber ALL Drama, musical theatre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":210279,"parent":140,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-161","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210301,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions\/210301"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/theatre-and-dance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}