Auditorium Manager
Steve Rossi 

Phone Number
321.454.1018

The Merritt Island Performing Arts Center was constructed in 1995 to serve Brevard Public Schools and the community. It is a full performance venue that has 710 permanent seats and a total capacity for 750. The hall is available for rental to county schools and the public. 

Booking Details: The Center may be rented to any school organization or the community. The crew consists of mixed professional/student technicians. All crew members are paid employees. We offer special rates to schools and school board organizations. Please call the auditorium manager at (321) 454-1018 to check available dates and for contract and pricing. Try to book as close to the beginning of the school year as possible! We fill up fast! 

The Center is equipped with and sound equipment state-of-the-art lighting and a suitable complement of equipment for a hall its size. While the stage was designed for theatrical performances and music concerts, it is capable of holding any type of production. 

The proscenium measures 40’ wide by 30’ high and the stage is 30’ deep. An extra 8’ depth can be added by raising the hydraulic orchestra pit to stage level. The seating is laid out in a standard three-section design with two center aisles. The majority of the seating is in the Grand Tier, which is not raised like a balcony but merely separated from the orchestra section by a center decorative wall. For detailed technical specifications please see the Technical Information page. 

The Center has state of the art technical systems included. It has a fully operational ticket booth and lobby, with connections for intercom, microphone and speaker as well as CCTV included.

Lighting:
• 192 2.4Kw Dimmers
• ETC Express 48/96 Lighting Console
• Additional DMX feeds in the house and backstage
• A full stage 3 color wash separated into 5 areas across and 4 deep
• Altman Fresnels, S4 Ellipsoidals
• Strong Trooper Folowspot
• 2 Altman Luminator Followspots
• 2 Fro• 2 full stage electrics as well as floor and wall circuits.nt of House lighting bridges

Audio:
• 44 Channel Soundcraft Series 2 Console
• 60 permanent wall inputs for microphones located all over the hall
• monitor speaker routing to anywhere in the building
• 4 EV full range monitor wedges
• Sure & Audio Technica microphone package
• 14 wireless body/lapel microphones (Sure & Audio Technica)
• 4 wireless handheld microphones (Audio Technica)

• Audio:
  House rack includes:
  • DBX dual 32 band house EQ
  • DBX dual 15 band insert/mic EQ
  • DBX 266 Compressor
  • Alesis Compressor
  • Yamaha Rev100 Efx processor
  • Alesis Masterlink Hard Drive Recorder
  • Denon CD/Tape playback
  • Main speakers: 4 Yamaha S-115A in stereo configuration
  

  Rigging:
  • 65 ft fly loft
  • Red “Main” Curtain
  • Midstage black traveler
  • Rearstage black traveler
  • Cream fullstage scrim
  • Sky blue fullstage Cyclorama
  • 3 borders
  • 5 sets of legs
  • Downstage Electric
  • Upstage Electric
  • 10 spare battens