24th Street Theatre

The 24th Street Theatre, built in 1929 from plans by landmark architects Dean & Dean, is an ideal setting for large meetings, lectures, film screenings and performances. The interior architecture, including wood beams and chandeliers, stage configuration and dressing rooms date to the original construction of the auditorium in 1929. In constant demand by performing arts groups, the theatre seats 296 and is fully equipped with a sound system, theatrical lights, draperies, stage, and dressing rooms.

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For additional information about the 24th Street Theatre, click one of the following links.
Theatre Rental Rates
Equipment Rental Fees
Theatre Service Rates
Theatre Technician
Seating
Stage
Lighting
Sound
Dressing Rooms
Accessibility
Parking

Download the following documents for additional information.
Theater Rental Policies

Theater Brochure

All Room Rental Rate Listing

In order to secure the 24th Street Theatre you must download and sign the Theatre Rental Policies
form with your paid security deposit.

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Theatre Rental Rates
24th Street Theatre is an ideal setting for large meetings, lectures, film screenings and performances. The theatre is fully equipped with draperies, theatrical lights, PA system and projection screen. The comfortable auditorium, which seats 296 people, includes a full stage and side dressing rooms.

Daily Rate
• A reservation deposit and signed contract are required to hold and or secure reservation. Deposit is nonrefundable for cancellations received less than 90 days prior. Cancellations must be made in writing.
• The daily rental rate payment for total days reserved must be made 60 days prior to reserved date(s). Non payment of rents by the 60th day will result in the forfeiture of your date(s).

Weekly Rate
• A reservation deposit and signed contract are required to hold and or secure reservation.  The deposit is nonrefundable if reservation is cancelled less than 90 days before reserved dates. Cancellations must be made in writing.
• The weekly rate is intended to encompass the portions of a seven-day consecutive period, inclusive of rehearsal time and use of space to store props and sets between shows.
• Weekly rates will be prorated if seven consecutive days are not available due to holidays or other bookings.
• Threshold for triggering weekly rate: rental group wishes to retain their props/sets/lights/sound system on the premises between shows. The theater will not be rented to any other users during this time.

Hourly Rates:
• $75 for non profit and for profit groups
• Activity room rentals - current rates apply

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Equipment Rental Fees

Item	Price
Microphones (includes the use of the sound system)
Microphone with cord	$25/day, $125/week
Cordless microphone	$50/day, $150/week
Lapel microphone	$50/day, $150/week
Communications
Clear-Com headset and box (for use w/ booth stations)	$25/day/ea, $125/week
Hearing Assisted Headphones	N/C
Dance Floor
Marley Flooring (includes 4 rolls to cover the stage)	$500 installed & removed
Other Equipment
Direct Box (db 100 high to low impedence converter)	N/C
Adaptors and cords	N/C
Dell 1209S DLP Projector with remote	$50/day
Genie AWP 25S Lift (cannot be used on stage)	N/C
Piano (cannot be used on stage)	$25/day

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Theatre Technician
The theatre has light and sound technicians who may be hired depending on availability. The technician fee is $30 per hour and will be added to contract. To allow for flexibility, additional hours may be added as needed during the rental period. If time has been built-in to the rental contract, the technician may perform lighting design, focusing/hanging of lights, and gels.
Having a Sierra 2 technician has many benefits:
• Fully trained and qualified to operate all of the theatre equipment – including the ladder, hydraulic lift, sound, and lighting.
• Access to gels and gobos to create a more colorful show.
• Knowledgeable about the theatre in general.
• When a rental period is completed, it is the responsibility of the Sierra 2 technician to return any  applicable lighting and sound to its base configuration and plot.

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Seating
The theatre contains 257 fixed seats and space for 39 portable and five wheelchairs. Wheelchair access is available by a side entrace through the main building hallway. Raked seating allows for excellent sight lines. Seats are numbered, allowing open or reserved seating.

Download the theatre seating chart.

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Stage
The theatre is equipped with an elevated stage, which measures roughly 30' x 30' and includes a proscenium, cyclorama, black velvet curtains and a motorized 16' x 16' projection screen. A small area at the base of the stage can accommodate a small orchestra.

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Lighting
The theater is equipped with an ETC Element 40-250 programmable lighting control console.  The console allows straightforward programming of cues and up to 40 submasters. There are 34 dimmers rated at 2400 watts each, hard patched to the three fixed electrics and the FOH lighting beam.  DMX runs between the control booth and stage, allowing for the integration of additional dimmers or intelligent lighting.

The theatre is configured with a standard light plot divided into 3 upstage areas and 3 downstage areas--each 8 feet deep--giving a uniformly lit 16 foot deep general performance area (25 feet wide).

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Sound
In the control booth the theatre's core sound system consists of a Yamaha 16 channel mixer, 2 QSC amplifiers and two flown Peavey DTH series speakers. There is a CD player/Tape-deck combo unit and an auxiliary input in the control booth for input (XLR) of a third party playback device.

Wired and wireless microphones, ClearCom, hearing assist headphones, piano, cabling, and a portable PA system are also available for rent.

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Dressing Rooms
Two dressing rooms are located on stage R with access directly to the stage. Both dressing rooms include sinks, mirrors and dressing racks. Toilets are located down the hall from the dressing rooms. No showers are available. The main hallway near the dressing rooms contains vending machines with sodas, water and snacks.

The Garden Room can be rented for receptions, open dressing room or a back stage holding area. 

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Accessibility
The theatre is wheelchair accessible from the front main entrance of the Sierra 2 Center. Handicap restrooms are located nearby in the main lobby.

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Parking
The Center has two free parking lots: 1) Castro Way lot is open nights and weekends and 2) 4th Ave lot is open during Center building hours. Street parking is prohibited on the West side of 24th Street without a City parking permit designated for this area and is permissible for 2 hours on the East side of 24th Street. Please observe parking signs on the surrounding streets. The Sierra 2 Center will not be held responsible for parking tickets.

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