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Facility Overview
Whether you are looking for rental space for your arts event,
want to plan a wedding next door at the Dow Gardens and need a
place for your reception, or you are considering using our multiple-site
facilities for a conference or corporate retreat, the following
information should help you decide whether Midland Center
for the Arts or the Heritage Park Historical Site is the right
spot for you.
The Midland Center for the Arts facility
is a total of 220,000 sq.ft., has ample free parking,
is located very close to the downtown area, and houses:
- two theatres, one seating 1,490 and the other seating 395,
- a large museum,
- a lecture hall,
- a professional kitchen,
- numerous multi-use rooms of various sizes, and
- huge, flowing lobby areas.
All wings of our facility are linked with a huge common area between
the theatre lobbies, Garden Room and museum foyer, making it easy
to use the space for registration, hospitality and multiple concurrent
events. See more details of the facility layout below.
Sharing the parking lot with the Center is the regional jewel,
the Dow Gardens, and immediately to the north is the Grace
A. Dow Memorial Library. The library offers additional meeting
spaces and a 266-seat theatre, and the Dow Gardens offers guests
a wonderful way to use their "down time." And if you are
planning a conference in the area, consider our performance
and exhibits calendars for a wide variety of entertainment
opportunities during your guests' stay. Be sure to ask about our
group rates.
Our second campus, Heritage Park,
is close by and offers multiple spaces popular for group meetings,
conferences, intimate performances, lectures, weddings, parties
and company get-togethers. For more information about all that
Heritage Park has to offer, please click
here.
Rental Information
For more information about renting space in either Midland
Center for the Arts or at Heritage Park, please email Katy
Schappel, Director of House Services.
Download our rental-rate sheet. (PDF, 80k)
Audio/Visual Equipment Rates (PDF65k)
Learn more about the spaces available for rent in these Basic Information Sheets:
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Midland Center for the Arts spaces
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Heritage Park spaces
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For information about Midland Center for the Arts technical requirements, full tech specs and equipment availability in...
...the main auditorium (our 1,490-seat theatre), please email Heath Hetherington, Director of Technical Services.
...the small theatre (our 395-seat theatre), please email Jim Ely, Theatre Guild Designer and Technical Manager.
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Midland Center for the Arts Facility Layout
Total Floor Space: 220,000 sq.ft.
Our "L" shaped building consisting of:
• The South wing - art studios & main auditorium
• The West wing - office area & Little Theatre
• The Center Area - art galleries, Hall of Ideas, lobbies and offices
The South Wing
Art Studios
Ceramic, painting, weaving, & metal studios
The Auditorium
• 1522 fixed seats, normal configuration.
• Continental seating, one level, no balcony.
• Wheelchair seating, 14 spaces.
• The total stage floor is 112'x 52'; the proscenium is 67' wide x 27'6" high. The pit to stage level increases the playing space to 15'-8" in front of the proscenium.
• The stage is 3'-0" above the floor at the first row of seating. There is a hallway for backstage crossovers.
• Primary light board: ETC Obsession 600 (two units run in tracking backup). A full complement of conventional lighting instruments is available. House patch points include 450 circuits distributed to two FOH positions, box booms, seven stage overheads and stage floor and wall pockets. Dimming is dimmer-per-circuit, 2.4 kW/circuit. All control is dmx and ethernet. Patch for dmx from external sources is available.
• Primary Sound Board: Midas Heritage. House sound includes Left/Center/Right systems of EAW cabinets. A fixed mixed position is located at the rear of the seating area. A small sandcraft monitor console is available, with a full complement of microphones and monitors.
• 48 light and scenery battens
• Two lighting coves FOH
• Hydraulic orchestra pit, used for seating when not needed for an orchestra.
• Light, sound and projection booths
• 16mm film projector
• Three 1267 Lycian followspots
• Two chorus and three principal dressing rooms
• Scene shop
• One rehearsal room and one dance studio (basement)
• Practice rooms and lounge (basement)
The West Wing
Office Area
Accommodates 40 staff members
Little Theatre
• 395 seats
• Stage dimensions: 93' by 45'.
• Adjustable proscenium opening: 30' to 42'.
• Hinged portion of each proscenium wall 6'
• Lighting and sound control booths
• 42' diameter turntable in stage floor
• Center of turntable to proscenium line: 15'
• Normal stage thrust is 9' 4" beyond proscenium with extension installed
• Thrust is reduced to 5' if extension is removed
• Ceiling height over stage wings: 18'
• Five moveable light bridges
• Complete scene shop and dressing rooms
• Three large rehearsal rooms
• Primary Light Board: ETC Obsession 600. A full complement of conventional lighting instruments is available. House patch points include 168 circuits distributed to the light bridges, balconies, walkways and stage floor pockets.
• Primary Sound Board: Souncraft K-1, 16x4x2 with 4 matrices. A full complement of microphones is available. House sound includes separate vocal and music reinforcement systems for low-level reinforcement of show playback and spoken voice.
The Center Area
Upper Floor
• Three art galleries
• Large exhibit area (perimeter)
• Hall of Ideas exhibits
Ground Floor
• Information Desk
• Brick lobby, Garden Room and kitchen
• Office circle
• Ticket Office
Lower Floor
• 94-seat lecture hHall
• Board room
• Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art darkroom and studio
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Midland Center for the Arts Location
Midland Center for the Arts is located at 1801 W. St. Andrews, on the corner of Eastman and West St. Andrews Rd. with easy access to US 10 from the Eastman Avenue exit, and just blocks from downtown and M-20. [Locate us on a map] |
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Heritage Park Location
Midland County Historical Society’s Heritage Park is located at 3417 West Main Street, Midland.
The Heritage Park campus boasts a variety of rental opportunities, including the Carriage House hall and rooms within the Herbert D. Doan Midland County History Center. Whether you are seeking a single-site for 20- to 100-seat meetings, a picturesque site for a wedding, or you need additional space to augment a larger conference requirement in nearby downtown or at Midland Center for the Arts, Heritage Park staffers will work with you to meet your rental needs. For more information about all that Heritage Park has to offer, please click here. [Locate us on a map]
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